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Heath & Ford now IMAP Compliant

Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by Philip in Web design

Interesting job for Risk Management and Compliance firm Heath and Ford.
Mostly mobile, David Butters insisted on trialling Google service IMAP for his email. This service costs $50 per address but give full IMAP configuration for email on his domain. Sent folders and inbox are automatically synchronised on all devices.

Big Trousers can configure Google IMAP for any domain giving small business the services of a dedicated email server but with Google’s SPAM protection and “cloud” service backup and audit trail.

AcePlus consortium website goes live

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Philip in News, Web design

Great work by all in the consortium. Everyone involved has taken to uploading of course details via the WordPress backend. Thanks to Kathy Jacka for keeping this group together online.

The new site uses the new features of the Google Maps API to show training venues by map view and Street view.
Check it out now at aceplus.org.au

HTML5 video for WordPress

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Philip in Apple, Digital imaging, Video, Web design

We are currently testing HTML5 video for WordPress with a view to supporting the explosion of interest in the new iPad from Apple. So here goes…
Only works currently in Webkit browsers (Safari etc). Firefox support not yet available here but is possible.

Here is the embedded Flash version.

Japara Neighbourhood House gets online

Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

After a very long wait for staff changes and committee approval the new website for Japara Neighbourhood House has gone live.
Features a CMS for event calendar

Timor Adventures

Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

If you are looking for a trip with a difference perhaps East Timor by motorbike is your answer. Shirley and David Carlos run Timor Adventures as a small operation a few times a year guiding small groups through East Timor by motorcycle. Their new website has just gone live and includes pictures of the areas of the country their tour covers.

Ride the Worlds Newest Nation here.

Andy Steward, Forge Designs gets off the ground

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

After a few years messing around we get a site running on WordPress for Andy Steward.
Early days but up and about is good. Check out his new site.

Fusion Digital Print Benalla go live

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

After many months of strategy and design, Fusion Digital Print of Bennalla now have a new website complete with and uploader for client file.
We wish them well and hope their new site we have provided serves them well.

Sick Australia site goes up, taste in T-Shirt design goes down.

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

We made live the new site built for Fang and Dome from Sick Australia T-Shirts.
Jean-Luc is the guy with the designs and is probably better known for his work on the comic Modern Gentleman, the movie Cannibal Suburbia, and his own movie productions.
A talented man with a warped mind..bring it on JL !

sickaustralia.com.au

Window Wonders record build attempt

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

Well after about 8 hours solid we have the rebuild for Karen at Window Wonders. Her old OsCommerce application was retired after an attack of the Trojans and a new WordPress theme installed and modified for her purpose. We shot the whole shop content on a lightbox and uploaded the product images.

Well done Karen. Take a look and let us know if we need to sleep on it and rebuild in the morning.

Trojan in Woo Themes footer code

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Software, Web design

Whilst trying to fix a WordPress install, I found some errant code in the footer.php for site files installed by a client. After a bit of sluething I discovered that the Premium Woo Theme used had come from a filesharing site or had come in via bit torrent and had been altered to subject the user to potentially dangerous callback connections for information carried within the site. Now at Big Trousers we have seen this sort of thing injected into shopping carts but never before delivered via a Premium WordPress theme over file sharing.

This is a word of warning to all those who attempt the ‘something for nothing’ route and again a warning to those using a bit torrent client.

My advice is to pay WooThemes for their fine WordPress Themes. The other advantage of owning a license to your Premium theme is that it comes with a lifelong upgrade so that new improved code and bug fixes are downloadable in order to improve your site functionality. Some Themes are available from Woo for free in any event but if you are reading this to find a solution this is it.

Configure your dashboard for inbound links

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Philip in Web design

This is a bit of a tip. In order to get better feed back from your WordPress backend hop in and configure your display for inbound links. You can show the date of the link and alter the number displayed.
Well worth having a look as most are unaware that this exists in their backend and also not looking for what others are saying about their content.

Timba Windows get a refresh

Posted on 19. Aug, 2009 by Philip in Web design

Noel Britt from Timba Windows had asked for a site design refresh after a recent flurry of business activity. An order from CERES sustainability centre for the supply of windows with a emphasis on eco friendly materials and construction has given the company a boost in sustainability construction credentials. As the project progresses information will be released by Timba Windows on their WordPress powered site. Visit Timba Windows to see the new design.

Websites and Mail down

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Software, Web design

We are currently experiencing a delay in upgrading the hardware of the web server.

When all the bugs are ironed out we hope that an improvement to services will be evident but the change over has not gone as smoothly as we had hoped.

Keep an eye on this page for up to date details.

UPDATE:

It looks as though there is a DNS problem inherit in our issues here as well. The new server needs time to be seen by various ISP’s for it’s new location. Some domains are working fine and others are slower to propagate. This will resolve itself over the next few hours.

If we look at the sites hosted over different connection they are starting to appear and the good news is that the sites load a lot faster.

UPDATE 2:

It also seems that when the server was down for repair your ISP cached DNS failures. For those wishing to access mail in the interim you can see your site via anonymouse.org and use the webmail service attached to your hosting service by adding /webmail to your domain url.

UPDATE 3:

All should be getting back to normal now and the new server is a much better unit.
Twice the ram, dual SATA raided drives, faster dual multi threaded CPU – should be a noticeable difference in performance.
Still waiting on upload permissions to be sorted.

Benalla Online now online

Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

Bruce Keogh has been working hard for 3 months or more converting his entire site to the WordPress format.

Benalla Online is a local news/directory that grew from a few pages in html to now an extensive database of local interest.
This site is perhaps the most recent we have built that suits the WordPress structure perfectly.

Sound Acoustics website now live

Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Philip in Big Trousers News, Web design

After a few years on an old html site James at Sound Acoustics has embraced WordPress as a Content Management System for his business.

Sound Acoustics designs, tests, maufactures and sells a range of acousctic foam panels for recording studios and home theatre rooms. This site has a Twitter Feed, Flickr link, and a shopping cart using code supplied by WP-Ecommerce.

Good luck James and get the blog going… at soundacoustics.com.au