After 20 years based in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall, we have relocated to Pembrokeshire. Mark and Victoria both grew up in Wales, and with the growth of the Shop on the Borderlands, our other business, during the past few years, and with the sad impact of the pandemic on so many of our tourism… Continue reading A Move to Pembrokeshire
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Too many requests : blocking access to unused Woocommerce features
WordPress as a Content Management System with Woocommerce to drive an online shop are two very powerful and useful tools. We have built and run a number of Woocommerce shops, and we love the power and ease of use it offers. However, there are some situations where there might actually be just TOO much functionality. … Continue reading Too many requests : blocking access to unused Woocommerce features
Using Google AdWords Display Advertising to Increase Brand Awareness for Ribeye Superyacht Tenders
Google AdWords search advertising works very well when you have a product to advertise that people will go on Google and search for. Obviously. But what if you’re trying to advertise the kind of product where people buy because they already know the brand, and not enough people know your brand? AdWords is still useful… Continue reading Using Google AdWords Display Advertising to Increase Brand Awareness for Ribeye Superyacht Tenders
Two quick Paypal product shops
Both Tamar Valley Tourism and Dartmoor Accommodation had a need to sell a small number of products online – tours, posters and trail guides. Because there were a small number of products and the value was quite low, a full online shop solution would have been overcomplicated and too expensive for this situation, so… Continue reading Two quick Paypal product shops
Villas of the Caribbean: a custom-built site using API
Tropic Breeze, our Caribbean tour operator customer, wanted a website to showcase villas in the Caribbean using availability and pricing information from a partner database, but offering the ability to customise the content and display. We built an importer tool to allow this and a display system to allow the villas to be searched and… Continue reading Villas of the Caribbean: a custom-built site using API
New WordPress Website for Labcold
Labcold, a manufacturer of laboratory fridges and blood product storage solutions, came to us wanting a WordPress solution for their website, which had been custom built and was proving difficult to maintain reliably. They particularly wanted a look and feel that would echo their existing brand, but would allow greater flexibility, be easier to use… Continue reading New WordPress Website for Labcold
New wordpress site for Professor of Behavioural Science at Newcastle University
Daniel Nettle contacted us because he wanted to build a new wordpress website to explain his work as Professor of Behavioural Science at Newcastle University, but needed some help with the technicalities. In particular, he wanted to be able to provide a downloadable library of research papers, which would allow the papers to be listed… Continue reading New wordpress site for Professor of Behavioural Science at Newcastle University
It’s The Biggest Change to Search Results Pages in Years – Here’s What You Need To Know (And DO)
Without any fanfare, Google is in the process of making the biggest change to its desktop (i.e. non-mobile) search results pages in years. Here’s what a search for the phrase ‘plymouth plumbers’ used to look like: …and here’s what the same search looks like when I run it now: The map with local results for… Continue reading It’s The Biggest Change to Search Results Pages in Years – Here’s What You Need To Know (And DO)
Assisting in the quest for perfection!
28Quest is an independent leadership, coaching and performance improvement consultancy. Although they know that perfection is hard to achieve, their philosophy is that you get nowhere by not trying ! Take a look at the website we’ve created for them : http://28quest.com/
New Canine Hydrotherapy website
Here’s a new little project that we pulled together for an existing customer who is moving into a new area of business : http://www.k9splashhydrotherapy.co.uk/ . We are huge doglovers at Clare Associates – in fact, we regularly foster dogs for the Oldies Club dog rescue charity, whose website we also look after. So we were very happy… Continue reading New Canine Hydrotherapy website