24 January 2012

In Drupal 7 its quite easy to theme a contact page. Simply add a snippet in a custom block which will render the contact form for you.

1. Make sure php filter is enabled as an input filter. Go to admin/config/content/formats and add it if its not there. Most possibly the php filter is disabled and needs to be installed. Its a core module, so no downloading needed, simply use drush:

drush en -y php

27 September 2011
On the 21st of September I got a little email from one of the many projects I have an interest in. I blindly skimmed through it and labelled it in my “Read Someday” folder according to my GTD (Getting Things Done) system I attempt to follow religiously. A day later I was engaged in a little Social Media debating about the very platform when a friend of mine mentioned that he received a mail from Diaspora too. Keeping up with the context of the debate prompted me to return to the email I labelled as “Read Someday” and read it on the spot. Immediately light emanated from behind my head and I could hear the sound of angels singing (not really, I’m using dramatic effect here, please don’t commit me.) This inspired me to write the following open-letter to the current developers of Diaspora.
25 July 2011

Google+Facebook+User= $

On the internet, traffic means money and power. This traffic has to be qualified, as there are many forms of fake traffic, such as spam bots. Over the past decade Search Marketing has matured, and most companies have been using the like’s of Goolge’s Adwords to drive traffic to their sites. This is why the budgets that use to go to television advertising has dried up, and Google have licked it up. But now the market is maturing, and this is why Social is becoming more important.

23 June 2011

When first I noticed BranchOut I thought it might be my cup-of-tea. It offered a great way to advertise my skills on Facebook and I really like the logo. However I noticed very quickly the privileges it required from my FB account. After signing up, I noticed it started posting stuff I didn’t want posted. I just deleted the app and forgot about it.

17 June 2011

Now for a fairly innocent commercial promoting gardening. Watch it here or, for better quality, over here.

Vulgar, distasteful, racially insensitive, crude... In a word: Brilliant!

Them London knows their stuff. Before you call the grammar-police, “Them London” is the agency responsible. They were presented with the challenge of promoting the launch of Wilkinson Sword’s “Bikini.” According to Them, or them, this was the client’s most important launch for woman’s razors to date.

6 June 2011

This last week saw the battle for Social Search get quite hot. Every Social Network and Search Engine wants to be the best and bringing their users the most relevant results. And Social Search is the answer.
 

28 May 2011

My interactions with a few clients recently made me realise that there are certain misconceptions about SEO. I realised that there are a lot of misconceptions out there with regards to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).The two main concerns I would like to address here, are linking with free services and what makes video, particularly youtube, so popular with search engines.
 

24 May 2011

This little one-man web consultancy had been rather busy. Keeping Helderberg business on the first page of Google takes a lot of time out of one’s schedule.

A little bit of a plumber-with-the-leaky-pipes-syndrome has been developing. To me this has highlighted the importance of keeping one’s own house in order.

17 September 2010

By far the best article I have found dealing with the topic of search engine optomisation. Of particular interest is the fact that links from your site to other sites has an effect on your page rank. This means that you are seen as a provider of good clean information to your users. Check it out!top-google-search-engine-ranking

13 September 2010

I am always a bit weary of Link Exchanging. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, your site can end up looking like a directory.

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