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Definitive Guide: How Much Does a Website Cost in the UK in 2024

In today's digital age, having a website is a must for any business, regardless of its size or industry. A website can help you reach a wider audience, establish your brand, and increase your sales and revenue. However, before you can reap the benefits of having a website, you need to invest time and money in its development. The question that many business owners ask is, "How much does a website cost?" The answer...

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New Year Business Goals

Every new year, we make sure to clear out our desks of all the things we don’t need, we get ourselves and our desk space organised and ready to start a new year free of clutter. With every new year comes resolutions that we hope to accomplish, but what about your new year business goals? Is there anything you think ‘Right, this year our business is going to….’ Bring your visuals into 2022 Maybe it’s...

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How to force your website to use https and SSL

You may have noticed that most website addresses start with https these days. This means that the site has an SSL certificate or Secure Sockets Layer, which means that data sent from the website and back again is encrypted and can’t be tampered with. You’re probably used to seeing this sort of thing when doing online banking or shopping on the web. So, aside from actually getting an SSL for your domain, which you definitely...

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WEB DESIGN: The web design process

Over the years there’s been a rapid growth in offerings from the likes of Wix, GoDaddy and 1&1 that seemingly allow you to create a functioning website - all without a professional web designer. The web design process isn't as simple or as easy as they sometimes make it sound, if it’s done properly. Find out how it works with Dorset Tech - the Dorset Web Design experts. Some people think that web design is...

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What is a Social Enterprise?

It’s a phrase you’ll see a lot on this website- we’re proud of the fact that Dorset Tech is a Social Enterprise. It means we operate differently to most web and digital media companies- or indeed, most companies. A traditional company operates on the model that profits go to shareholders or company owners. As such, quite often what they’ll do is keep costs to a minimum to maximise the profit- more profit means more...

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Why You Should use WordPress to Power Your Website

It’s certainly true that when trying to decide what will power your website, there’s a lot of different systems to choose from- but here we’ll tell you why you should use WordPress. No doubt as you talk to different web developers and designers, many will suggest something different. Some will swear by the holy grail of Magento. Others, it’s Drupal or die. You even get one or two who will suggest a custom built...

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It’s Time to Move Away from Adobe Flash

The death knell for Adobe Flash has been sounding for many years. First, Apple rejected it from their IPhone, IPad and IPod Touch in 2010- the roar of controversy that greeted it seems a bit daft now. Then a series of security controversies greeted dear old Flash, and one by one, Adobe Flash slipped from the go-to plugin to an optional extra- especially after the widespread adoption of HTML5. Which, let’s face it is...

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Building Websites Advice: Why WordPress?

When it comes to building websites, it quickly becomes clear there’s a lot of different solutions. It’s easy to be confused on what’s what. Indeed, here at Dorset Tech, our in-house team of superheroes can build websites on a range of different systems. But one of the best platforms for building websites, and also one that’s great on a budget is WordPress. Did you know that a third of ALL websites worldwide are built...

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Build A Website: Five Reasons to “Go Pro”

You’re a small business or sole trader that’s looking to build a website for your customers to visit. You see how much some solutions cost (from other companies), and yelp louder than that moment when you discover how much a pint is in London. Then a mate tells you “I can build a website” for a price significantly cheaper. Sounds good. But the problem is you never quite know what you’re getting; and while...

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Why Web Designers Should Learn SEO

We at the Honest Tech Group like to think that we can handle almost any challenge that comes our way, whether it be creative, technical or social. But in the world of web design and development, the rules constantly change, the goalposts move – nowhere is this more apparent than in the Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) work we do for our clients. In the early days, it used to be sufficient to have keywords and...

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