How to tune up XP broadband downloads.

June 9th, 2009

If you asked most people what they would most like to improve with regards to their broadband, we here at web design suffolk bet most people would go for faster downloads.  Amazingly though, with just a couple of of tweaks, most people can get a real speed boost that they would instantly benefit from.

TCP optimizer is a utility that edits network settings in the Windows XP registry. The most important tweak that it does is to the TCP receive window size. This is the actual amount of data the computer can receive from the intranet in one chunk, so increasing the value can improve the download speeds of even web design suffolk - give it a try, what have you got to lose. It also makes changes to Internet explorer too.  Don’t use TCP Optimiser on Windows Vista though, it wont work and and its not needed as Vista adjusts the values automatically.

Mozilla is weaving the web

April 16th, 2009

Mozilla, as I’m sure most of you are aware, are the people behind the all conquering Firefox browser. A browser that web design suffolk wholeheartedly recommends for it robustness and security features, It was the first browser to introduce tabs - now used by all other browsers, and it was the first to make its layout more simple for the average user. It was also free and different from the all mighty Microsoft Internet Explorer, which for many years had an almost clear run at the browser world.

One of the big things that mozilla are now working on is called Weaving the web - they just call it weave and we at web design suffolk simply call it brilliant. Weave basically brings together all of the other devices in your life such as mobile phones, PC’s etc and tries to bring an element of continuity to them. Its similar to cloud computing and it is all about services being stored online rather than remotely. Weave will let individuals access what they are actually looking for on one computer on another instantly.

Hard Deliverables online always do well

March 23rd, 2009

Hard deliverables means physical objects that are easily shipped, selling them on the web in the right way can mean big profits, but there is lots of things you need to get right first. If you think about it, these are many of the same items that sell well through catalogue and mail order. The attractions seem clear once web design suffolk have actually built the site. For one thing, the user can general easily see what they are going to get.  They can see pictures of the merchandise and the stuff is real and tangible.  Another huge advantage of buying online is that there is no parking involved, it is the ultimate free parking shopping trip. All of these qualities transfer directly to an online shopping experience. Ultimately, an online shopping experience will stand or fall on how good the shop layout is for the user and how smooth the whole browsing and paying mechanisms are - of course the biggest question every budding online entrepreneur has to as themselves is what do i want to sell and does anybody want it?

Just what exactly is a blog?

March 16th, 2009

A blog, or weblog, if you want to use it original name that was given to it way back in the day, is a unique kind of frequently updated web-pages (just like this one), consisting of usually short posts arranged with the most recent at the top. Where web design suffolk come into it, is that they have to build lots of them as they are very popular, even on corporate business sites, where they are used as a way of getting a message across in an informal way. Many major sites now feature blogs, sometimes written by a large team of people and sometimes just written by one individual voice.

Many of the most interesting and successful blogs that web design suffolk has been involved in over the years has been either journalistic or political in  nature, with up to the minute news delivered with a fresh angle. It is the immediacy of the Blog that makes it such an attractive and powerful force on the web and it is surely going to be around for a long time to come.

What is Flash?

February 3rd, 2009

Whenever you see something moving on a website from web design suffolk, there is a small chance that it may be an animated GIF, but more than likely it is an animation created in Flash. Flash is a package that allows web design suffolk to create colourful interactive animations in very small files - therefore perfect for the Internet and websites across the world.

For example, a ten second clip may only take up 10kb. When used sparingly with high production values, web design suffolk believes that a good Flash animation can bring real value and Wow factor to any website, but there can be a downside. One of the greatest design no-no’s on any site is an overuse of Flash, especially when it is used as an animation to welcome people to a site. It’s about as popular as a rattle snake in a lucky dip and needs to be avoided at all costs.

The facts about uninstaling

January 28th, 2009

One thing that always seems to grow on peoples computers these days is the amount of programs they have, There are so many free programs out there for simple tasks such as audio and extraction and bigger and far more complicated things such as web development, which you should really leave to experts such as web design suffolk - that it is inevitable that sooner rather than later, you Will be better off uninstalling some of them. They take up room and if you have updated the program, there is no reason to have the old one installed.

If you are operating windows and most people that web design suffolk deal with are operating windows, the way to delete programs is to go to the Control Panel, from there, go to Add/Remove Programs and look for program in the list that will come up, When you find it, click uni stall - you may have to restart your computer for this to work fully. You may also find the uninstall icon in the Start menu - if it is in neither area, it will probably be safe to delete the program from its original folder, which usually means it will be in your Program Files.

Keep your design fresh and clean

November 20th, 2008

There are literally millions and billions and trillions of websites in the world and the first thing most people think about when they are putting their dream site together, after they have spoken to the best designers in England - IE - web design suffolk, is how much content can i throw up on my site and how often. Often is the crucial word here, as often will mean your site is well spider-ed by the bots. How much is also equally important, because you can actually have too much content.

This may seem to go against everything you might have heard about great websites, but often web design suffolk discover that know matter how great the site, if it is cluttered with too much information and content, people will be turned off. It is important when you are selling products top give a good a description that is for sure, but do people need the whole technical manual online, not really. if you keep your content fresh and simple you wont go far wrong online.

What’s in a domain name?

November 5th, 2008

One of the most common things that people ask when starting a new website is how important is my domain name? Well, according to web design Suffolk, it is very important - A domain name should tell the world who you are and what you are about - ideally - but, that is not the whole story. Most names such as plumbers.com and alarmsrus.com are now gone, so you have to be a bit more creative about your choices and think of other ways of communicating who you are, by perhaps adding a trusty ‘-’ in the title or adding a regional name, such as plumberslondon.com.

Of course most of the big companies on the net don’t need a name at all, think of Amazon and E-Bay and you know instantly what they represent, but that is only after years of trading on-line under those names, if they started up tomorrow under those names, they would struggle without a huge marketing campaign behind the name. Ideally, you should take web design Suffolk’s advice and try to add some form of business connection in your domain name - its not crucial to your on-line success, but it certainly wont harm your efforts either.

Beware of using techno-babble

October 20th, 2008

It is always a good policy when writing for your website that most people are not as well versed in your company’s particular lingo as you are. Therefore, take web design suffolk’s advice and avoid using acronyms such as ISP, ASP or any other bunch of letters that people just wont understand.

If you do need to use technical language, perhaps in your legal pages or help pages, then always explain what it is. One of the golden rules of web design suffolk is to get their clients to use cl;ean, simple language in their text - this way they will keep their users happy with language and ideas that they can easily grasp and feel a part of. Naturally if you are running a computer forum for computer techies, feel free to sue the language they would expect, otherwise keep it simple stupid.

Don’t waffle on-line and give information in small chunks

October 14th, 2008

A lot of web content writers think that it is a good idea to waffle and write lines and lines of text that can actually be condensed into one sentence. It is very important to heed the advice of web design suffolk and not waste peoples time with too much text. In this day an age, people are used to getting their information in short, succinct bursts, so remember this when you are online.

It is also important to have a CMS system built by web design suffolk that will allow you to break up your text with pictures and allow you to display the text in different layouts other than just way. This way people can digest your writing in new and refreshing ways and not get bogged down or bored with one long list of text.