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By Jenni Brown

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Your Website

Six more one-click installs added!

Following on from our new OpenCart and Open Web Analytics one-click installs, we’re happy to announce that we’ve added another six to the collection! The new one-click installs are: PrestaShop We’ve had a lot of requests for the award-winning PrestaShop, so if you’re looking for an ecommerce solution then it’s one to check out. Features [read more…]

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By Jenni Brown

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Heart Internet, Reseller Hosting, Your Website

Open Web Analytics one click install now available

Open Web Analytics is a great way to track your website statistics if you’re looking for an alternative to Google Analytics, or an additional source of information about your visitors. Packed with features and fully open source, OWA is a great tool to improve visitor experience as well as helping you keep track of what’s [read more…]

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OpenCart is now available as a one-click install!

We’ve had lots of requests for a one-click install of OpenCart, and we’re happy to announce OpenCart hosting is now available via your eXtend control panel if you’re a Home Pro, Business Pro or Reseller customer. What is OpenCart? OpenCart is a powerful ecommerce solution packed with features so you can create your own online [read more…]

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By Jenni Brown

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Heart Internet, Web Hosting, Your Website

Unlimited space, bandwidth and MySQL databases for just £8.99/month!

We’ve upgraded our Home Pro web hosting package to include unlimited web space, bandwidth and MySQL databases…all at the same price of just £8.99 per month! Previously capped at 20GB of space, 100 MySQL databases and 60GB of bandwidth usage per month, you can now develop your website to its full potential without worrying about [read more…]

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By Jenni Brown

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WordPress, Your Website

How to reduce the bounce rate of your WordPress site

A low bounce rate indicates valuable, interested visitors and offers plenty of benefits in terms of interaction, sales and repeat visits. Here are a few ways you can help visitors view more pages (and stay longer) on your WordPress website: Read more… Use jumps/breaks in your blog entries rather than displaying complete entries on your [read more…]

By Ian Ryde

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Web Design, WordPress

8 blogs you should read if you want to be a WordPress developer (or a better one)

There is so much written about WordPress on a daily basis that keeping up to date with the latest developments and ideas can become an impossible task. Instead of trawling through the internet trying to find that little nugget of information, regularly coming back to these websites should be more than enough for you. catswhocode.com [read more…]

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By Jenni Brown

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WordPress

13 essential tasks for every new WordPress install

After you’ve installed a fresh copy of WordPress, there are quite a few small helpful tasks you can complete before you get going with content, promotion and theme tweaking. Several of the points below are down to personal preference, whilst others will help you optimise your WordPress website for visitors and search engines. Whether you [read more…]

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By Ian Ryde

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Interviews, WordPress

Interview with Ben Gillbanks, owner of wpvote.com & prothemedesign.com

This blog post  is part of WordPress week, our series of articles and interviews focusing on WordPress. Ben Gillbanks is a WordPress developer, web designer, and part-time Online Entrepreneur. As well as running various WordPress related websites and blogs, Ben also runs the premium WordPress theme site www.prothemedesign.com. In this interview Ben talks about how [read more…]

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By Matthew Telfer

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Reseller Hosting, WordPress

Resellers: Targeting the WordPress hosting niche

With millions of websites using WordPress, WordPress is by far the world’s most popular CMS with an entire industry springing up to support it, and profit from it. You can take advantage of the increasing demand for WordPress related services by targeting WordPress users with specialist “WordPress hosting” services.Here is how. Last year we covered [read more…]

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