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Free online marketing tools for 2026
08 December 2025

Free Online Marketing Tools for 2026

Marketing your business requires investment, but it doesn’t always require cash. One of the most effective strategies for growing a business is investing your time rather than your marketing budget. The range of tools available to businesses for free has never been more powerful. Whether you w…
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Computer security
12 November 2025

Navigating Cookie Consent in 2026

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, respecting user privacy and complying with data protection regulations is paramount. Gone are the days of simple "implied consent" cookie notices. Today, laws like the GDPR (Europe), CCPA/CPRA (California), and others worldwide demand explicit, informed co…
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Accessible Webdesign
01 February 2025

Accessible Website Design

Accessible websites are those which, traditionally, are considered to facilitate easy access for any person with a disability or some form of impairment. We prefer to think of an accessible website as being inclusive to everyone, i.e. one that is easy to use by every visitor to your site regardless…
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07 January 2025

WordPress Tutorial

This guide is intended to be a simple guide to using WordPress (WP) for those new to managing a WP powered site. It covers the common tasks of writing and managing content and basic site maintenance. It does not cover how to customise WordPress or any advanced coding, which will need to be done b…
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Webdesign best practice
02 January 2025

Web Design Best Practices for 2025

We all know this process - we do a search on Google, find the ideal website, navigate through their system and purchase a product or find the information we need. It is quick, full of useful information, user friendly and streamlined. But what is it that makes these sites really work, easy to find…
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Content is king
26 April 2024

Content is King...

This article was first published in 2012 and updated in 2024.  It is striking how little has changed in the last decade, content is definitely still KING! High quality web site content has always been important. Now it's essential.  As search engines, and Google in particular, continue t…
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Joomla website tutorial
26 February 2024

Joomla Website Tutorial

Channel Digital’s Web Site Tutorial and User Guide for Version 5 of the Joomla Content Management System is designed to help beginners understand how to use one of the world’s most popular open-source CMS software. The purpose of this guide is to give new users a basic set of operating instruction…
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Content Marketing
12 February 2024

How to Content Market Successfully

Let’s be honest here.  How many people enjoy being marketed to? Do you ever feel stalked when adverts follow you around on your social channels, or flash up on websites you visit?  How much does this turn you off that brand? Conversely, what about the brand that is always offering free…
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Joomla website security
19 November 2023

Joomla Web Security - Why It Matters

In the modern world of Software Development, there are plenty of people who spend their time being innovative and creative, looking to provide software that meets the demands of an ever-growing user base of customers. Unfortunately, on the other side, there are also those who wish to gain access to…
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WordPress top tips for security
26 September 2023

Top Eight Wordpress Security Tips

Whilst a determined hacker will try many ways to gain access to a website, here are a number of ways to make their lives harder. These tips are very important basic practices if you're running a website that collects information about your users, especially personal information and most importantly…
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website security
23 March 2017

Is Your Website Security Up-To-Date?

Updating this article in 2024 unfortunately highlights that hackers are winning the game as the % increase of breaches and data loss has continued to increase. It is a constant game of cat and mouse, as we add more security features, hackers try to get around them. If you are unfortunate enough to…
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Event marketing
08 May 2015

Mixing on-line and event marketing

At Channel  Digital our raison d'ê·tre is all about helping our clients to maximise the effectiveness of their online investment, making their web site attract the right people, and develop sales and enquiries for a business.   (Different goals may apply to charity or community web s…
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wordpress security update
22 April 2015

Wordpress Security Update

A group of security flaws have been found and fixed in Wordpress - Wordpress website owners need to be aware and take action. What has happened? This alerts was issued yesterday (April 21st 2015) on the Wordpress site. A number of wordpress extensions were written in a manner which allowed attac…
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20 March 2010

Opensource Websites

The most important part of a web development project is right at the very start, where you make the fundamental decisions about who you will use, and the tools they will build your website with.  Right there you have determined your business destiny for the next few years…
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