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Marketing by criticism is not cool

Marketing by criticism is not cool

MacHeist is here again with a bundled selection of OSX applications for a daft price. Rarely do I find a bundle that is not worth the price. But this time I have been put off by one item in particular.

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Magento 1.4 release breaking templates

Magento 1.4 release breaking templates

With the release of Magento CE 1.4, TemplatesMaster is reporting that templates previously compatible with Magento 1.3 are not working under 1.4 and are advising users of their templates to hold back upgrading to Magento 1.4 “due to changes to html structure and css class names”.

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Godaddy codes February 2010

Godaddy codes February 2010

It’s well overdue time to remind you about some valid GoDaddy codes and coupons to get you a range of discounts on GoDaddy.com products and services. The following codes are valid to use right now will remain valid for some time.

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Magento – catalog price rules not sticking

Magento – catalog price rules not sticking

Apparently I’m not the only one suffereing this annoying problem.

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Magento – customising individual product category pages

Magento – customising individual product category pages

Magento’s templating structure strikes me as a little odd in places, but is very capable. But capability invariably breeds complexity.

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An agent in the middle

An agent in the middle

I follow a handful of  literary agents on twitter. One of the more consistently interesting and helpful is Rachelle Gardner, who feeds us eager authors insightful advice to light the path to acquiring and agent and publisher.
On her blog this week is a guest post from Billy Coffey, one of the authors she represents, discussing [...]

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It’s that NaNoWriMo time again

It’s that NaNoWriMo time again

November approaches and the question “Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year?” starts to flutter through authors’ blogs, twittering and conversations.
For those of you not familiar with the growing annual online event, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a challenge for anyone with the desire to write a novel, to start writing on November 1, and [...]

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It’s official, Google ignores keyword meta tags

It’s official, Google ignores keyword meta tags

The debate has swung this way and that for some time now about the SEO effectiveness, or not, of keyword META tags. This week, Google finally put the record straight.

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It has been quiet

It has been quiet

There has not been much going on here recently, and for good reason.
Persistent Spirit is undergoing a re-write. After having been away from it for a few months, I have returned to write the third full draft. I now fully understand the necessity of the breathing space to allow time before returning to the editing [...]

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Google Caffeine – faster but at what price?

Google Caffeine – faster but at what price?

Google Caffeine promises faster, more time relevant search results. But how will that affect your own search results?

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