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The True Purpose of a Website Home Page

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The homepage is the most important page on a website, but it’s also the most misunderstood. “What do I say on my website homepage?” After designing over 1000 websites for small New Zealand businesses, it’s a question we’ve heard often. Here's the thing... http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/the-true-purpose-of-a-website-home-page/

A Blast from the Past

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Our website wouldn't be complete without a link to our old promo video... http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/a-blast-from-the-past/

What kinds of businesses should bother with a Facebook page?

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You’re a small business, and you keep hearing about how you’ve got to get on Facebook. Although it’s free, running an effective Facebook page takes a lot of time and energy. Here’s the thing – social media doesn’t make sense for the vast majority of small… http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/what-kinds-of-businesses-should-bother-with-a-facebook-page/

"What do I say on my website pages?" PROBLEM SOLVED!

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We’ve just solved the biggest challenge facing time poor businesses who need to get their website sorted…"What do I say on each page?!" Writing great website content can be daunting for a lot of small businesses. I mean, not everyone’s Shakespeare, rig… http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/what-do-i-say-on-my-website-pages-problem-solved/

The New 123 Online Website Has Launched!!!

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After six months of hard work, numerous copywriting retreats to Waiheke Island, and some serious financial investment, our new 123 Online website is live!!! It’s been a journey to say the least. So why the redesign? http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/the-new-123-online-website-has-launched/

Why Freelance Web Designers can’t build Results Generating Websites

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Most people think the design and build of a website is a pretty straight forward, one person job. Almost as if you just throw together a design and press the “website button,” and there you have it. This is a dangerous perception for small New Zealand bus… http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/why-freelance-web-designers-cant-build-results-generating-websites/

Image Slideshow App Now Integrated with Shift CMS

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Great news! When you wanted to update your photos in your header slideshow animation, you used to have to log into a separate 'header' CMS. Not any more! It's available to all Shift CMS clients who have an image slideshow, all for free. http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/image-slideshow-app-now-integrated-with-shift-cms/

HTML5 Video Player Updated

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The HTML5 Video Player App now has the functionality to auto-play videos, and auto-play videos for visitors that are seeing the page for the first time. This has a big impact on sales conversions! http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/html5-video-player-updated/

Form Builder Updated...

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We've made some important updates for the form builder on Shift... http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/form-builder-updated.../

Blog and News App Released!

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Finally, our Blog and News App is here! Blogs will help your website climb the search engine rankings, and keep your website up to date, and your customers coming back. http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/blog-and-news-app-released/

Minimum Height Functionality Added for Blocks

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We were getting some feedback from clients wanting to make all the height of their blocks uniform. Up until now, you had to add spaces/enters in the shorter blocks, to stretch them down. It was a bit of a fiddle. With this new development, that's all a th… http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/minimum-height-functionality-added-for-blocks/

Events Calendar App Released!

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After much hard work, our Events Calendar App is now out, and it's amazing! http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/events-calendar-app-released/

Getting Local on the World Wide Web

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Let’s face it, most small businesses target customers that are local. Although the web provides a great platform for small businesses to widen the net, targeting national and even global markets, it also has unique marketing strategies that focus on catch… http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/getting-local-on-the-world-wide-web/

Picnik Replaced by PicMonkey

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Our online image editing software was bought up by Google +, so was taken offline. Luckily, we've found an amazing replacement and have integrated it into Shift. http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/picnik-replaced-by-picmonkey/

Inserting Images More Obvious

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Some client were confused as to how to add images into their content areas. This is now obvious, and works more like it does in MS Word. http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/inserting-images-more-obvious/

To Do - Sort Website

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Getting a high quality website designed, is something that most small business owners have on their to-do list. Reality check – the business to-do list rarely gets the time it deserves. Every day, there are fires that need to be put out, customers that do… http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/to-do-sort-website/

Right Clicking Images in Edit Mode Now Possible

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Changing image properties, like associated links, alignment and size is now more obvious. http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/right-clicking-images-in-edit-mode-now-possible/

Images Now Auto-Align

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The feedback that we got was that aligning images wasn't obvious, and some clients found it frustrating. This issue is solved - it now happens automatically. http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/images-now-auto-align/

"I Just Need a Website"

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Having a high quality, well designed website without a well thought through online marketing strategy is like having the perfect retail shop, hidden away from its customers. It could have the best products, prices, service, layout, and displays, and it wo… http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/i-just-need-a-website/

Large Images Automatically Resized

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When you insert a large image into a content area in Shift, the image is now resized. This is to avoid the problem of clients accidentally uploading massive images on their pages. http://www.shiftcms.co.nz/web-design-news/large-images-automatically-resized/

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Apr
01
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Big News - the way Google search engine is ranking websites has changed…big time. They´re calling it Google Caffeine. In essence‚ they´re claiming that they´re now publishing 50% “fresher” search results. This means that if you´re not updating your website with regular, fresh content, your website won´t get the high search engine rankings it used to.
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Mar
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Dec
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Another new adventure for our team here at 123 Online! Since moving our Web design HQ from Ponsonby Rd to Symonds St, we now have plenty of room to house our ever growing Web Design and Sales Team!
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Dec
05
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We’d like to welcome two new members to the 123 Online Team…
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Nov
09
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A fast loading website is vital for our client's websites to succeed. The server a website is hosted on plays a major role in keeping those pages loading fast! For this reason, we're pleased to announce that we've upgraded our servers, and moved into the Maxnet data centre, in Albany, Auckland.
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Nov
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I hear a lot of people say “I don’t need a contact form on my website.” The general perception can be that a phone number and an email link on the website Contact Us page will do the trick. So why is it important to have a contact form on your website? Does it help to convert more website visitors into enquiries? Here’s some food for thought…
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Oct
28
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Things in our Ponsonby Road offices have got a bit cramped with all the new hires we've been making, so we're scaling up. On 1st November we'll be making the move to our new Symonds Street premises, on Auckland's city fringe.
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Sep
09
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123 Online turned three years old this month! It seems like just yesterday we began our journey in John’s Mums spare bedroom. We consider ourselves lucky to have learned and experienced so much on our 3 year business adventure.
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Jul
06
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123 Online is hitting the road this Winter, exhibiting at the Bizzone Small Business Expo in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch.
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May
05
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We’d like to welcome two new members to the 123 Online Team.
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