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New gite website launched

By Dave | Published: January 9, 2009
Today I’ve just launched a website for lovely clients Emma and David Worth who run Walnut Maison, a gorgeous gite with outdoor swimming pool near Bordeaux. The website design for this gite is based on a WordPress theme, and the site includes a variety of features including:
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WordPress 2.7 release

By Dave | Published: December 11, 2008
WordPress announced today that 2.7 is out of public beta and now the official stable version of WordPress. You can download it here. I’ve been playing around with the beta version of WordPress for a couple of months now, and if you’ve watched any of my WP tutorial screencasts, you’ll have had a sneak peek [...]
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Buying a domain name for your gite

By Dave | Published: October 7, 2008
In a previous post i covered some of the issues around choosing your domain name, including the search engine ranking benefits to be gained from purchasing multiple domain names. Once you’ve chosen the domains you’re going to use, it’s time to buy them. It’s likely in choosing your domain name that you’ve maybe visited a [...]
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Tips for building a Gite website

By Dave | Published: October 6, 2008
Here's a few things you should consider when you're comissioning a website: 1. The site should be in html, not flash. search engines cannot read flash web sites, so you won't be found on google etc if the site is all flash. That said, it's fine to have flash elements on the pages (banners, video, images, widgets etc).
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