Category Archives: Extranet

Generating pdf newsletters automatically from WordPress: how to include a few pages and resolve memory limit errors

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We’re using WordPress as a CMS for a client who was thinking of producing a newsletter, both for those without access and to promote the site itself. Rather than going through the rigmarole (and time & cost) of desktop publishing we set about finding a clever way to do this automatically.

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Google font API makes embedded web fonts easy, were it not for a bug

Website for NUH Trust. Framework allows staff to load and edit content easily.

We’ve just been updating the design of one of our client’s sites and, as ever, fonts are a focus. Earlier this year, Google released a set of beautiful typefaces for use in web environments. It’s a simple matter of calling the font library from Google via a stylesheet header. Unless your choice includes Droid Bold. [...]

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Rapid development of a document management solution

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We’re on a quick development path to deliver some fairly simple document management solutions. It’s an all too common requirement: “we’ve got a bunch of documents in building one which need seeing and signing by various bods in buildings two, three, four and five as well as here in building one. We all use different [...]

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Installing LAMP using SSH on Ubuntu server is so easy

We’re setting up an extranet for a client and have a installed dedicated box running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. I’m going through the simple setup procedure to get a LAMP stack going via the command line. We’ll then go about setting up postfix for mail services. First thing’s first; we have to ensure all updates are [...]

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Google Apps for your domain’s email virtually eliminates spam

A client recently complained that each back office staff member spent 10 minutes a day eliminating spam from their mailboxes. Not only is this 10 minutes of unproductive work time, it has a knock on effect by putting office staff in a thoroughly grumpy negative mood. Every day. Google possesses the world’s best spam blocking [...]

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    We are communications technology and marketing experts focused on the health sector.

    Our deep knowledge of digital and traditional channels enables us to craft your interfaces, information and messages efficiently and effectively, whether for use within your organisation or out to your customers and external stakeholders.

    We engage people with video, with websites and with database interfaces. And wherever appropriate, we link them all together to make the sum work more effectively than the parts.