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How to Future Proof Your Website
Read more: How to Future Proof Your WebsiteHere at Mackman, we develop websites using WordPress; the World’s most popular content management system (CMS) that offers the perfect digital hub for businesses of any size. WordPress is straightforward to update and manage; particularly for beginners. In other words, we love WordPress, we love it a lot, and we are sure you will too!…
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Hosting & Support: Service Upgrade
Read more: Hosting & Support: Service UpgradeWe’ve recently updated our hosting solution. In line with recent Google updates, and to increase the value of our service. We believe that we now offer the strongest WordPress hosting solution possible, at no extra cost to our clients. Find out what this means for all of our website clients by reading below: Why did we…
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Why you NEED an SSL certificate
Read more: Why you NEED an SSL certificateWe cannot stress this enough: make applying an SSL certificate to your site a top priority for 2017, or miss out on a Google rank boost. Back as far as August 2014, Google announced that switching websites over to HTTPS via the use of an SSL certificate would give website owners a minor ranking boost. As it prefers…
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Hosting & Support: The Importance of WebCare
Read more: Hosting & Support: The Importance of WebCareHosting & Support services are crucial to the smooth running and long-term maintenance of the websites we create here at Mackman. To prove the value of Hosting & Support, let us talk you through the importance of webcare… At 3pm on Wednesday 10th February 2016, our hosting partner suffered a global failure due to a power…
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Responsive Website Design & Ecommerce
Read more: Responsive Website Design & EcommerceIn April we explored Responsive Website Design. This month, we revisit the subject to find out what’s new in the world of responsive website design. Taking a look at the websites that are likely to be most affected by the upcoming change – e-commerce sites. What’s new? Ofcom have published a report showing that “the UK is now…
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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference – May 2015
Read more: Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference – May 2015It is May, the hedgerows are full of green and the weather is finally beginning to warm up; it is a great time of year. For a devote technology enthusiast such as myself it is even better because you know that in June Apple will hold it’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference; WWDC. It is no surprise…
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Shellshock – Protection from the latest technical bug
Read more: Shellshock – Protection from the latest technical bugAt the end of last week, news about a potentially serious technical bug called Shellshock hit the headlines. It was reported that the bug is capable of affecting hundreds of millions of computers, servers and devices. But what is shellshock? And should I be concerned? The technical bug was found in Bash software, which is…
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The Year of Code
Read more: The Year of CodeNot only is 2014 the year of the Horse but it is also the Year of Code. The Year of Code is a campaign that is encouraging people across the country to learn to program. Targeted mainly within schools, the campaign plans to have programming in the classrooms a mandatory subject for all pupils.Year of…
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WebCare Update – May
Read more: WebCare Update – MayAll of our website clients receive our monthly WebCare support. This package is an essential part of our work ensuring that our clients’ websites continue to perform well once we have made them live. Each month, we undertake upgrades, health checks, ensure the sites render correctly on updated browsers, backups and more. We’ll be updating…
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Mackman’s New Cookie Policy
Read more: Mackman’s New Cookie PolicyAt Mackman, we believe in letting you know what’s going on behind the scenes when you visit our website. As of this month, we’re taking the necessary steps towards compliance with a new piece of European legislation. When you visit our site, we install a selection of Cookies on your computer, and as we believe…
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