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  1. Air B n B - great idea - thanks Can't do Greece though - already got flights!
  2. Does anyone here have an apartment or small villa in Spain within driving distance of Malaga they would like to rent out in May for a week?
  3. Hi, I wanted to write a quick post about my friend, Adam Taylor's, running group in Sheffield as it's a really nice group and I don't think many people know about it. It's a running coach lead group for beginners, intermediates and improvers and has a combination of different sessions designed to improve fitness, improve technique, and is a great social activity. The group meets on Mondays at Meadowhead (7:00pm inside Meadowhead Physiotherapy), Mondays at Western Park (5:45pm outside the museum entrance), and Thursdays in Dore (7:15pm inside the HSBC branch on Causeway Head Road) Sessions are £3 and there is no need to book in advance - just turn up! More info here
  4. According to the grapevine, they had a 3 year agreement for half-price on the lease which ran out so they shut down. I actually used to use them a lot - very convenient and the prices were OK so it was a shame when they shut. Yes, it would be great to have a new off licence there. And yes, as people have said earlier, local specialist beers would be good too (there is a place on Archer Road like this but it's a bit out of the way and parking is a problem) You should also focus on the bread-and-butter booze too - gin, vodka, whisky, cheap decent wines, and lagers.
  5. It's not necessarily down to a shared server, it's down to having too many other sites on the same server. Many people cut costs on the hosting as they don't understand the importance of quality hosting. When the penny drops, they go the opposite direction and spend a fortune of over-the-top hosting. most on-line businesses will be fine with mid-cost hosting. My advice, however, is avoid the big companies. Their budget hosting is always poor quality from my experience. How to pick a good company? Test their technical support before you move. They might be great on the sales line but you need to know how they treat their ongoing customers. This, in my experience, is a very good way of finding out how good their general approach to hosting will be in advance. Also, moving away from 123-reg isn't necessarily going to be a difficult thing to do so I would strongly recommend thinking about that as an option!
  6. This is a very big question. The short answer is to focus on lots of good quality relevant content on your site - blogging, articles, SEO optimised copy, etc. - get the basics right - standards compliant code, quality hosting, proper hierarchical use of HTML - then look at getting quality, natural in-bound links - not necessarily paid-for as this can cause you all sorts of problems if it's done badly (which is in fact very, very common). To begin, you need to analyse your market (in terms of their search behaviour) and analyse your competitors. This will provide you with a list of key words and phrases. By analysing the competition you have for these phrases, you can choose the ones to focus on. Don't immediately dismiss the niche ones or the long-tail searches, go for what you think you'll have a chance of getting up onto page one with within your budget (in terms of resources) and therefore in front of your target audience. Of course it's a good idea! Your business needs to be found and your potential customers are using the internet to find your products and services. Fact. I'm amazed that you can still get a site that hasn't been optimised as standard these days. Unless you've got your site done on a budget, your web development company has no excuse for not doing this in the first place.
  7. If you log into the CMS and go to the 'appearance' section, you can edit the files in-line from here. Anything other than the general colours / images / fonts / etc. however, will probably need to be done by downloading the theme and editing the files on your computer - it's often pretty complicated to unpick someone else's theme
  8. Hi DandelionEm, It's tough in the current economic climate in the graphic design world. The problem is that people don't value good design so as soon as they start to 'tighten their belts', the graphic design is often one of the first casualties. I know this as graphic design is something we as a company provide, but we don't advertise this any more (I studied GD back in the days when everything was hand rendered!) as people don't want to pay for it. If it were me in your situation, and I was adamant that this was the career for me, I would be either calling round printers for opportunities (as they're getting the bulk of this type of work at the moment) or considering heading to London as there's a lot more work available down there. I hope this helps?
  9. Hi red1, there a some useful articles here on the subject of SEO: http://talk.sevencreative.co.uk/find-out-for-free-if-your-site-should-be-higher-in-google/ http://talk.sevencreative.co.uk/make-your-website-work-for-you-with-seo/ http://talk.sevencreative.co.uk/seo-sheffield-getting-it-right/
  10. My pond (2m x 1m x 0.7m deep) seems to be full of leaches. I've never seen this before and I wondered if it's normal!?! Should I introduce some fish who'll eat these leaches?
  11. I'm not sure they do deliveries but they're selling bags of manure at Cowley Lane Riding School, Holmesfield
  12. Does anyone know what this is that appeared on my pond last year and how to get rid of it (in an environmentally friendly way if possible!) image here Thanks
  13. Does anyone know if Hullys on Ecclesall Road (near Endcliffe Park) is open on weekdays at 7.45? I've trying to call them but their phone line is dead! Thanks
  14. When I was a lot younger I spent a year in France with lots of students. Many years later my French is a bit rusty but I can still swear like a French trooper!
  15. Hi Ignazio, I know a few architects so I'll send them a quick email on your behalf and let you know what they say
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