Archive for the ‘Your Website’ Category

Selling web hosting by targeting the buying decision process Part 3: evaluation of alternatives

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 07/05/2013
Selling web hosting by targeting the buying decision process Part 3: evaluation of alternatives

In parts 1 and 2 we have looked at how you can increase your web hosting sales by targeting the need recognition stage and information search stage of the buying decision process. In part 3 we will go in to how customers evaluate the different providers they have researched, and the opportunities available to you [...]

Is your website as secure as your PC? [Infographic]

Posted by: Alex
Date posted: 29/04/2013
Is your website as secure as your PC? [Infographic]

Website and PC security is always a hot topic but the recent Joomla and WordPress attacks that have affected web hosts around the world has yet again pushed the importance of effective website security to the forefront. However, research we conducted among small business website owners and home PC users, has shown that website security [...]

10 quick tips to find new ideas for your blog posts

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 23/04/2013
10 quick tips to find new ideas for your blog posts

The journey many people take when writing a blog, be it personal or for business, if often the same. You start full of energy and beans, ideas flowing as easily as water down a stream. Then the ideas start getting a little harder to come by and you find that you are publishing less and [...]

Important: Prevent your Joomla! site being hacked

Posted by: Andy Sime
Date posted: 28/01/2013
Important: Prevent your Joomla! site being hacked

Websites running the first version of Joomla! are becoming increasingly targeted by hackers, so we urge you to upgrade as soon as possible to avoid your website being compromised. All versions of Joomla! 1 are no longer being patched by the developers as it is end of life, so you will need to upgrade beyond [...]

How to cheat your way to better website images

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 14/01/2013
How to cheat your way to better website images

The social media revolution has sparked even more of an emphasis on images, and there are plenty of benefits in extending this enthusiasm to your website. As well as making pages more visually interesting and easy to read, imagery is vital for consistent branding and determining how your website and/or brand comes across. Whether you [...]

22 practical jQuery plugins for designers and developers

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 19/12/2012
22 practical jQuery plugins for designers and developers

We’ve made no secret of the fact that we love jQuery. The possibilities are endless, and there are a lot of amazing free plugins out there to help you make your website (and your clients’ websites) stand out from the crowd. But if you’re anything like us, you sometimes come across jQuery plugins and think, [...]

8 useful tools for managing your website, domains and hosting

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 13/12/2012
8 useful tools for managing your website, domains and hosting

We like to be different. At any one time we have all kinds of interesting projects on the go, many of which are based behind-the-scenes and involve updating and upgrading various platforms and systems. But we also create public-facing handy tools to make your life easier when it comes to managing your domain names, web [...]

Taking a step back to move forward

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 13/11/2012
Taking a step back to move forward

When it comes to Apple launching a new product, there seems to be a bit of a pattern emerging amongst tech bloggers and their readers. During the build-up to the event, there is loads of excited discussion about what is going to be announced. During the event the journalists who are attending live blog or [...]

FUSE – Filesystem in Userspace and Master FTP

Posted by: Ricky
Date posted: 12/09/2012
FUSE – Filesystem in Userspace and Master FTP

Here at Heart Internet we love Linux, we love open source, and we love building things. One of the reasons Heart Internet is so successful is that almost 100% of our platform is built in-house: we use technologies we appreciate and understand, and we’re genuine enthusiasts when it comes to our beloved Linux. Earlier this [...]

8 typography tools and resources to bookmark

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 13/06/2012
8 typography tools and resources to bookmark

This post is part of our Ampersand series, a set of blog posts focused on fonts. We’re sponsoring and attending Ampersand 2012, a typography conference based in Brighton. A mixture of practical, interesting and just plain fun, we’ve put together a list of some of our favourite typography resources. Feel free to add your own [...]