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Register .uk domains for up to 10 years

From 1st May 2012, Bluebit will be able to register abnd renew .uk domains for up to 10 years. Not all providers will be doing this but we will be offering this functionality as soon as it is available on 1st May. Until now .uk domain names could only be registered...

New European cookie law

As you may be aware, the government passed a law just under 1 year ago regarding the use of cookies on websites. The responsibility for ensuring that you inform users of cookie use falls squarely on the owner of said website(s). Whilst we may not agree with the end...

Glossary of web terms

We wanted to put this glossary of common terms so that you could impress you partner/neighbour with your knowledge and ultimate geekiness, as well as being a useful resource when talking to one of us fellow geeks.

Using jQuery Cycle in a Responsive Layout

This post was inspired by this thread on the jQuery forum and the solution was found within those posts. I wanted to lay the solution out in a more digestable manner, hence this post. Please note, this solution will not work in IE6 or below as the browser does not...

Plesk 10

We've recently rolled out our new control panel to all our users, Plesk 10 which is a direct replacement from Plesk 9 that we were currently using. Users will be presented with a brand new interface but with all the security and features you come to expect from Plesk.

Opencart ecommerce support and hosting

We're now offering ecommerce solutions through Opencart, an open source ecommerce platform rich in additional features. Opencart has been around for a few years now and is gaining ground in the ecommerce space, and can be a more efficient alternative to Magento. We're...

The Internet Explorer 6 countdown

Finally Microsoft have decided to visibly let people know of the impending shutdown of Internet Explorer 6. Its a bold move but one that many developers welcome. However there are still many corporate companies that rely on IE6 for their bespoke software and so have...

Christmas season

With Christmas well and truly here (well almost), we're preparing ourselves for extended noshing of lovely food, the exchange of presents and the pleasure of good company. I've already added a couple of extra notches to my belt in anticipation of copious amounts of...

When will Internet Explorer 6 finally die?

It will be a bitter sweet day indeed when the staple browser for many Windows XP fans out there finally pops its clogs. It's the browser that all of us developers love to hate, with its quirky handling of double margin, to the way it calculates widths of things with...

conGuu CMS gallery module

We've launched a demo web site to show you what you can do with conGuu CMS and the bolt on optional Gallery module. This simple site has public and private photo galleries and albums as well as a fullscreen slideshow feature to run prsentations, all completely from...

Which web browser do you use?

So which web browser do you use? What's your personal favourite? How do you choose? Is security more important or do you need something quick to load? As web designers and developers we ask these questions on a regular basis and we download and test our sites on as...

iPhone4, Samsung Galaxy S or HTC Desire

My mobile phone contract comes to an end next month and I'm looking to upgrade to something a little newer that the iPhone 3G I currently run. Why? well the initial reason for the iPhone was to start developing web applications specifically for the iPhone. This has...