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24 August 2011 at 17:27
It has to be said that as hard as I try to keep on top of things, poor old Caleb is constantly clamouring for me to update OUR OWN website! Anyhow, I've finally gotten round updating our own client portfolio...here are some of the latest client screen shots.
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24 August 2011 at 14:39
Well great things have happened to Hostpipe in the past few weeks, the main one being that we have finally moved from Chalford and into the dizzying heights of Stroud.
Firstly, we have to thank everyone for their continued support and this includes all of our clients, family and friends, girlfriends, wives, children and parents. Running Hostpipe can be stressful at times and it makes life so much more pleasant knowing that we have some great people around us if the wheels fall off.
And now onto the office warming, here are some pics...
Cheesy smiles all round...here are some of our guests!
Andy Platts (Jireh Solutions), Mark Clark and Graham Hilditch (FitFAQs)
Robin Layfield (UltraSimplified)
Oli Newbold and Andy Platts
Rob, Amanda and Mani (Alternative Training)
Amanda was furious that she won the bottle of champagne in our "Sign the Guest Book" competition.
The team...I have no excuses for my behaviour!
A nice group picture of Hostpipe and some of our clients!
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01 August 2011 at 10:50
As you may already know, Hostpipe is moving
From Monday 1st August our new address will be:
Suite B1/B2
Stroud House
Russell Street
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL5 3AN
Our telephone number will remain the same:
01453 884100
The physical move took place during Thursday 28th and Friday 29th July so that we were back up and running as of 1st August.
We will be holding an Office Warming on Friday 12th August 2011, it will be fairly informal and we are inviting you and your colleagues to drop in any time from 1pm to 4pm to see the new offices and enjoy some champagne (more likely cava) and caviar (possibly taramosalata) with us.
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15 April 2011 at 09:22
We have now upgraded our data connection on the web server from 10mbit to 100mbit/second, which means that your website will now be running much quicker and serving the web pages more quickly to your clients and potential new clients.
The wider bandwidth also allows for a greater number of concurrent user downloads meaning that there is no loss of data load time during busy periods.
No additional cost will be passed to you, it is an upgrade that we have been planning for some time now. We are extremely please with the performance increase already.
If you have any questions regarding the upgrade then please do not hesitate to give either Rob or Caleb a call on 01453 884100.
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06 August 2010 at 10:12
It is commonly thought that pixels on a computer screen are a measurement such as inches or centimetres.
As much as this would be useful, it is not the case. You can change your screen settings so that it shows a different number of pixels across the width and height of the screen. This is also known as changing the resolution.
The screen above has 1280 pixels running across the top of the screen and 1024 pixels running down the side of the screen. The blue box on the screen is 240 pixels across and 240 pixels down.
By changing resolution, we can make everything on screen appear bigger. The screen above is the same screen, but it now has 1024 pixels running across the top and 768 pixels running down the side. The blue box is the same size, at 240 pixels square, but it displays at a different size on screen. The pixel dimensions have remained the same but the physical dimensions have changed.
It is important when designing for the screen that you take into account that pixels can appear different sizes on different screens, so cannot be measured with physical measurements.
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02 July 2010 at 16:17
It's always good to see clients creeping up the search engine rankings, but also to see them appear in the local and national newspapers as well. Proof in the pudding that it's not always just about having a website you also need to generate some positive PR and involve some alternative forms of marketing.
Henry Birtles Associates are a sports media consultancy specialising in sports rights for television, international betting management and sports marketing innovation. Henry, found of HBA, came up with the idea of The Advantage, which will revolutionise the way major tournament football matches are handled in the event of a tie-break. If the teams are drawn at the end of full-time play, penalties will be carried out before extra time takes place. Therefore one team will go into extra time with The Advantage and extra time is carried out without stalemate and without two teams playing defensively hoping to win the game in penalties.
To view the full article: The Advantage (PDF)
Requires (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
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09 June 2010 at 12:14
A new site for Henry Birtles Associates has launched. The new site is a great improvement over the previous version and does a much better job of conveying the media roots of HBAs business.
The existing content has been incorporated into a new design while keeping the existing brand.
The site will soon feature streaming video to further promote the services and ideas of the Company.
Take a look at the newly designed website and contact HostPipe if you would like a review of your current site.
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02 February 2010 at 12:54
When we look at sites which we haven't developed it's quite common for us to delve deeper into the source code and check out how the website we're looking at is designed and built.
Looking at the CSS, Design and Build Quality of other people's websites helps us hone our development techniques. Sometimes we spot other coder's quirks and it makes us chuckle a little.
I was taking a quick look at the Home-Start South Hams website developed by a company called Fear of Mice and on inspecting their code we got a good idea on their thought of Internet Explorer 7 and even IE6...
Basically they're saying, "Load some extra styles if you're using IE6 or IE7." Older versions of Internet Explorer definitely have their quirks, that's for sure. Even Google have made the grand step of no longer supporting IE6, and how much longer do we carry on supporting the out of date browser which has been around for over 10 years now.
Even if you try and build a website to the highest web standards compliance, it is likely there will still be layout issues in IE6, so why on earth is anyone still using it or even supporting it?
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23 October 2009 at 09:19
Now this is funny, take a look at the following screenshot that we found whilst browsing the web this week. It shows a problem you might encounter if you include a live feed on your website without proper scrutiny.
Seeing this caused us to laugh out loud but we soon realised that this is a classic example of the potential problem with incorrectly managed social media in business.
While Twitter is a great system for informing, keeping up to date and keeping touch. Is the business communities keenness to adopt it as a marketing tool misplaced? Actually, I don't think so. Similar to everything else, it has its place and, if used correctly, its a handy tool to keep in your marketing toolbox; a great way of keeping in touch with your customer ('fan'?) base. It is widely known that if you fail to keep near the front of you potential customer's minds you are likely to lose out to those Companies that do.
This type of mishap probably disappeared as quickly as it appeared but for a busy site, some damage may already have been done. Our advice. Use the social networking tools - they can be beneficial - but make sure you keep a close eye on things and don't expect them to run themsleves. Like any aspect of a business it only works if properly managed.
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23 February 2009 at 12:17
When approached by clients who are looking to have a website designed for their business, one of the first questions they ask is, "So, how does this work then?" If you prepare a good website brief for your web designer, then we can give you a very good indication of the costs and timescales involved in building your new website:
Having a strong online presence as quickly as possible may actually be more critical to your business. In the long term you may want to develop an online shop for example, but that will take some time to develop and may hold up your launch date. Whereas, taking a phased approach to your web marketing may be more beneficial. Start with a 5 to 10 page brochure style website, which can be online in less than a week, and then as a second phase introduce your online product listing.
Once you have developed a website, that is not it, you can carry on adding features and applications to your website to make it grow. And don't forget, content is key. The more well written copy you have on your website the better. A good web design agency will always take your copy and make suggestions about how best to use it throughout the website to make the most of search engine optimisation and also for the usability of the site.
After an initial free consultation this is how HostPipe go about designing and building your website:
One key thing to remember is that your budget may not always match up with the number of features you would like to see on your website, and as with everything if the deal seems to good to be true then more than likely it is. If a web design agency doesn't question your budget then the likelihood is the project will overrun in terms of time, or you will end up with a website which doesn't quite meet your expectations.
The simplest question to ask your web designer is, "Is my budget appropriate for the features I am hoping to include on my website?" Ask them how they are going to apportion the budget, whether they are VAT registered and whether the budget will incorporate some ongoing SEO and hosting fees once the site is live.
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