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SWIG – 25th April

SWIG – 25th April

Another month, another SWIG. It’s not all about drinking, it’s about WordPress, the Web, and running our businesses. Be there, learn lots, make friends. Yay!

The Auditor Enters Closed Beta

The Auditor Enters Closed Beta

The Auditor (name to be finalised) is a plugin that comes in two parts – an event logger that tracks key options and content changes within your WP install, and a viewer that lets you view what’s been happening on your site.

SWIG – 23rd February

SWIG – 23rd February

It took us a while to get the announcement out for February’s SWIG, but we got there in the end! This month’s event is back to normal after SWIGmas and bigSWIG, so it’s at our offices on the first floor once moor. Biscuits, chat, a talk and then off to the pub for the social half of the get-together. We’re looking forward to seeing you there.

Plaza Cinema

Plaza Cinema

Cinema websites present a number of challenges, and are often surprisingly poor at selling the film in question. Our build for the Plaza Cinema automatically pulls in images and trailers for films, giving visitors a punchy, dynamic experience.

SWIGmas – 15th December Special

SWIGmas – 15th December Special

SWIGmas is the end of year get together for all SWIGgers – we’ll relax a little, have a drink, and watch some entertaining and thoughtful videos on a range of web and design related subjects. Nothing too heavy, and we’re not planning on anyone giving a talk as we know how hard it is to prepare in the run-up to… continue reading

Saving You Time With Clever Code

Saving You Time With Clever Code

One thing that many non-clients fail to appreciate about our work here is that it’s not just about pretty front ends.  We believe in streamlining your workflow so that when you need to keep your content up to date it’s as quick and easy as possible. We’re currently building a site for the Plaza Cinema in Crosby, Liverpool which makes… continue reading

Digital TV Europe Doubles Search Engine Traffic

Digital TV Europe Doubles Search Engine Traffic

When Digital TV Europe decided to switch to WordPress they knew why – better search engine results, and an easier workflow. Here we explain how that worked out after going live.

Digital TV Europe

Digital TV Europe

Using the words from their own website, Digital TV Europe magazine is renowned as the leading monthly international publication covering the business of broadband and pay-TV, whether cable, DTH, IPTV, DTT or mobile. It is read by senior management in engineering, content distribution, finance and marketing.

Greenwich Healthy Living

Greenwich Healthy Living

You know sometimes you have a site requirement and the needs simply aren’t that easily met? Well, this was one of those – there were several primary requirements, but the biggest was to be able to easily display a wide number of healthy living events across the borough in a way that would be easily understood by the general public… continue reading

How You Sell Matters – Our Story

How You Sell Matters – Our Story

Sometimes, it’s not just what you’re selling, but how you’re selling it that really matters. Way back in 2008, we decided to launch a WordPress themes club called Spectacu.la.  We had a couple of nice blogging themes that had been targeted for a marketplace, but as that marketplace got canned we found we had nowhere to sell them.  We figured… continue reading