The events calendar on dg Arts homepage arose out of some ics file experimenting with The Events Calendar (WordPress Plug-in), Google Calendar ics feed import, and ICS Importer plug-in (which basically brings the feed back into the WordPress system and …
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There’s life in the old Fasthosts server yet
Fun weekend’s wouldn’t be complete without several hours tweaking fasthosts dedicated servers to improve client website performance. Thanks again to the region’s Bespoke Coder for sharing time, skills and tips. The fun menu included optimising .NET application pools, defragmenting the …
Read MoreIdentify yourself
This is very handy for getting a flickr id using only the friendly profile name. Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival is in fallow mode just now so we’ll be reviewing how to improve the site for the 2011 festival. …
Read MoreLondon property on sale in Singapore
The London apartments at West Heath Place are now being marketed by HRL Properties with an exhibition on 2nd and 3rd of October 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore. Time to serve websites by geographical region. Server location …
Read MoreDG Arts soft launch
The Dumfries and Galloway Arts (formerly Association) website is now in soft launch mode. This is another partnership project with weesleekit who provided the design creative. We met with DGA(A) during the tender process and were able to present a …
Read MoreXML Sitemap generator for WordPress
This is an excellent XML sitemap generator tool by Arne Brachhold and is listed on the Google XML sitemap code pages. It is a free plug-in for WordPress and is tested and compatible up to version 3.0. There are easy …
Read MoreDVD transcoding
A client provided a DVD of some video footage to submit to the Youtube channel that accompanies the website, but extracting and processing the video wasn’t as straightforward as first imagined. Throw away the PC and use Handbrake (0.9.4) for …
Read MoreQueen visits Dumfries
Yes she did.
Read MoreJust playing around, playing around
WordPress 3.0 is still a bit of a playground so some things are being tried out on the Dumfries bed and breakfast site… Trying out a few plugins, and some of the features of the framework. There is a new …
Read MoreFixing Macs
Ever get that problem with a MacBook Pro when you plug headphones into the headphone socket and when you take them out the built-in speaker volume is disabled? Sound emanates on start up but even once boot up is complete, …
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