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We had a client in this afternoon who was wondering how to setup her email; hosted with ourselves, in some kind of email client. She found the webmail installed on the server hard to use, a very common complaint. So as avid users of Gmail we obviously suggested she get an account with them. She had never used Gmail before so her first question was how she would get her email in Gmail. Below we have prepared a brief and to the point tutorial on how to setup your emails and getting...

It has been fifteen years since Active Webdezign opened its doors and modem connection to the world of the Internet. Being a web design company based in London, we were fortunate enough to have clients come to us for our services right from the word go. Admittedly, we did start off with minimal technical expertise and, as you can imagine, this was a steep learning curve for everyone embarking on this new communications phenomenon. At the time, way back in ’99, there were not many programmers with enough experience in...

WordPress is one of the biggest and most popular content management system in the world and it’s available in 53 languages. It is an excellent software, initially made for blogging, but the number of people using it as a website developing platform is growing extremely fast. “14.7% of all websites in the world is powered by WordPress!” Claimed Matt Mullenweg in August of last year, we however estimate it’s closer to 20 percent by now. It would be interesting to see the WordPress team have another look at those numbers. The reasons why...

It’s our pleasure to announce, that recently we have upgraded our own website to a responsive design. As a web design agency we are responsible for creating websites that are available to view for everyone whether they are using a mobile, laptop or any other device and to achieve that – flexibility is the key! Responsive design, what is that? Instead of creating a new website version for every different device that exists, we can work on making the information itself to be flexible and not the outside form of the...

According to the latest Browser stats, Chrome has overtaken Internet explorer (5+ I assume) as the most popular browser in the world, ending Internet Explorers 13 year domination of the market. Wordlwide browser stats First I’d like to say you always have to be a little sceptic when it comes to news of global browser trends, but, according to StatCounter’s Global Stats Chrome appears to have surpased Internet Explorer. And that will finally end the 13 year domination of the market by Internet Explorer. Unfortunately this is not yet the case in...

WHY WE’RE KEEPING OUR COOKIES CUPBOARD STOCKED. Website owners have been told that they must change the way they explain the use of cookies on their websites and, if they don’t, they face a potentially large fine. Over 90% of websites use cookies. These are the cookie laws that everyone has been talking about and are worrying many businesses. We have come to the conclusion that we will Keep Calm & Carry On. With all the historical references around the Jubilee last weekend, we were reminded of the stoicism of...