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By Matthew Telfer

Double opt-in added to Mailing Lists in eXtend

What is ‘double opt-in’? Using the single opt-in method people simply submit an email address to your website to be added to your list. The problem with this method is that people might submit their details incorrectly (creating a dirty...

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By Matthew Telfer

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eXtend, Heart Internet

Start your own social network with Heart Internet

Social networking is all the rage nowadays and Facebook has recently become the most searched for brand and 2nd most visited site in the UK (Source: Hitwise).According to Hitwise, “Social networks now account for 1 in every 10 UK Internet...

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By Matthew Telfer

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Heart Internet

Scripts update…update!

It’s that time of the month again where a collection of the dozens of free scripts we give to all our customers (and resellers to pass onto their customers) are taken down from the shelf and given a good shine...

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By Matthew Telfer

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Your Business

Think local… act local

The big point I want to get across with this post is to not fall in to the trap of thinking because you have a website you have to act like a global or even a national service provider.If you...

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By Matthew Telfer

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Web Design

Free banner creative brief template

If you have the same eye for design as me (i.e. none at all) there will come a time when you need to use someone else to help with creative work. Because it is unlikely they will let you stand...

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By Matthew Telfer

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Your Website

Auto-responder HTML emails – Brand new!

With Heart Internet you can now spruce up your auto-responders using HTML graphical emails. Setting up your HTML autoresponders is quick and easy:- Log in to your email/ webmail account- Click on ‘Autoresponders’- Set the ‘content type’ as ‘HTML’All that...

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By Jenni Brown

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eXtend

Scripts Updated

We have updated some of the scripts that you can install from the eXtend Control Panel:AWStats Statistics - v6.8 upgraded to v6.9Nucleus Webblog - v3.32 upgraded to v3.33CubeCart Shopping Cart - v3.0.17 upgraded to v3.0.18Drupal CMS - v6.4 upgraded to v6.9phpBB3 Forum - v3..0.2...

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By Matthew Telfer

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Web Design

Creating scrollable content using CSS

If you want to fit a large amount of copy into a small amount of space (e.g. showing snippets from your blog posts or testimonials on your home page ) or you don’t want your site visitors to be scrolling...

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By Matthew Telfer

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Reseller Hosting

Resell Windows hosting or Linux hosting? Why you need to do both!

Supported by Redmond’s billions, Microsoft’s hosting division has managed to carve out an impressive market share in recent years with just over 33% of all active sites reportedly run on Microsoft servers (Source: Netcraft). By offering your customers Windows hosting...

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