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New website for Templehouse Publishing
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This is a very simple website at the moment to coincide with the launch of a new book. The website will evolve to include e-commerce so you can purchase books on-line and pay via PayPal.
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Sage Line 50 - Automated import of invoice
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'58 ALL' have developed a <strong>PDA Sales Ordering System</strong> for Jays Foods over the past years. The system is efficient to run using web technology and run-of-the-mill PDAs. <p> Duplication of effort was occuring when the Sales Orders and Credit Notes where being retyped into their accounting system <strong>Sage Line 50</strong>. So, a third party piece of software was purchased that will post data into Sage through a back door! <p> This third party software has a GUI interface and expects a simple CSV file. So, '58 ALL' rewrote Jays Foods toolkit to allow for the creation and management of the order posting into Sage. This will save then approx 20 man hours per week in order processing.
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New Actinic shop for Sabre Systems
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<strong>Actinic Shopping cart software</strong> was the preferred choice of shopping cart solutions for Sabre Systems. We compared a number of products including writing a new tailor-made system. But for functionality, especially order management, we felt that Actinic gave good value for money. <p> <strong>Sabre Systems</strong> have a legacy <strong>Microsoft SQL Server</strong> stock control system which is robust and has been customised for their business needs. '58 ALL' were commissioned to interface this legacy stock system with the Actinic shopping cart software. <p> An SQL Server script was written to extract data from their live database scheduled to run throughout the day. A Perl script was then developed to parse this data and to create an Actinic Products import file. This file also had to have reference to logo image files, photos, PDF files etc etc and is much more then a simple spreadsheet!
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Adobe Flash Virtual Tours
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With investment in some new Virtual Tour software we can now export the Virtual Tours as a <strong>.SWF</strong> file which works with the <strong>Adobe Flash plugin</strong>. This has the advantage of having a larger audience that already have the software installed upon their PCs. Moving around the virtual tour is much the same as with Quicktime but it is more customisable with the possibility of adding "Skins" to give a user friendly interface including a radar to show the direction you are facing.
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2wk Boys' Brigade - Remberance Day
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Every year the 2wk Boys' Brigade are asked to contribute to the ceremonies held in Greenwich, Blackheath and Charlton to commeorate the glorious dead that died during the 2 great wars. The boys played Last Post and reveille at 4 locations whilst poppy reefs where laid by dignitaries including Len Duvall of the London Assembly, Nick Raynsford MP, Allan MacCarthy Mayor of Greenwich.
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RSS feeds straight to your browser desktop
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If your web site has an <strong>RSS feed</strong> then why not get your visitors the option to link it straight into their <strong>Browser Desktop</strong>. <p> This way they will be able to view your RSS feed titles directly whenever they go to the personalised browser they use it - <strong>iGoogle</strong>, <strong>MSN Live</strong> or <strong>My Yahoo!</strong>.
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Organic SEO, Accessibility and News toolkit
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<strong>K9searchNdetect</strong> Ltd. offer specialist sniffer dog training and expertise. Their K9s assist in security at football clubs, cricket grounds, shopping centres and just about any public locations where there may be a threat of explosions. <p> Their original web site was optimised last year, but in that time a new web developer was sought but broke the <strong>Organic SEO</strong> rules which made the website fall short of the <strong>Google radar</strong>!! <p> Again, '<strong>58 ALL</strong>' where brought in to assist in this area. The design was kept but the layout tweaked. The standard '58 ALL' hallmark <strong>Accessibility</strong> feature was added, AccessKeys etc. Also a <strong>News Toolkit</strong> which will allow <strong>K9searchNdetect</strong> to periodically add news articles so the Homepage changes regularly. <p> This new version of the <strong>News Toolkit</strong> also allows for the uploading of videos in <strong>.mov</strong> format for embedding in the news articles.
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Greenwich Business Directory new look!
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<strong>Greenwich Business Directory</strong> has been growing over the past years - mainly in the quality of the data and unique functionality. But the time had come for a more friendly user experience! <p> The whole web site has been overhauled considering new <strong>Organic SEO</strong> practices. The design, colour scheme and branding of the site has also been addressed.
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Geo contracts Ltd. re-coded for organic SEO
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<strong>Geo contracts Ltd.</strong> had a great looking website but it lacked the bits that <strong>Google</strong> and other search engines look for. The only mappable wording on the original homepage were "skip intro". <p> The site was also hosted outside the UK and was totally missing the Google radar apart from a couple of local links. <p> '<strong>58 ALL</strong>' optimised the home page to contain the copy that would give Geo contracts the advantage they are looking for. We also signed them up to <strong>Yahoo!</strong> and <strong>MSN</strong>.
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New features for Greenwich Church
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The <strong>Greenwich Church</strong> website has just been given a new "<strong>Traffic Magnets</strong>"!! Simple <strong>miraculous healings</strong> which have been medically verified are being published on a regular basis. <p> We have also started to publish some simple <strong>Bible studies</strong> in PDF format. Looking at the Bible from a slightly different angle and hopfully inspiring!! <p> And there is now the opportunity to give a <strong>financial gift</strong> which will go towards the running of the web site and advertising. Part of this is the use of the <strong>PayPal "Send money to a friend"</strong> feature which allow FREE money transfer.
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just my stock - A new plumbing parts search engine
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A very simple <strong>search engine</strong> dedicated to the plumbing trade. The idea is that <strong>hard-to-find spare parts</strong> will be easily found when the plumbing supplys shops signup and upload their stock. <p> Only stock that is on the shelves will be loaded - no prices, just quantity. Let <strong>just my stock</strong> do the searching for you, rather then phoning around or loosing a sales lead. <p> The data is uploaded as a CSV file and is then broken down into manufacturers making it very fast to search. No RDBMS - just good old Perl scripts!
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Targeting a website for a geographical audience
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<strong>Fish Car Leasing</strong> wanted to target two geographical areas. By includung the main keywords in the domain name we hope to attract more traffic to the main website. But to avoid looking like we are cheating we are using a seperate hosting package with slightly differnt wording and metadata so the web site doesn't look like a "Spam" website. We are registering this new web site address with several directories and other websites so we fast-track out of the Google Sandbox!!
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Transport for London in Greenwich
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Get live <strong>Transport for London</strong> timetables for TfL stations located within the Greenwich Borough on a Microsoft Virtual Earth map using a GeoRSS feed. <p> Docklands Light Railway (DLR), Jubilee line and River Services within the Greenwich Borough linked to live notice boards so its as if you are at the station! <p> As a proof-of-concept you can see that the use of Geo RSS data is a powerful way of feeding geographical information into existing mapping systems giving great results. The <strong>GeoRSS XML</strong> file can be fed into Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, and Yahoo! Maps.
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A beginners guide to environmental issues
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A big thank you to <strong>Jon MacDonald</strong> whom, on school placement, compiled the questions and interviewed Peter Spalding of GEMS (Greenwich Environmental Management Services) for most answers. <p> Also to <strong>Mr. Ron Baker Esq.</strong> for his composting wisdom. <p> Also to <strong>Robert Hepburn</strong> of King's College London for the RSS News feeds.
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A face lift for Mica Technology UK Ltd.
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<strong>Mica Technology UK Ltd</strong> first had a website designed by <strong>58 ALL</strong> in September 2007. Their business has evolved so the website had to be re-addressed to best reflect what the business is now about and where it is going. <p> At the same time as revamping the website, <strong>58 ALL</strong> also revisited the <strong>organic SEO</strong> side of the HTML coding to see if there could be any further tweaking to be improve search engine ranking.
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A new website for Business2Community
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<strong>Business2Community CiC</strong> launched in late 2008 as a business to bridge the gap between employees and community volunteering. They specialise is sign-posting voluntary teams to projects best suited for them. <p> The range of <strong>Team Challenges</strong> is vast and is great for building teams and getting alternative project management experience. <p> <strong>58 ALL</strong> were tasked with creating a new web site which includes a bespoke <strong>Toolkit</strong> which allows the B2C staff to maintain their Challenge table and News.
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DJK Decorators in Kent get a new web site!
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From a zero web presents, to a new branding, colour scheme and web site in less then 2 weeks. <strong>DJK Decorators</strong> have been trading since 2002 and have now got to the stage where they want to raise their profile in the Kent area. <p> One of the medias people turn to when looking for a decorator is now the internet, so without a website can only be detrimental to the business. With a website you can advertise your portfolio and skills without hassle. <p> The copy will be continually optimised, the <strong>Geo META</strong> tags have been incorporated as well as the usual hidden sitemap and robots files.
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Greener Greenwich nearly famous!
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'<strong>58 ALL</strong>' have been shortlisted in the News Shopper "Green Guardian" Awards in the Green Business category. The Greenwich News Shopper features a quarter page interview and photo pleading the case for the <strong>Greener Greenwich</strong> web site <a class=maincopy href='http://www.greener-greenwich.net' target='_blank'>www.greener-greenwich.net</a>. <p> Spread the word! Its a <strong>life changing</strong> web site giving simple advice to help you be a "greener" Greenwich resident!!
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Greenwich Business Directory gets another feature !
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<strong>Transport Direct</strong> offers a wealth of travel information across Britain. Its <strong>API</strong> can be called using a set of parameters - in this case we have programmed the local postcodes and public transport. <p> You can visit their website directly at <a class=maincopy href='http://www.transportdirect.info' target='_blank'>www.transportdirect.info</a>
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A new web site for GCDA
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A new web site for <strong>GCDA</strong> to better reflect the direction of the organisation. The original web site was not friendly to the eye and its content had not been updated since 2005. <p> <strong>58 ALL</strong> were asked to start again from scratch and to make it as friendly and usable as possible, and for it to promote all their projects and resources. With this in mind we created the web site in conjunction with <a class=maincopy href='http://www.co3.coop' target='_blank'>CO3</a> - a CSR consultancy responsible for the copywriting. <p> The new web site comes with a <strong>News Toolkit</strong> which allows GCDA to maintain their own News articles.
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GEO Meta data in the Greenwich Business Directory
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It is anticipated that the META <strong>geo.</strong> tag's data will be extracted from web pages by search engines and used to map results. <p> '<strong>58 ALL</strong>' have programmed this into the <strong>Greenwich Business Directory</strong> Toolkit, so hopefully these business pages which have already been optimised, will get even better coverage.
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Geo RSS feed available upon Greenwich Church
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The <strong>Geo-RSS feed</strong> file is an <strong>XML</strong> file which can be fed straight into Google Maps. This particular GeoRSS file will list all the Christian Churches located within the Greenwich Borough. <p> This is the first version of the <strong>Geo RSS feeder</strong> file. The next version will (hopefully!) incorprate the <strong>Yahoo! Maps Ajax API</strong> to make it more fancy! <p> Watch this space!!
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Trinity College news now available!
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<strong>Greenwich News</strong> is always on the look out for new local <strong>RSS news feeds</strong>, but occasionally when one is not available, then drastic action needs to be taken! <p> <strong>Trinity College</strong> based on the old Royal Naval College site is such a site. Its news is extremely useful and valuable and deserves a wider audience. So '58 ALL' have "screen scraped" the news form their News web page. <p> This is not stealing content but raising the profile of the college and driving valuable web traffic to them.
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Old and damaged photos restoration
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It is possible to fill-in-the-gaps on an old stained, creased, <strong>scratched damaged photo</strong>. When a photo has been folded in half, the crease will stretch the image along the seem. <p> '58 ALL' will take your old sepia or black and white or colour photos and fill-in-the-gaps to be near perfect. Cloning parts of the photo and changing tones and taking a best guess at what is missing is time consuming but is worth it if the subject in the photo has any sentimental value. <p> What do you think of the sample above? this image was a passport size photo which was to be reproduced on a 5" by 7" paper.
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eco-JaM offering Home Energy Efficiency Surveys
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<strong>eco-JaM</strong> is a new business that will spend an hour in your home and will give you some common sense ideas on why your energy bills are high, and ways you can bring them down. <p> Its a simple service and after the survey you can access an on-line version of the survey results so you can prioritise which jobs get done first. This is done through their bespoke web application which generates the report from the survey proforma.
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New website and toolkit for Fish Car Leasing
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From conception to going live took just under 7 days. And not just a new website, new business name and new branding - but also a bespoke toolkit which allows the staff to login on a daily basis to add their latest car leasing deals. <p> And the web site was appearing in <strong>Google search results</strong> within two days. The new toolkit will ultimately save <strong>Fish Car Leasing</strong> money having removed the overhead of going to a web site developer to maintain their deals. <p> Getting the latest deals onto the web site is business critical and the toolkit allows them to keep one step ahead of their competitors.
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Event photography for the Boys' Brigade
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This year <strong>The Boys' Brigade</strong> celebrated its 125th anniversary. A celebration day was organised at the Chatham Dockyards which was attended by over 3500 and was blessed with great sunshine! <p> There was also a <strong>Beating Retreat ceremony</strong> held at the Chelsea Hospital and the guest of horour was Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police. <p> Both events are featured in <strong>The Onlooker</strong> magazine - a magazine for former members, serving officers, and supporters of the Boys' Brigade.
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SIGN directory overhaul
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The SIGN directory has yet another overhaul. This time there have been significant changes inline with the changes in the Greenwich voluntary sector. <ul> <li>The off-line toolkit has now gone online.</li> <li>ChangeUp members can now create specific mailing lists.</li> <li>Organisations can maintain their own information.</li> <li>There is an advanced search facility.</li> <li>Organisation pages have been optimised for search engines.</li> </ul>
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LACES - Bird College production
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On the 16th of May the <strong>Bird College</strong> in Sidcup did its first performance on an extract from Charlie Youngs life. The story of Crime, prison, love, family. <p> With 20 years experience at Her Majestys Pleasure, Charlie has turned his life around and now heads up <strong>LACES - London Anti-Crime Education Scheme</strong>. He has dedicated his life to educating young people on the harsh reality of a life of crime. <p> This production is due to be shown again at the Lewisham College on June the 11th. Please contact Charlie for further details. <p> Here are a <a class=maincopy href='http://www.58all.com/photo-albums/laces' target='_blank'>few photos</a> from the production.
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The JMF Support Group
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<strong>JMF Support Group</strong> For Unseen Disability, is an organisation that support the relief of persons with Autism and related condition, their families and carers. They run a support group to help empower and enrich their lives. <p> '<strong>58 ALL</strong>' where approached to put them on the internet map and to offer a forum for the parents and carers to use to discuss problems etc and to seek advice from specialists and those whom have experienced similar situations. <p> The new web site is easy to navigate and use, and the <strong>Network Support</strong> forum is basic and easy to use. It is designed to be discrete and designed specifically for their target audience.
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Donald Pass - Panoramic painting
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Donald Pass is an artist whose work has been inspired by an epiphany he experienced in 1969. Fantastic dramatic "resurrection" images which have effected people in different ways over the years. <p> The ultimate experience to appreciate this art is to be immersed in it, and that is what we intend to do with the work. Taking the paintings from a 2D perspective, cutting them up, reshaping them and animating them in the virtual darkroom to make an immersive full dome short animation film. <p> The first step was to prove this could be done. We took one painting and rebuilt it into a Hemispherical image. You can view a <a class=maincopy href='http://www.greenwich-news.net/pass' target=_blank'>Quicktime version of this image</a>. <p> Another painting has been made into a full 360° Quicktime cylinderical immersive which you can <a class=maincopy href='http://www.greenwich-news.net/pass/pass.htm' target=_blank'>view here</a>. <p> The aim of this experimental project is to create a short film which can be viewed in a planetarium. Immersing the viewer into the mind of the artist, taking art and creativity to a new dimension.
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Air Quality data incorporated into Greenwich News
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<strong>Greenwich News</strong> has tapped into the vast <a class=maincopy href='http://www.londonair.org.uk' target='_blank'>Kings College London</a> Air Quality database to give details of the quality of our air across the Greenwich Borough. <p> So if you suffer from Asthma you may want to check daily before you venture out.
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Stanton Stained Glass
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Paul Woodhead of <strong>Stanton Stained Glass</strong> offer a unique stained glass bespoke service which is suitable for window displays and secondary glazing. <p> This new web site is a simple one pager! It gives <strong>Stanton Stained Glass</strong> an important web presence and a building block for on-going extending of his portfolio.
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Myburgh Designs pumpkin swing object photography
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<strong>Myburgh Designs</strong> have been making exclusive designer garden furniture since 2000 with exhibitions at the Chelsea Flower Show. The latest Pumpkin swing can be seen upon their web site from inside <strong>360° x 360°</strong> using the DevalVR software or Quicktime.
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DevalVR - a new way to view virtual tours
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Here is a lightweight alternative (by Phoscode) to downloading Apple Quicktime software. This is a small plugin download which is extremely powerful for viewing Quicktime VR .mov files. <p> '58 ALL' has now add this as an alternative method for viewing the Virtual tours with simple Javascript to allow incorporating into a web page.
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Royal Naval College Virtual Tour
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A new virtual tour including Quicktime <strong>360°x360°</strong> images as well as traditional photographs has been added to the Virtual Greenwich web site to help <strong>boost tourism</strong> in the borough.
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Royal Navy Virtual tours ...
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Take a look around the Royal Navys' HMS Sutherland, HMS St.Albans and HMS Exeter. Not quite access-all-areas but a taster of life in the armed forces.
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Kudus Copywriting get a new web site
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Kudus Copywriting Services launched in 2007 by Erum Quddus as a specialist copywriting business focusing on financial, marketing, investment and corporate literature. <p> With a clean sheet we worked together to bring a firstcut website together as a building block to build upon in 2008 as the business develops and gets established. <p> 'Sauce UK' then designed a complete new branding for Kudus and we then overhauled the web site for the new design. <p> The new web site will evolve to incorporate more "keywords" for search engines. For now it gives a basic web presents and allows for the Google "Sandbox effect".
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New look for Virtual Greenwich
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The Virtual Greenwich website has finally been revamped to include not just the 360°x360° immersive images, but also the best of traditional photos taken by '58 ALL' from around the Greenwich Borough. <p> New tours include the revamped 'O2', the Material Recycling Facility and the Thames Barrier. <p> There are new tours planned for 2008 from the remaining attractions that have not yet been covered so please revisit regularly!
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Greenwich Business Directory 2000+ businesses
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Basic "shop-front" infomation has now been collated for <strong>Woolwich Royal Arsenal</strong> industrial area bringing an extra 50+ businesses into the directory. <p> There is now over <strong>2000 businesses</strong> listed from various sources and the quality of the data is set to get more accurate so hopefully residents will use more local businesses.
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Congratulations to James and Jo!
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Not your traditional photo album but this does capture the spirit of the day, the celebration and the joy of the happy occasion. <p> Candid wedding photography is a matter of taste - and then to tamper with the colours and style of the images can give it new meaning and add value (or take it away depending on taste!). <p> See if this is your cup-of-tea!!
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Greenwich Directory statistics
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Since going live back in September 2006 it has had just over <strong>12000 unique visitors</strong> with an average of 42 unique visitors per day in May 2007. <p> In May the web site was re-<strong>optimised</strong> and after being re-<strong>spider</strong>ed by Google, the average shot from 42 to 106. The current average is aprox. 350 unique visitors per day. <p> currently over <strong>1900 local businesses</strong> listed. These individual business records have been accessed over 9800 times since September 2006 when the individual counters was introduced. Paid adverts getting more then their fair share! <p> It is effective marketing and will pay for itself!
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