It seems as popular as ever to have a blog or news section on your website and this is often a great way of keeping the content on your website fresh and up to date. If you need a blog or news section adding to your current website I would be happy to take a look, this would normally cost around £150 if your hosting is suitable or can easily […]
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I have just noticed that OpenCart have a new release, OpenCart 1.5.6. Nothing much has changed really but there are some new additions, which I know will be a big hit with some of my clients. The main feature for me is the OpenBay Pro integration meaning you can now list products on eBay, Amazon & Play all from your OpenCart admin system. It was pretty easy to set this […]
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This is a website I have been involved with for a number of years, its a WordPress / BuddyPress based website. I created it whilst working with a Sheffield based company Foster & Scott. I was given the new task of planning and developing a Business Directory for the existing website. The business directory had to be fully integrated into the main WordPress / BuddyPress website. We decided the directory […]
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Fishery Network is a project I started in my final year at university as my major project, you can visit the site here. I received really good feedback for the initial finished website but never found the time to keep up development after leaving. The website enables anglers & fishery owners to share information about places you can go fishing. About a year ago I spent a week adding new […]
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I’m involved in many Schools, Academy & College websites and from this experience I have developed a Content Management System to help manage these types of sites. This system has been designed to be very flexible from a development point of view but extremely easy for the end user to update. It seemed that many previous Content Management Systems I tried where far too difficult to pick up meaning too […]
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I have had a number of new clients contact me requiring new website hosting and advice on this area. I currently host over 200 websites and these range from one-page sites to busy online shops. Many of these had to be moved over from other hosts. The hosting I offer is extremely reliable and more information about the hosting services, which are available, can be found on this page. I […]
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2012 has been a good year for me keeping busy throughout. I have continued working with many long-term clients on a freelance basis. I have also made some exciting new clients who I will be carrying on working with in 2013. I have been receiving a lot of referrals from past clients and also a steady stream of enquiries coming through LinkedIn and this website. I have also been referred […]
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The Tortoise Shop are based in Hull and got in touch with me earlier in 2012. They wanted a redesign / rebuild of their current online shop, which already had a good customer base and was doing regular daily sales. It was important that we could migrate as much data from the old shop without any downtime or disturbance. The old website also had an excellent SEO score which had […]
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Well it’s that time of the year already, the Christmas break is over and it’s back to business! I would like to wish all my existing clients and future clients all the best for 2013 and I hope it’s a successful year for your business. Jack Sowden
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Over the last year a lot of people have been enquiring about work relating to OpenCart based websites. I have happily taken this on as I have a lot of experience working with this open source e-commerce platform. I can confidently create new OpenCart sites or modify & improve sites which already exist. I have seen a lot of people purchasing budget packages and not getting any support with them. […]
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