First off.. for those of you who don’t know what Thunderbird is, it’s a free email application which is quite similar to MS Outlook (in my opinion). You can download Thundbird from their website ยป Once downloaded you need to install the software. Once installed open the application and add in your email settings by […]
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Orla is a director at Cookie Web Consulting. She specialises in web development and project managment and you can find out more about her here: http://cookieweb.ie/about-us/Author Archive | Orla Duncan
How to Send an Email Newsletter using Mailchimp
Quick step by step instructions for sending an email newsletter in Mailchimp: Each newsletter email is called a ‘Campaign’. Click on the Campaigns link at the top of the page Create Campaign – choose the regular ‘ol campaign Choose the mailing list that you would like to send the campaign to. Click the Send to […]
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Formatting your phone number on your website for easy smartphone calls
When people visit your website on smartphones (e.g. iPhone or Andriod) it’s a good idea to format your telephone numbers so that they are able to click on your phone number and have it dial directly from their phone. Well that’s easy to do. Just format your phone numbers like this +countrycode areacode phonenumber For […]
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Email – Getting Started
Now that you have a new website and a new email address you’ll want to be able to send and receive emails. There are a few different options you can use when accessing your email and we would suggest using the option that you’re most used to. Accessing your Email Through Outlook – If you […]
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Embedding a YouTube Video on WordPress 3.1+
Embedding a video in WordPress 3.1 and later versions is even easier than before. Follow these easy steps to display your video on your website. NOTE: for older versions of WordPress (up to version 3) please see this article on how to embed a YouTube video on your website using WordPress 3.0 and lower Step […]
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Using Webmail in Firefox 4+
If you have recently upgraded your version of Firefox you may have noticed that you can no longer access your email using Webmail. Luckily it’s a nice simple process to fix this issue – check out this article on the Blacknight website on how to fix the Remote XUL error in FireFox 4 Thanks Blacknight!
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How to Add an Admin to your Facebook Page
It’s good to share the load when managing your online presence. And when it comes to Facebook things are no different, if there are a few people involved in your business or organisation then you can have multiple administrators of your business page. Adding an Administrator by their Email Address Important – your new admin […]
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How to Resize Images for your Website
Digital cameras these days come with such high specs that your photos are likely too large to insert on the pages of your website. When displaying images to your website, we recommend they are approx. 800 x 600 pixels Why are smaller images better for the web? they load quickly – large images have large […]
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Configuring your Email in Outlook 2007
In this article we will show you step by step instructions on how to configure your email in Outlook 2007. If you have any questions or if you would like to add any additional comments to this article, please enter them in the comments section at the bottom of this page. Open Outlook 2007 Go […]
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Configuring your email when using 3 Broadband
If you use 3 Network’s broadband be careful with your Outlook email settings (and other email applications I assume). I was recently configuring Outlook to send and receive email on a laptop using 3 mobile broadband. The emails were downloading into the Inbox with no issue, however I could not send any emails using […]