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Target Facebook ads by email address

Andrew Beeston — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:59:45 +0000

The precision that you can get to with online advertising is astounding. Gone were the days of blast it out and hope someone hears your cheesy message about the latest in digital-thigh-massage-weight-loss technology, now you can be very specific with advertising. Marketing has moved beyond this old framework, there’s a new world and it is [...]

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Swiftype Search for WordPress

Rob Lincolne — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:25:51 +0000

Product Overview: Swiftype Rating: “I like” A powerful, customisable and intuitive search tool is vital for an effective web presence, however as we all know the default WordPress search engine isn’t *that* great – let’s be honest. So, like with many other platforms, we find ourselves resorting to Google custom searches, hacky plugins or [...]

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Pin Payments – The right payment service for your organisation?

Rob Lincolne — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:06:31 +0000

With Australian and US Dollar transactions plus “no gateway or merchant account required” PIN might just be the right fit for your needs. For many organisations organising a gateway or merchant account can be tricky business. Furthermore, integrating these with current engagement methods (ie shopping carts, donation forms) further adds complexity. There’s no excuse either for [...]

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Maintain WordPress category nesting on Posts

Ben Potter — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:12:29 +0000

Have you ever been creating WordPress categories hierarchically like this: only to find that when you actually go into a Wordpress post and select a category it moves to the top? From this: To This: I find this frustrating when you are trying to maintain the hierarchy look! What we really want is something that looks [...]

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Designing for Letterpress

Ben Potter — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:41:10 +0000

Here are the top 5 things we learned and think you should know before designing for LetterPress...

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Site Review: annabel-langbein.com

Rob Lincolne — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:44:58 +0000

As part of our ongoing commitment to understanding, educating and distributing best-practice online we continue our little look at what others are doing on the internet and what we can learn from them. Annabel Langbein is a Kiwi cook and author who clearly knows her stuff. Seems her web developers do too. A great website [...]

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Custom Campaigns: Find out what Google Analytics doesn’t know.

Andrew Beeston — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:39:04 +0000

It has to be one of the most frustrating aspects of understanding your website’s traffic through Google Analytics – the source of referrers called ‘(direct)/(none)‘. It is usually up near the number one spot for referrers and provides very little information for your marketing efforts. So how can you go about getting information out of [...]

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How to create Sketched Icons

Ben Potter — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:01:30 +0000

Recently we’ve found a really quick and effective way to make icons for client’s websites or print campaigns without having to invest in a tablet but rather using that good ol’ limb and the end of your forearm… your hand.

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How I learned to create Infinite Scrolling

brownbox — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:33:03 +0000

Recently a client asked if he could have infinite scrolling on his website - and after having a good look around on a few websties, I found no decent tutorial. After working it out and having it work quite effectively (see www.matchlessphotography.com) I thought it perhaps a good idea to share with you how I went about it.

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