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Website Questionnaire

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:14 +0000

To assist us in creating the website that you want, please take a moment to answer as many of the questions as possible. If there are any questions that you don't feel are relevant or have no answer, don't worry just leave them empty.

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:19:42 +0000

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Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:19:42 +0000

It seems you were trying to access a page that doesn't exist. Don't worry...it happens to the best of us.

Please check the spelling of the URL you were trying to access and try again.

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PHP Upgrade: Cannot load the ionCube PHP Loader - it was built with configuration 2.2.0, whereas running engine is API220090626,NTS

Ben Johnson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:24:10 +0000

Cannot load the ionCube PHP Loader - it was built with configuration 2.2.0, whereas running engine is API220090626,NTS

This PHP error is being caused because IonCube is trying to load the old version. To update this on Debian:

EDIT: /etc/php5/conf.d/aa_ioncube.ini
FIND: zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
REPLACE: zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so

This error was caused when upgrading from PHP 5.2 to 5.3, I wanted to make sure no configuration files was overwritten. So when upgrading via apt-get, I made sure to always select the option for the local configuration files.

How to upgrade PHP 5.2 to PHP 5.3 on Debian Lenny

Ben Johnson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:39:13 +0000

Its very simple to upgrade PHP 5.2 to PHP 5.3 for Debian Lenny and it's easy to upgrade via a few commands with the apt-get

Add these lines to the apt sources at /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://php53.dotdeb.org stable all
deb-src http://php53.dotdeb.org stable all

The dotdeb repositry will require you to download and import the key

wget http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg
cat dotdeb.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Now all that is left is to upgrade:
```
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
```
I have to confirm a couple of files that have to be overwriten.

Clear browser cache

Ben Johnson — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:02:43 +0100

In order to speed up web browsing, modern web browsers are built to download web pages and store them locally on your computer's hard drive. So when you visit the same page for a second time, the browser speeds up loading time by loading the page locally from cache instead of downloading everything again.

Although storing Internet cache makes web browser faster you sometimes want to overwrite this defualt behaviour, for example to see recent changes made to a webpage you just uploaded.

Clearing Cache Memory

This is done by doing what is called a "force refresh" by pressing both control and F5 buttons simultaneously on your keyboard (depending on your browser).

Depending on your operating system all you need to do is the following key combination:

Windows: ctrl + F5
Mac/Apple: Apple + R or command + R
Linux: F5

If you find this does not work you can find step by step guides for Chrome, Firefox 3, Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6, Safari.

Expressive Bikes

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:13:00 +0100

Common MySQL data types

Ben Johnson — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:45:46 +0100

When designing a new database, each time I have to re-think what types should be used for one or the other columns. So I decided to make my own mainly just for reference but somebody may find this useful.

Column	Data Type	Comment
id	INT	AUTO_INCREMENT, UNSIGNED
page name	VARCHAR(64)
meta title	VARCHAR(150)
meta description	VARCHAR(160)
meta keyword	VARCHAR(255)
status	enum('ENABLED','DISABLED')	DEFAULT "DISABLED"
featured	TINYINT(1)	DEFAULT "0"
content	TEXT
username	VARCHAR(32)
password	VARCHAR(64)
email address	VARCHAR(100)
phone/mobile	VARCHAR(20)
firstname/company	VARCHAR(32)
address_1	VARCHAR(128)
postcode	VARCHAR(10)
file	VARCHAR(255)
price	DECIMAL (7,2)	UNSIGNED
order	INT(11)
ip	VARCHAR(15)	DEFAULT "0"
modified	TIMESTAMP	on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
create	DATETIME	DEFAULT "0000-00-00 00:00:00"
forien_key	INT(11)

Email Marketing with List Mail Pro

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:31:35 +0100

An important part of any website is to be able to capture email addresses for newsletters, articles and online marketing activities. Web2Works highly recommends List Mail Pro which enables you to manage and publish your newsletters directly from your server with no monthly fees. List Mail Pro allows you to reach your visitors and keep them coming back; email marketing is an excellent addition to your website.

The key features are listed below however; the main reason why Web2Works recommends this is that it is highly recommended software from the top email marketing experts allowing solid, robust emails that SPAM filters will struggle to identify as junk. The import and export facility are superb at trapping duplicate addresses and incorrectly formatted emails and allowing you personalise each email that is sent with custom fields fetched from the users database.

List Mail Pro features include:

Unlimited lists each with their own customisable options and settings.
Timed follow-up emails sent automatically in the days, weeks and years after subscription.
Build your email with user information drawn from the database to help personalise each email including; formatted dates, custom text and more.
Link Tracking – See who opens which link and when.
Multi-part MIME messages – text and HTML email with or without file attachments.
Double Opt-in – Each list can have a welcome and/or confirmation email – both optional.
Custom Fields for each list to collect additional user information of your choice on sign up.
Unlimited users with no limits to the amount of emails you can send.
Easy add “Remove Links” to your message with a simple message code allowing users to un-subscribe.
Bounce Handling automatically removes undeliverable email addresses from your lists.
Scheduling system to queue your messages days, months and even years in advanced.
Backup and Restore protects against unexpected server failures and helps with server migration.
Import and Export users to your mailing database using a standard comma-delimited (CSV) text files.
User Selection – send to all your users or just a selection from a search criteria.
Queue Protection – In the event of an unexpected failure you can easily and safely resume your mailing, or do it automatically with the auto-resume script

The main advantage being the List Mail Pro is free and has no monthly charges or cost per email.

About Us

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:19:42 +0000

Web 2 works is a website design and development company based in Leeds Yorkshire. with an invaluable experience building websies for a range of clients. Managed by Ben Johnson an all round experienced website designer and developer. Web2works focus on improving your online presence by ensuring a high standard of all website that communicate quickly and elegantly.

All our client website are fully optimised for search engines, generating valuable visitors from day one. All of our pages comply to the standards of the Internet set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and will always work in the lastest browsers. If you choose us to build your website we wont add on a whole bank of extra charges to provide backwards browser compatiblity, the code at Web2Works is of a high standard that there is actually very little editing need to work in 99.9% of browsers. From the initial consultancy, design and build right through to the day your website goes live our experience and wealth of knowledge will help make your website reach its full potential.

All our websites include a Content Management System (CMS) allowing you to update your website at your own time with no programming skills and enabling the site to grow as your organization grows (Contact Us for a preview of our custom CMS). Whenever it suits you simple log into a secure admin area and without the need to contact Web 2 works you can manage your website, a few examples include;

Create/Edit Pages
Edit Text
Upload Images

As well as all the Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) you would need so your website can be picked up by Google and other search engines.

Feel free to Contact Us if you have any questions, or even if you just want to say hi. I'm actually pretty friendly for a person who doesn't get out of the office much. But this is what we do, and we love what we do!

Why not get a bit more information about some of our exceptinal services:

if you are looking to appoint a web design agency and need to know that the people you choose will work beyond the fee to produce a truly stunning and highly effective piece of work then get in touch

Ben Johnson

I have been studying at University on a Computing course studying a broad range of Computer related programming. I found my passion in website design and spent over a year working for Clever Clover a well established website solutions company. During my experience at Clever Clover I was given the opotuity to work with some really big blue chip companies. I've been a web designer and developer for more than a 5 years. I've learned many things about web design since starting out in this industry, and the things I've learned have helped me develop processes that benefit everyone involved in the websites I work on.

Web Standards Expert

I am an expert in web standards, usability and accessibility. W3C Web Standards go beyond just successful validation of code by providing a strong foundation for websites that run faster, are search engine friendly, accessible to any platform, audience or media and are more future proof. I am proud to build all my projects to be W3C Strict Web Standards Compliant.