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I often get comments about the 'little details' that make our service special to our web design customers.  Just yesterday, I was asked about a Favicon for a website (or as they put it, "the funny little icon thing in the web browser"), so I thought I would take this opportunity to enlighten you all!

What is it?

The favicon is an icon file ( extension .ico) that your web browser looks for to replace the internet explorer (or firefox etc) logo in the web browser address bar.  If you looks at ours, we have a little green leaf .  It also appears if your site is saved into somebody's 'Favorites' and it makes your site easier to find.

How do I get one?

Well there are two ways to go about this really:

1. Create your own icon in Photoshop (or something similar).  Create yourself a square image that is 16 pixels x 16 pixels.  Create your design and save it as a .gif .  Then, rename the file to 'favicon.ico'  (the .ico bit is the file extension).  You then need to save it to your web hosting root directory - or get your friendly website designer to do it for you.
    
2. The easy way!!  Visit my favourite Favico website: http://www.htmlkit.com/services/favicon/  You will need to upload your logo (ideally this would be a square sh ...

Just a quote entry to say that we are now in talk with am international client - how exciting!  In8 Website Design Hampshire are quoting to create a multi-lingual solution for a large international company.  The site will cater for partners accross the globe, who will be able to select the language in which they would like the content.

Watch this space...

I don't like to consider myself a work-aholic, but I must admit that I do feel the need to check my Google Analytics quite frequently!  My better half and I have an unspoken rule that on weekends I shouldnt need to be on my laptop all day, and I do agree.  However, I can't seem to avoid quickly checking my emails or logging-on to Google Analytics to see how many visits I had the day before and where they came from...

I think it has started to become a bit of an obsession.  How sad does that sound?  But when you think about it, it is my livelyhood and I do spend a hell of a lot of time trying to better optimize my site and get more inbound links.

I am offen asked by my customers how much time you need to spend on SEO in order to achieve good rankings.  How long is a piece of string!  What you need to do really depends on your individual website.  The trouble I find with Search Engine Optimizing my website design site is that every bugger in the industry SHOULD be quite good at optimizing their site and links should be plentiful from client websites.  This means that trying to pull your way to top rankings on a keyword like 'website design' is near on impossible without large budgets and an extra 300 days in the year.

Some of my clients have been lucky enough to be targetting relatively untapped keywords (or at least keywords where the top listings are at the top more through luck than judgement!).  In fact, I recently managed to get my client straight to the top of the google listings just because their site was the best optimized.

So, I would definitely recommend looking for the less common relevant keywords when optimizing your

Hi everyone - as you may be aware I was away last weekend relaxing in the west country!  Lucky for some ay! ;o)

I've had some advice that I should use my blog in a more personal way, rather than just sharing news about clients and web launches - so here goes!

You may have noticed that we have added a couple of new tabs to our site recently...these are links to our sister sites which have been around for a while, but I felt it would be better make a connection between the websites.  In8 Design and Print offers design and print service including brochure design, leaflet design, logo design, etc....as affordable prices - just like In8 Website Design.  In8 Photography offers affordable photographic services including studio photography, commercial photography, product photography and also 360 virtual tours.

Speaking of which...we have also added a fairly new tab for 360 virtual tours, which you can see on the In8 website (http://www.meoncreative.com/360VirtualTours.aspx ).  We at In8 really like these and have added this to our list of services - and of course these are very affordable, starting from just £50 to take the images and setup the tou ...

In8 is currently working with Women 1st, a Dorset based Womens Networking Group to build a community forum that involves its users and members.  Women 1st is a new and exciting ‘networking’ event for all women – a meeting point for friends, with a tailored programme of talks, and a small supporting exhibition for you to browse whilst enjoying a warm welcome and relaxing atmosphere.

Women 1st started out with a HTML based website that was proving costly to update and did not nurture the community aspect of the business.  Kathryn, the founder of Women 1st, was referred to In8 by another customer.  In8 created a community website for Women 1st based around their current website, while extending it with community features.

The Women 1st website now consists of:

• Community Forum - fully managed by Kathryn,

In8 Website Design is currently working with helping Hampshire based company, Tomahawk Films, to streamline their shopping cart and payment gateway facilities.  Tomahawk films originally used a 1990's 'unpack and go' shopping cart, which collected order details and emailed them to Tomahawk Films.  Although secure, the system was needlessly complicated and Brian, the CEO of Tomahawk Films, was single handedly trying to run the website and the archaic back-end was holding him back.

Tomahawk Films did not want to chang the lok and feel of the site in any way and was keen to retain the web processes, so as to not alienate their loyal customers.  With this in mind, In8 created a simple back-end solution that fitted in with the current look and feel, as well as the structure that was familar to Tomahawk users.

Brian can now collect payment, manage and track orders and market to his customers all from his website.  The simple ecommerce package allows Brian to totally manage his web shop and indeed his business.

For more information of Ecommerce Packages, please visit our ecommerce web page.  To find out how In8 can help you to effectively sell online, please contact us via our web form, or call us on 07809 709 308.