http://www.gbdesign.net/rss/Latest en-gb Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:16:53 +0100 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:16:53 +0100 http://www.gbdesign.net/rss/Latest M6 bobcclauson@gbdesign.net (Bob Clauson) garrytaylor@gbdesign.net (Garry Taylor) http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/home Dear clients, it’s with a heavy heart that I regret to inform you that GBDesign.net are shutting up shop. We will stop trading come the 25th June 2012 and all emails and websites will be turned off. 2012-05-15T21:31:50+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/Our_Team We have an amazing Chorley based team of skilled business managers who understand your website design needs. We are business driven, we understand the markets and adapt accordingly, meaning your site will always be on the leading edge. 2010-08-25T17:17:47+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/Link_Building_Page This is a page for the link Building experiment 2010-06-01T14:36:41+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/Our_Portfolio GBDesign.net have developed websites for businesses within the Chorley area. Our website developers work hard building quality chorley website designs. See some of Chorley's websites that we have completed recently... 2010-05-28T08:50:00+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/Support GBDesign support team is always onhand, however please checkout our online support first as we have answered all the common questions here. 2010-05-26T22:02:44+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/cprogramming We provide software design for website portals, in-house software and mobile devices. If your requirements are unique ten you will need custom programming to get the job done. Java, PHP, C#, VB.NET, C++ and just some of the technical skills GBDesign. 2010-05-26T22:02:03+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/ecommerce Selling your products online is simple. We can upload your products, images, description and prices whilst you sit back and monitor your sales. GBDesign.net's team will maintain your online products and changes can be made in minutes. You even have c 2010-05-26T22:01:38+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/webdesign At the click of the mouse you could double your online sales! Making sure your website design is up-to-date and provides rich clean and precise information about your products. Our website designers are business focused and make sure that the design 2010-05-26T22:01:10+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/Our_Rants Our Rants, OK we mean Blogs and Articles but we wanted to sound a little different and after reading some of these posts you might think they are rants... 2010-05-26T22:00:33+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/cms/loadpage/Our_Skills We have a wide range of skills from Business Management, Website Design, Programming, Marketing, SEO, Advertising and promotions. We have a team dedicated to web and software development making business ideas a reality. 2010-05-26T21:59:32+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Tutorials-56 Tutorials and screencasts showing how to use GBFrameworks. 2011-05-05T11:22:48+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Website_Developer-57 GBDesign are a Chorley based website company with a range of Website Developer, dedicated to supporting the Chorley area with the most competitive prices and services available. 2011-05-05T11:12:15+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Website_Design-73 GBDesign are a Chorley based website company with a range of Website Design, dedicated to supporting the Chorley area with the most competitive prices and services available. 2011-04-28T00:02:00+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Good_SEO_Articles_Writing-696 This guide explains the process required to create professional SEO (Search Engine Optimised) articles that will generate the highest amount of Internet visitors and search engine popularity. 2011-01-11T10:38:16+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Blogs_Vs_Pages-583 When we develop sites we always ask what's the the best way for the vistor to navigate the site. If there are only a few pages that rarely get updated then there is no need for an advance navigation as this only goes to show that the sites not being 2010-07-23T19:01:35+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Clients-65 Want to know how to manage your website using GBFrameworks? These series of Screencasts will show you the way. 2010-07-23T18:54:12+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/GBFrameworks_V2-582 We have developed our own software that allows you the client to manage your own website should you wish to do so. These collection of blogs show how to use the system and explains what it's all about. 2010-07-23T18:53:30+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Ice_cream_Van_Burns-568 Some things could not be made up but a Chorley Ice Cream van has burnt down to the dismay of the onlookers at Chorley Hospital 2010-06-28T22:58:49+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Swimming_Drained-567 Due to the latest government cut backs it looks like Chorley’s Leisure Centre is forced to cut its successful free swimming sessions. 2010-06-28T22:36:52+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Great_greenredelpi-564 The great greenredelpi experiment test functionality of conforming SEO standards with greenredelpi techniques. 2010-06-28T12:53:54+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/New_Homes_in_Chorley_Step_Closer-565 The plans to build 6 new homes in Chorley's Eccleston area is a small boost for local builders however the relatively low prices of the house could bring the local house prices down. 2010-06-18T13:38:08+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Market_Traders-61 At the point where Market Walk is beginning to look like a dead zone when you finally get to the end (after 20 seconds walking) you get the final reward, you look up in anticipation to see the hustle of the long lived Chorley Market. However your ant 2010-06-18T13:34:15+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_News-58 News, events and general goings on in the Chorley area 2010-06-18T13:33:59+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/pinkquoftpianos-559 We plans to get pinkquoftpianos searched to show GBDesign.net results. We want to see how long this will take. 2010-06-09T08:56:02+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Accountants-555 Our latest client Chorley Accountant Roby Brimley have decided to use GBDesign.net to market and promote their website and hope to get the site listed on #1 of the major search engines. We will be keeping you up-to-date about the work carried out and 2010-06-02T16:49:35+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Google_Page_Speed-560 Page Speed Google announced update SEO ranking criteria for website speed. update loading time increases website rankings for page speed. 2010-06-02T14:41:57+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/GBDesign_does_Google_Buzz-557 GBDesign.net choose Google Buzz to offer technical support in real time. Also keep up-to-date with the latest news direct from GBDesign.net direct on Google Buzz 2010-06-02T14:38:23+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/SEO_vs_Link_Building-544 The terms "Search Engine Optimisation" (SEO) is used to describe the process of modifying content on a give page in order to make it more structured. The best way to think of this is to look at a technical book, for example a book showing how to use 2010-06-01T14:08:19+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/latestPost-415 The Association of Sales Professionals [ASP] is the UK's leading sales association committed to the transformation of the sales profession, setting a benchmark where excellence and ethics in sales combine. The Association of Sales Professionals is 2010-05-28T10:25:24+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/SEO_Updates-552 Improve SEO by implementing meta descriptions, meta keywords and improved page titles to include rich high ranking SEO keywords. 2010-05-27T09:28:50+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/JQuery_Toggle-512 Sometime a simple toogle needs a little more work. I was looking for a solution that allowed the toggle to fade a element and to slide a element. I found a great little Plugin from Gregoro Magini but it needed a little work to do what I wanted to do. 2010-05-06T08:50:13+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Blogs_are_Inevitable-533 In this day and age blogs are Inevitable and GBDesign have been holding off until the dieing days. There are a few reasons why we have introduce blogs into our CMS and I want to take some time to explain this process and why GBDesign decided 2010-05-03T10:18:05+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/SEO_Updates-535 Making sure duplicate content is not located on your site and other domains is vital. Showing dulicate content even on www.domain.com and http://domain.com will cause problems with SEO. 2010-05-03T10:11:59+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Ruths_Birthday-534 It's Ruth's (GBDesign.net Wife) birthday today. I want to take this time to say thank you for supporting me with my obsession for GBDesign. She has supported my 18 hour days even though we have a 2 month old baby. 2010-04-30T09:09:50+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Using_AJAX_on_Forms-36 JQuery is a very flexible tool for managing form data. There is a plugin that allows JQuery to manage form data passing this data using AJAX. 2010-04-29T14:08:45+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/JQuery-31 JQuery is used quite a lot within all our sites. We feel that this is the perfect light weight Javascript tool that give all the AJAX requirements of a modern great site. 2010-03-22T20:08:19+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/New_Customer-23 GBDesign.net can help you beat the credit crunch. 2010-03-03T13:06:18+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Our_Prices-60 Our Prices for standard website development can range from £300 to £30,000 based on the clients requirements. 2010-03-03T13:02:00+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Our_Team_In_Detail-12 GBDesign is committed to offering the best in Design technology and web site creations whilst providing competitive data-driven and e-commerce web sites. We are dedicated to becoming leaders in professional online applications, offering the highest 2010-03-03T12:59:31+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Secured_Loans-279 A secured loan is a term used whereby a loan is taken and secured against a small percent of the mortgage. This means that anyone looking to get a secured loan must already have a mortgage with significant payments and can’t have an existing secure 2010-03-03T12:58:51+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Bent_N_Bong-9 After a hard day creating great websites we love to relax with a nice beer. What better way than the Bent n Bong Beer Festival! So we have sponsored them in hope to get free beer all night! 2010-03-03T12:56:16+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Website_Design-33 What to learn how to develop websites like the Pros? Well you have come to the right place. We are writing articles that show the leading tech we use in all our websites. 2010-03-03T12:55:07+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/websitetutorials-414 2010-03-03T12:54:24+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Secured_Loan-433 2010-02-16T14:50:15+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Website_Designer-16 A Website Designer is someone who helps you develop the look and feel of the website. Their main job is to make sure you get a site that you visually love, whilst understanding the complex nature of website development. 2010-02-02T14:52:31+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Marry_Christmas-278 Merry Christmas from the GBDesign Team! 2009-12-22T15:54:15+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Train_Station_Parking-260 With over 200 people compeating for a space of as little as 120 Chorley Train station car park is an early morning battle. Pasengers are keen to use the free carpark and in desperate attempts actually make the parking spot themselves. By mounting the 2009-12-10T15:40:36+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Linux_File_Structure_Part_2-251 When you wish to use the CDROM drive it must first have a cdrom in the drive and data on the cdrom. To view the data you must mount the device to a given place of the Linux filing tree. Everything in Linux is a file. The whole partition of a hard dr 2009-12-01T23:20:49+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Linux_File_Structure-250 Understanding the basic idea behind the Linux file structure can help but only if other people follow this idea! 2009-12-01T23:20:24+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Pipe_and_Redirection-248 The command line is not only a tool for bashing out program names but an elegant and intelligent environment. Some programming languages can be typed directly into the command line. Also tasks that take some time to execute in the background leaving 2009-12-01T23:20:03+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Beginners_Guide_to_Vi-245 Beginners Guide to Vi 2009-12-01T23:19:40+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Mounting_a_Drive-252 In Linux, like in UNIX, diskettes and CD-ROMs need to be mounted before they can be used. What mount does is to associate the devices (floppy or CD-ROM drives) to a mount point (a directory) in the root file system. The usual mount point for diskette 2009-12-01T23:19:10+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Linux_in_a_nut_Shell-249 Why should we bother learning Linux shell command when we have GUI like KDE? 2009-12-01T23:09:11+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Bash_Jobs-247 Understanding bash jobs and how to create and remove them from the CLI 2009-12-01T23:04:01+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/CLI-246 Explains what the Linux CLI is, how it's used and why it's vital that you become a CLI master. 2009-12-01T23:02:14+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Training_Camps-244 Linux Training Camps 2009-12-01T22:55:51+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Linux_Cheat_Sheet-243 A small Linux cheat sheet, introducing the very basic and very essential commands for surviving at the Linux CLI. 2009-12-01T22:53:58+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Linux_Tutorials-242 A section of Linux tutorials designed as a basic introduction to Linux for the common man or woman. 2009-12-01T22:51:25+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Woolworths-66 Chorley Woolworths 2009-09-04T14:44:23+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Astley_Park_holds_Romeo_and_Juliet-90 In an amazing performance the bleeding heats and actors made their sand. The pouring rain was no match for the passion and artistic flare that bled from every word. A truly inspiriting performance that gripped the sodden crowd. 2009-09-04T14:42:36+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Link_Building-87 Link Building is the number one factor for improving your Google Page Ranking. By a link for 1 pound for a month. 2009-08-28T17:51:01+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Fat_Kids_Pay_More-77 Chorley MP calls for abolition of VAT on school uniforms 2009-08-15T10:56:55+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Car_Crash_in_Yarrow_Bolton_Road-71 There has been a major Car Crash at yarrow bridge, Bolton road involving two cars in what appears to be a head on impact. 2009-07-23T20:50:46+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/CSS_Intro-70 Basics to CSS 2009-07-19T16:14:28+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/CSS-69 CSS 2009-07-19T16:12:44+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Buckshaw_Get_Their_Own_Surgery-68 Chorley's littlest inner village has got it's very own surgery, with two leading GP's, one of witch is the much respected Preston based doctor, Dr Nimal Muttucumaru with over 17 years worth on experience running a family clinic. 2009-07-18T22:14:00+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Reseller-64 GBFrameworks resellers are able to produce websites in under 30 minutes using our amazing system. 2009-06-20T20:43:28+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Travellers_Green_Belt_Land-63 Chorley Travellers are looking to live on land that they own, the outrage! However the problem arises due the land being classified as Green Belt. In a bid to stop serious urban development and to protect rural England, Green Belt was introduces. The 2009-06-11T13:22:27+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley_Parking-62 In the latest disaster from Chorley Council and the LCC to get even more money out of Chorley motorist you have to wonder if anyone is the "Authorities" have a clue about what's happening to Chorley! 2009-06-09T09:15:12+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Screencasts-59 A collection of Screencasts that show you the tricks of the trade in website development 2009-06-06T15:57:43+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Editing_CSS_using_JQuery-35 JQuery can be used to edit or CSS quick and easily. It's a truly amazing and simple tool that gives you peice of mind when dealing with cross compatibility. 2009-06-05T15:16:42+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/We_do_all_the_work_for_you-45 At GBDesign.net we will do all the work for you! Just because we have the worlds best CMS does not mean that we force you to use it! We understand that your time is vital, especially these days when times are hard. You need to make sure you spend you 2009-04-05T17:56:52+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/SEO-19 This report outline the basic steps for SEO/Adword campaigns. Designed to give a simple approach to common methods used for SEO/Adword. This is specs for a budget less than £5,000 per month. 2009-03-19T19:25:12+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Changing_Provider-17 Changing your website provider can sometime seam to be an impossible task. Especially if you require your sites uptime to be 100%. 2009-03-19T19:23:17+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Self_Editing_Website-13 We specialise in creating and developing websites that allows you to edit. Be it the design or conect, we put you in charge of your site. 2009-03-19T19:22:24+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Zoom_In_Animation-10 Using JQuery to animate a given ID element. 2009-03-18T18:11:09+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Chorley-21 Website developers based in Chorley 2009-03-14T13:56:50+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/North_West-34 We spicalise in dealing with companies from the north west. As we are located within Chorley, Southport and Preston we can provide face to face support as and when required. 2009-03-14T13:56:37+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Website_Developers-18 A website developer will code your site based on the spec from the designer. They are not meant to come in contact with the client, they have very little people skills and don't understand that a client pays for the site they code. 2009-03-14T13:21:10+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/About_Us-32 Findout what GBDesign.net are all about. Why we did the startup and what motivates us through hard times. 2009-03-14T13:17:23+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Converting_your_existing_site-20 Converting your existing site can be done in less that a day. 2009-03-14T13:15:08+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d http://www.gbdesign.net/blog/post/Setting_Up_Outlook-11 Support - Setting Up Outlook 200 2009-03-14T13:14:01+00:00 25db76d51b6566782873351cd4def74d