Category: Website Development

At 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…

On the 18th October, Google announced a key change to its default search experience for signed-in users. Evelyn Kao, Product Manager at Google, says ‘As search becomes an increasingly customized experience, we recognize the growing importance of protecting the personalized search results we [Google] deliver.’ The change will encrypt search queries and Google’s results page.…

Giving Internet clients an impeccably designed and beautifully functional website is only half the job here at Mackman. Our team of technical staff are constantly supporting clients’ sites from behind the scenes. The company’s WebCare browser support offering has been enhanced, with automatic monitoring of all Mackman servers around the clock, on the look out…

The Mackman Group has this month launched a brand new website for a local author and illustrator with an international following. Peter Gray has been working as an illustrator for the past 14 years and has also written over a dozen books about drawing and illustration which have sold tens of thousands internationally. Like many…

The news that Google is phasing out support for older browsers from 1st August is an interesting development for the technical team at the Mackman Group, who make it their business to keep tabs on the latest trends for Web users. The move means people using less up-to-date browsers, such as Internet Explorer 7, Safari…

The Pheasant at Gestingthorpe is seeking to secure its already enviable reputation with a website upgrade and PR boost from Mackman. The pub has ambitious plans for growth, including the creation of a boutique hotel on the premises for which the owners have secured a £200,000 business development grant. Less obvious to passing locals will…

After searching the web for quite some time I couldn’t find any simple plugins to add a NextGen slide show to our WordPress site’s template easily! In order to achieve this I’ve added a few simple steps: Create your banner placeholder in the header.php or template of your choice. Make a note of the height you want…