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Why do charities think they can’t have decent websites?

Posted on by Reena

We at Fat Beehive always enjoy the Charities and Associations’ conference at the Business Design Centre in Islington. We get to meet lots of really interesting people and we get to talk to charity’s about website development. We ran over … Continue reading

Chase Seminar overview – Increasing engagement online

Posted on by Reena

Alongside exhibiting and speaking at CHASE 2013, we took the opportunity to attend some of the free speaker sessions at the conference and, as promised, here is a quick summary of what we learned from “How do you increase engagement … Continue reading

Chase Seminar overview – Open Source Content Management

Posted on by Reena

Our new Business Development Manager Caroline went to Stephen Latter’s (NetXtra) presentation on “When to Take a Proprietary or Open Source Approach to Website Content Management”. An Open Source website content management system is one in which the source code … Continue reading

EU Cookies: What should you be doing?

Posted on by Abby

Why is everyone suddenly freaking out about cookies? In response to the EU Cookie Directive, the UK has updated the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation. The UK Cookie Legislation came into force on May the 25th 2011. The UK Cookie … Continue reading

How to write a good website brief

The question “How much will it cost to build a new website?” is similar in a way to “How much will it cost to build a new house?” 

It depends. You might need a ten-bedroom house with marble staircases, or … Continue reading

Fat Beehive: Looking back at 2011, and forward into 2012

Posted on by Abby

There were highs, there were lows. There were BBQs. Most importantly, there was lots and lots of cake. What were we proud of in 2011? Our clients. They continued to do amazing and wonderful things, from winning awards to appearing … Continue reading

Creative Commons Images

A wise person once said that a picture is worth a thousand words, wise words indeed.  So we begin our search for the perfect image.  Faced with the prospect of handing over extortionate wads of cash, that frankly, even a … Continue reading

Top tips for writing an effective social media strategy

Posted on by Abby

Someone’s told you that your organisation needs to be using social media. Maybe your colleagues are badgering you about why there isn’t a Facebook page. Maybe you feel panicked that you’re missing out on something because you don’t have a … Continue reading

Reward Footers – because your content is worth it.

Posted on by Tim

I have a recurring nightmare: It’s 1996 and I’m trapped inside Internet Explorer 3.0. I can see the user – as they eagerly surf what exists so far of the world wide web – but they, alas cannot see me. … Continue reading

RSS

Posted on by Duncan

RSS(Really Simple Syndication) provides an easy way to gather and display information from different on-line sources including news, events and blog posts. RSS feeds are generally represented by an icon similar to this: . RSS feeds save you time: Rather … Continue reading

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