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.UK Top Level Domain name coming soon, do I have to do anything?

3rd March 2014 by Alan Leave a Comment

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On 10th June 2014 there will be a new Top Level Domain name (TLD) .uk . You may have seen many domain registrars urging you to pre register a .uk domain.

What do you have to do?

Up to 5 years – if you own a .co.uk, which has been registered before 28th October 2013. You have up to 5 years to claim the .uk.

Take action now – if you’ve registered your .co.uk today (or after 28th October 2013) you need to reserve the .uk too, as someone else could register it before you!

If you need help or advice on selecting your domain name please let us know.

WordPress Release 3.6.1

13th September 2013 by Alan Leave a Comment

WordPress released a security and maintenance update to 3.6 on 11th September 2013. Release 3.6.1 includes three important security fixes and some other additional security hardening.
Details of the release can be read here https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1

All Locally fully managed site have been updated to the most recent version.

We recommend any self managed / hosted websites are updated for security reasons. Speak to your developer or get in touch with us for more information how to update your WordPress website to 3.6.1

Adding Text and Image Links to WordPress Posts and Pages

15th August 2013 by Alan Leave a Comment

A question often asked is can I add links to sites other than my own? With WordPress this is very easy and like everything, it is even easier if someone shows you how.

I have created a short video demonstrating adding a text link and also a image link to a page or post within WordPress 3.6.

It shows how the link can be created and also how to set it so the link opens in a new browser tab. It is always recommended that when send a visitor of yours to another site that a new tab is opened, that way the visitor can find your site again more easily.

Take a look at the video.

WordPress 3.6

14th August 2013 by Alan Leave a Comment

One of the many benefit business members of Locally get is their WordPress powered website gets updated in the background by us. Several times a year WordPress release a new version of software which includes security and functionality releases. We at Locally test each new version of WordPress and when we are happy that it performs correctly we role it out to our Locally business level members’ WordPress based websites.

On 1st of August, WordPress release 3.6. This was a release they called ‘Oscar’ in the honor of the jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. 3.6 is mainly a ‘features’ release which means that it contains mainly new functionality and easier to use features.

The main features of this release are:

Revamped Revisions. When looking at page or post revisions it is now easier to compare side by side the versions, making it easier to select the right one if you need to step back to an earlier version. I would add that the revisions are still displayed in HTML, which while is technically a precise way of comparison, we look forward to the day that we also have the choice of visually rendering the revisions.
Augmented Auto save and Post Locking. Not many of our members will see a benefit here, as this mainly applies to sites that have multiple people working on the same content, but it is nice to know that the risk of losing edits in this situation has been dramatically reduced.
Built in HTML media player. This means that you can now upload and preview Audio and Video on the Media edit screens (normal upload file size limits apply) and easily add and Audio player or Video Player into your pages or posts. For videos, we still recommend you use YouTube, as there are definitely traffic advantages to that, but now you have the option to upload small Videos.
The navigation menu editor has now been made easier to understand and use.

And over 700 technical improvements in the background.

WordPress 3.6 was rolled out to the appropriate Locally websites on 13th August 2013.

Selling Your Web Design Company or Website Portfolio

4th April 2013 by Alan Leave a Comment

Are you a freelance website designer or a small web design agency that wants to move in another direction?

Perhaps you now have demanding job or your business has changed direction? Maybe you found that being a web designer just wasn’t right for you now, financially or personally? Maybe you are retiring?

Rather than leave your clients in the lurch, we would be very interested in taking them on and providing them ongoing support and hosting. Rather than letting your clients fade away you could even end up with a small amount of cash in your pocket too.

Locally provides websites and hosting mainly for smaller UK businesses and primarily WordPress or OpenCart based solutions. We have a personal hands on approach to our clients, just like you would have had, so you can be confident your clients won’t feel abandoned by you.

We are happy to purchase small portfolios and even single sites. We are seeking web design clients and web hosting clients that would normally be ‘full service’, i.e. they would not normally expect control panel access. We can assist with the migration too, we are very flexible.

In summary, if you need someone to look after your portfolio of web clients and for them to continue to get the personal service you were proud to give, then contact us and let’s talk.

Added features for the Simple Gallery

25th January 2013 by Alan Leave a Comment

The Simple Gallery, implemented in Locally, allows an easy way to add a group of pictures to your website, including ability to re-order and delete unwanted images.

We have just released three improvements to this feature

Ability to set the size of the gallery thumbnail pictures the size for your site. This is really useful if your pictures are mainly portrait or mainly landscape.
Giving you the choice of placing the galley at the top of your page or at the bottom & giving a choice of three lightbox themes to display the expanded up images with.

These features are accessed through the advanced setting > default image settings, on your Locally dashboard.