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How to get a DIY online store, without doing the technical stuff yourself

Posted by opmc on Sep 12, 2011 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

You might have thought about setting up an online store for your business, but not ready to pay to have someone do it for you. But equally, you don’t really want to have to try and figure out all the technical setup yourself, as you may not know where to start. We’ve got a solution for you. If you take our advice about the Storefrontthemes.com online store solution we’ve mentioned before here, then for a fraction of the cost of having the store professionally setup, we can offer our install only service. With this, we will...

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Help for Distribute.IT customers – Assistance with transfer of web hosting, domain name management, and e-mail services for affected customers.

Posted by opmc on Jun 21, 2011 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

This is a message for customers of Distribute.IT, in Australia, whose websites were recently impacted by a hacking attack. This was recently reported in SMH.com.au We would like to offer our services to help you get your website and other services up and running again. We can: -Transfer the management of your domain name. -Set up web hosting and e-mail services for you. -Set up a temporary website for you if you wish. Feel free to click here to make an enquiry about transferring away from Distribute.IT if you wish, and we can advise...

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New SpringFitness.com.au initiative launched today

Posted by opmc on May 31, 2011 in our work | Comments Off

We are proud to launch SpringFitness.com.au today, in conjunction with Design Thread. Spring is an initiative designed to get people moving, demonstrate the impact this has on their mood and raise over $500,000 for the Black Dog Institute. So, sign up today and help raise awareness and much needed funds for the Black Dog Institute with the Spring Fitness program – it’s a tiny $30 for a whole month of training exercises and...

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To upgrade WordPress or not?

Posted by opmc on May 16, 2011 in wordpress | Comments Off

Inside WordPress, when there is an update available it tells you at the top of the page, and gives a link to update. This makes it easy to update your version of WordPress yourself – you will see this message if you have administrative access to your WordPress. Otherwise it will say something like “Please contact your administrator about this….” WordPress will then automatically upgrade to the new version, within a few minutes at most. However, just like any automated upgrade, if it isn’t done in the right way it...

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Storefrontthemes.com adds new “Edge” design for WordPress

Posted by opmc on May 15, 2011 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Storefrontthemes.com have now expanded their themes for WordPress and WP E-commerce online store software to 6 with the release of “Storefront Edge”. You can check it out on their site here: http://storefrontthemes.com/ Just click on “Themes” tab, then “Learn more” under “Storefront Edge” to find out more!

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Using WordPress to make an online store – top tools

Posted by opmc on May 12, 2011 in wordpress | Comments Off

Using three simple tools, we tell you how you can start selling online. 1) WordPress We’ve used WordPress for a number of years with our clients, as the software that runs their websites. We think it’s a great tool. If you haven’t got it yet, check it out here: http://www.wordpress.org So how does it go for selling online? WordPress does not have a built in store, but you can find many from the WordPress plugin directory. It’s sometimes hard to filter these though as there are a number out there. 2) WP e-commerce We...

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Hiding WordPress version number in your code to prevent hacking

Posted by opmc on May 4, 2011 in wordpress | Comments Off

We saw this great article recently discussing the prevention of hacking on your WordPress website by hiding the WordPress version number. The article is here: http://www.whitefirdesign.com/blog/2011/03/02/hiding-the-wordpress-version-number-will-not-make-your-website-more-secure/ The outcome of the article of course was that this isn’t going to really help prevent WordPress hacking, as hacking is just not that simple. There are a lot of ways hackers can try to hack your WordPress website and many of these are automated. The article...

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Easy Online Stores

Posted by opmc on Apr 14, 2011 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Do you want to get an online store easily and quickly, to get you started online, without major up front costs? Ask us how we can help with our latest online store options.

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Pure Wellbeing Woollahra site now live

Posted by opmc on Sep 15, 2010 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

In conjunction with Design Thread, the Pure Wellbeing Woollahra website is now live. Check it out...

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