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Ok so whilst building mailGuu I came across a problem that baffled me for a while; how do I create a 3 bucket layout and make the entire bucket and all its content a clickable link? Well the answer was relatively simple as most of them are. The main problem is with...

Our latest mail email engine is almost ready for launch. We've got a few tweaks to make and we'll be letting it loose for the general public. MailGuu enables you to manage a full email marketing campaign completely from your browser. Packed full of clever features...

Edited on the 25th March 2009 due to errors in the post and amendments to the code, apologies to anyone who has run into any problems, it should all go smoothly now. Introduction During the development of this tutorial, I discovered that my previous post on jQuery...

Before I begin, I am not claiming this to be a definitive technique, in fact as a relative new comer to jQuery it can no doubt be vastly improved, however I thought I would share my technique and invite people to tear it apart if they so wish! My aim Create a...

Whilst browsing round the interweb I realised that there are no really clean ways of delivering different coloured bullets to the text unless you want to use SPANs or create your own bullet images in JPG, GIF or PNG. Lets take a look at both these methods: wrap your...

We just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team here at Bluebit Web Design, Southampton. We'll be closing for the Christmas break on the 24th December and will be back, fresh faced, on the 5th January 2009. Ongoing support for...

Fancy an alternative to the traditional chocolate advent calendar? One of the highlights of the web design year is the annual "alternative" advent calendar over at 24ways. 24ways serves up articles to help web designers and developers alike, keep up to date with the...

If your a geek like me you'll love fiddling with computers, have a big box of wires and read Micromart/.net... probably. My most recent project took me into the realms of Linux once again where I dabbled, sweated, typed foreign commands into a foreign OS. The result:...

From now until Christmas Eve we will be running our popular competition to win one of our exclusive Bluebit Web Design iPod Shuffles. You can even choose from five fantastic colours! The competition is open to all customers alike even if you recommend someone to us...

Whilst scouring the web looking for some nifty screen recording software, I stumbled upon UltraVNCs screenrecorder application. I'm familiar with Ultra VNCs own remote desktop control application and use this regularly on some of our kit here at Bluebit, however the...

We would like to welcome Mark as the newest member of the Bluebit team. Mark has joined us as a full time web developer. As well as web development and working for Bluebit Mark enjoys playing the guitar and partaking in the usual lifestyle of a man about town!

Your website looks great and you have some fantastic promotions in your on-line shop. So why is no-one visiting your website and purchasing from you? When opening a shop would you choose to open on a busy high street or miles from anywhere. The answer is not rocket...