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Gmail Labels

09/07/2009 in Google Apps, Web by Neil | No comments

I have found that email has developed into my main mode of communication for work and for my personal life, but keeping track of it all can be difficult. I have been going through the process of slowly moving everything over to my Gmail account because from there I can manage everything and keep it all in order.

If you have come to Gmail from another program you may not be familiar with the concept of labels  and how much help they can give in organising your emails. Drag and drop functionality makes this even more powerful. Gmail doesn’t use folders like some email programs because, although the folder concept can be an easy idea to get your head around, it has built in limitations. How many times have you tried to file things in one place but struggle because they should be in 2 or 3 places really. By using labels, individual emails can be associated with more than one subject or filed in more than one place – in reality there is still only one copy. If you combine this with the automatic ‘filing’ capabilities of filters  you have a great way of organising your mail and restoring some sanity to your online life.

 

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Google Apps for all sizes

08/07/2009 in Google Apps, Web by Neil | 1 comment

googleapps_1482We are realising the benefits of Google Apps more and more. For many of our clients, cloud computing makes a great deal of sense. But, it isn’t just for SME’s, huge global companies are using its power to make efficiencies. 

Watch JohnsonDiversey’s IT director discuss the switch from Lotus Notes to Google Apps.

Viva TV site worth a subscription

10/05/2009 in Video, Web by Neil | No comments

I know that I am probably a little biased, but I have to say that the Viva TV web site is well worth a subscription, not that it will cost you anything. My bias comes from the fact that Creative Mixed Media have put the site together. However, the content for the site grows weekly so if you are from Lancashire and want to know what is happening this summer look in on the site once in a while. If you are at one of the events coming up, keep an eye out for the Viva TV team and you could end up a TV star yourself.

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Posting from Google Apps

09/05/2009 in Web by Neil | 2 comments

Using Google Docs To Post To Your WordPress Site

For some time now we have been building our enthusiasm for Google Apps as we have discovered how it can help in the day to day running of our business. It is now part of our standard service package, to set up a clients email address on Google Apps so that they can take advantage of all these benefits.
Even better is how Google Apps can be used to supplement much of WordPress’s functionality.
We will be putting much more information about this functionality and how it can help you in your business in the future. For now though here is just one tiny piece of Google Apps/WordPress integration.
You can post an entry to your web site straight from Google Docs using the following procedure.
  1. Open the admin panel of your WordPress site and go to Settings>Writing
  2. Check the XML-RPC box to enable remote publishing.
  3. Start a new document in Google Docs.
  4. Click on the ‘Untitled’ tag at the top left hand corner of the screen and give the document at title (this is what the post will be called).
  5. Add your text and pictures (bear in mind the size of your images, they should have been re-sized before bringing them into the document. If your page is 500 pixels wide, make sure the image in no wider than this; you can always make it smaller in the post).
  6. You must realise that the document formatting will not be identical to in the Google Document as it will on the WordPress page. The difference in page width between the Google Doc and your WordPress page will cause re-formatting. You usually get best formatting results by having either half page or full page width images and lots of text that can wrap around it.
  7. When you have finished composing your document click onto the Share button in the top right of the Google Doc page.
  8. Click onto ‘Publish as web page….
  9. If this is the first time you have used Google Docs in this way you will have to set up the blog post settings (bottom of dialogue box). See below
  11. Enter in the following settings:
  12. My own server/custom (assuming you host your own blog)
  13. MetaWeblog API (this is the one for WordPress)
  14. The path to your xmlrpc.php file (don’t worry, just put in http://www.yourwebsitename.com/xmlrpc.php – obviously insert ‘your web site name’ in here.
  15. Your WordPress User name and password
  16. Your web site name
  17. Check the options tag so that your post gets the title.
  18. Click the Test button to check the link works.
  19. When filled in click OK.
What is the major advantage of this? For me, one of the biggest benefits is that I have an instant backup of all of my web site posts and with 25Gb of Google Apps Premier Account storage, that’s a lot of blog posts. You can of course ‘tweek’ some of your posts settings in the WordPress admin panel later.
If you want to know more about some of the great things that you can do with WordPress and Google Apps give us a call on 08444 128066 or email me here .

New Ramada Plaza and new marketing tools

23/12/2008 in Web, marketing, photography by admin | No comments

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We are pleased to have just finished some new photography for Southport’s new Ramada Plaza Hotel. It is nice to do quality work but what really excites me about this job is the way that we are making the images available to many potential users across the world. Read the rest of this entry »

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