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Migrating from BlogEngine.net to WordPress – first thoughts and why we did it.
Dec 22nd
Well I’ve spent today switching from BlogEngine to WordPress and you know what, it’s not been bad.
I’ll maybe put a write up on here of the experiences but I guess there might not be too much to write.
I’ve always played around with WordPress and implemented it for clients, but being the .net geezer I am (even more so now I’ve fallen in love with mojoPortal) I always went for BlogEngine.
The reason I switched to WordPress was simple, and two fold: BlogEngine didn’t have enough themes or plugins. Of course we could make our own, but why reinvent the wheel? We do build More >
How to write a design brief for web design projects and SEO success
Dec 14th
Hey hey
We put a post up a while ago about the importance of a good design brief and promised we’d follow it up with how to write a design brief. Well, here it is.
We’re lucky enough to work a wide variety of projects through our SEO and web design work and the most common thing that we find is that clients don’t actually know how to write a good design brief.
“Why should the client have to write the design brief?” you might ask. Well, it’s a fair question. The answer is that they probably shouldn’t, it’s what we do More >
Quick update with some web design news for Barnsley Unison and some SEO thoughts for a Sheffield client
Nov 28th
Hey guys, more of a news bulletin today than a blog post. Been a crazy week with projects and had some illness in house – no pigs around though so all good!So; news round!The web design project for Barnsley UNISON is full steam ahead and about 85% complete; finishing up the functionality and polishing content before entering some beta testing with UNISON themselves. A big thanks to Ray Oldroyd and all staff for their hard work and help! We’re looking forward to launching the design to the web, The other UNISON branches will be so jealous! :0)Just for the record, the More >
The importance of a great design brief based on our web design & SEO experiences in Barnsley & Sheffield
Nov 14th
Hello hello!
So, this is a post covering, well, what it says on the tin.
Our blog posts are all about opinions and our experiences, and this one focusses on our experiences working with companies in Sheffield, Barnsley and the rest of Yorkshire and the importance of collecting a great brief before starting any SEO or web design project.
Ok, so; why is a brief so important?
Well it affords you the chance to get to know your client, get to know their products or services and get a feel for the way they work, how they want to be perceived and, most importantly: what their More >
How using Twitter can help to boost your website search engine rankings
Sep 27th
Hey hey
Following this post here we're now elaborating on how using Twitter effectively can actually help boost your website's organic search engine rankings.
Again, this post is really just a bunch of Sheffield SEO geeks telling you guys what we do to help our rankings by using Twitter. There are no real right or wrongs here, it's just opinion. And, as before we assume some things:
- You already have a Twitter account
- You know a little bit about SEO
Let us begin… Ok, so you've now got your Twitter account up and running and you're well on the way to getting yourself a fair More >
How to get more quality followers on Twitter and how it can help your business SEO
Sep 24th
Hi there and welcome to this here article on how to get more quality Twitter followers for your business. Now, I need to stress some things before we proceed:
- This is all opinion based on what we've done here at The Design Loft
- The goal is quality followers, not just any old followers
- This post assumes you're au fait with the Twitter basics, @replies, #tags etc…
So, here we go.
When we started using Twitter a few months ago I have to be honest, we didn't know the best way to use it. Was Twitter a chat tool? Was is just another fad (and actually, More >
