Purchasing Stock Images
Written by Joyce & Robert   

Why are good images essential to a great website?

What makes or breaks a website is its content (it's what people keep coming back for!), but in the same way its visual aspect is also vital to your website's first and subsequent impressions upon your visitors.

A balance between content and good design is the best approach to websites. A part of good design is to have quality images where they're used.
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Adding Images in Joomla
Written by Robert   

Rather than tell you how to add an image into your Joomla page, I want to explain to you about images and websites - more specifically the relationship between images that you have (eg, from your camera) and the images that you see on a web page (such as your Joomla site).

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Setting up a POP Email Address
Written by Joyce   

Setting up a POP email address on your local computer is a quick and easy process. Below you can find simple steps for 3 of the most popular email clients:

  • Thunderbird
  • Outlook
  • Outlook Express
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Cannot Send Email
Written by Robert   

A few people have been calling the office with difficulties sending email.  There are many (and varied) reasons why this might happen as there are lots of "links in the chain" between your outbox and your recipient's inbox!  Without going into lots of technical explanations, here are some simple steps that seem to work for many people.

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Mailbox Over Quota
Written by Robert   

Some of our hosting clients may receive a warning from time to time about their mailbox either approaching, or exceeding their mail quota.  The important thing to note here is that as a client - you MUST do something here - or your mail will stop working correctly.   The good news is that the steps to correct this are easy. 

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Search Engine Optimisation Tips - Keywords
Written by Robert   

The art of getting your site ridin' the express elevator to the top of Google Tower is known as Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO for short.

Keywords count in SEO. Big time.

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