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We were exciting to release our latest custom Facebook Fan Page design for The 7 Scouts, a children’s mystery and espionage thriller that is to be released in 2010. The page features use of embedded YouTube video and tabs to display various content in the HQ Database area.  You can view the design and become a fan at facebook.com/7scouts.

The 7 Scouts Facebook Fan Page

If you sell on-line, whether large or small and you despatch goods then you definitely need to be clued up on the Distance Selling Regulations.  If you don’t then you might get a nudge from the Office of Fair Trading and some unhappy customers.  Basically the act provides the customer 7 days as a cool-off period for which they can notify you that they intend to return the goods and then a further period in which to actually do so.  As the seller you are also obliged to refund the full amount including the postage cost originally charged and without additional charges.  You can read more info on the OFT website.

Free download of Twitter background template, showing areas for the most common resolutions with a rough guide on percentage of people that have that resolution or higher.   So, keeping your important info to the left-hand 260 or so pixels is advisable to keep it visible for over 68% of people.  It is for out own use and shared as is, but please let us know if you have any questions/suggestions.

Example screenshot:

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The Google Labs Browser Size tool overlays a visual guide to fundamentally help you assess whether your audience can see the important bits without the need to scroll (http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/).  The core problem is that while offering some degree of use vertically, if you have a centred column (as this website does) then it shows at your browser width and does not update the visuals.  The other item to bear in mind, is that with the wealth of add-ons and widgets, some people may have a crowded tool and in effect see less vertically than it suggests.  Its certainly a good point to revisit and can be useful to think again on what you want people to get from your site and whether they can see that when they first land at your site.

A great video by @dmscott full of interesting and useful thoughts on targeting your potential clients in the modern marketing environment. If you only have 2 minutes spare, then I fully recommend watching the beginning section.

Google hails the 2 month entrance of Google Sidewiki a huge success.  It can be a great way to portray important information or a welcome to users of a page, or to alert them that a particular item on that page may be incorrect or in need of amending.

With public views pinned to the web page it will be interesting to see how web masters can protect themselves from unjust comments, though each wiki is given vote as to whether it was useful or not and each falls under their terms and conditions, which are likely to be quite stringent.  Google’s blog post shows some great examples of how it might be of use to your website, particularly in the conveying of accurate and timely information.

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If you are new to WordPress or would like some tips on some things you might want to do or think about next, then read on. For our customers, we will have taken care of some of the points for you, which are marked.

1. Change the Admin password (COMPLETED)

During the install of WordPress you are issued a generated password, which if you haven’t changed yet you may wish to in case you lose the welcome email and block yourself from the admin section. Remember to make your password stronger with lower and upper case letters, numbers and allowed symbols.

2. Activate the Akismet plugin

Your standard WordPress install comes with a dormant plugin named Akismet, which is great in the fight against spam and will help protect you. It also gives you statistics on its success, so you can marvel at the number of comments you no longer have to mark as spam.

1. Go to the Plugins page in the WP admin area and activate the Akismet plugin
2. To complete the Akismet activation you will need an API key. You can get this by registering on Wordpress.com, then viewing your profile.
3. Now go to Plugins > Akismet Configuration, and paste in your key.

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Here is the logo we created for a new venture named BuzzComic.com.  They are currently developing the site and accepting pre-registrations.  We can’t wait to see the site live as it sounds great.  You can take a look at signup.buzzcomic.com.

A new feature has been rolled out at LinkedIn over the last day or so, which allows you to post a Tweet to your LinkedIn Status.  With the different emphasis of each, you can set it to only Tweet those which include the hash tag #in, that way easily selecting what to update.  When updating your LinkedIn status you can easily then tick the box to update Twitter too.  This is a really handy idea and one that we expect to happen with lots of other applications.

The video below shows LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman and Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone and for a quick video tutorial on how to get set-up, check out the video at 1:43:

We are please to release a new gallery showcasing the finest designs for custom Facebook Fan pages from big brands, SME and personal pages.  You can visit the site at: www.facebookdesigns.org.  We provided logo and web design, hosting and the WordPress customisations to the theme template.