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April update at Forte Web Solutions

May is here already and it seems like an age ago when Sarah and I combined our expertise to set up Forte Web Solutions back in January. It is often said that time flies when you are having fun and we have both been involved in some exciting projects during the past month. New Websites We …

UK is the ‘most internet-based major economy’

In a recent report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) published on the BBC Technology website, it was revealed that the UK is the ‘most internet-based major economy’ with the internet contributing 8.3% to the economy as a whole. This translates to the “internet economy” being worth £121bn in 2010, more than £2,000 per person in …

Forte Web Solutions Update

We have been busy at Forte Web Solutions over the past month, with two websites close to completion as well as some highly successful Google AdWords campaigns that we are running on behalf ofour  clients. Campus Associates We are delighted to be developing a website for Campus-Associates. Campus Associates offers event management, training, business development …

A big welcome to Forte Web Solutions!

A big welcome to Forte Web Solutions from Robert and Sarah.  You may already know us from ‘Monico Web Design’.  We are pleased to announce that we have now re-launched as a limited company under the new name of “Forte Web Solutions Ltd”. Back in November, we decided that it was time to re-visit our …

NextGEN Gallery Thumbnail Generation Error

Thumbnail Generation PHP Memory Limit NextGEN Gallery If you are having trouble generating thumbnails with NextGEN Gallery, this could be down to your web hosts default memory usage allocation for PHP applications. Increasing the memory usage for PHP Applications You can increase the memory usage allocation for an individual PHP applications, such as NextGEN gallery, …

Apple Tribute to Steve Jobs

Apple’s homepage today (Thursday 6th October 2011) simply had an image of Steve Jobs with a link through to a clean and uncluttered page – the way he seemed to like the Apple website – with a tribute to Steve Jobs himself – www.apple.com/stevejobs

Bounce Rate and how to improve it

The Bounce Rate has always concerned webmasters but what exactly is the Bounce Rate? According to Google the Bounce Rate is:

Douglas Adams and how we think about technology

My good friend @RhianHowells sent me this excellent piece written by Douglas Adams back in 1999 – How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet what really caught my attention is his own views on how we all think about technology. I have always said that a TV is a technology to our …

Difference between bounce rate & exit rate

I have been asked on a number of occasions what the difference is between bounce rate & exit rate, especially now that Google Analytics is so widespread. Indeed many people I have spoken to believe both exit rate and Bounce Rate mean exits from your page / site. Well that is true to a certain …

How to completely remove Firefox on Mac OS X

Uninstalling Firefox on the Mac is not as easy as it is on Windows. As well as removing the Firefox.app file from applications, you need to remove files located in your Users directory as well.  Once you have done this then all settings will be removed inducing bookmarks, history and plugins. Guide to completely removing …