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Here, we’ll be sharing our insider tips, tricks and guidelines for you to make the most of your website or eCommerce store.

Our team has been providing digital services to customers for over a decade now, offering web design and development, system integration, hosting, analysis and more, so we have a lot of expert knowledge to share.

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Welford 27th June 2017
Beginners guide to SEO: title tags, meta descriptions & meta keywords
In this post, we'll look over 3 key elements which can help improve your website performance in search results: title tags, meta descriptions & meta keywords.
Welford 19th May 2017
AspinallVerdi's new Craft CMS website
Our team recently built a brand new website for property regeneration experts AspinallVerdi. Using Craft CMS, we created a modern, fresh new website with an easy to use admin area.
Welford 21st April 2017
Dactyl Publishing: new OpenCart eCommerce website
We're very proud to share Dactyl Publishing's brand new OpenCart website. With a bespoke design & custom build features, this new ecommerce store fits them perfectly.
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Welford 5th April 2017
Easter & Spring Opening Times
Spring is finally here! Our office will be closed for 4 days over the next two months, find out more in our opening times blog post.
Welford 21st March 2017
Web Agency vs Freelancer - which is right for you?
Choosing between a web agency or a freelancer is a major step at the start of any project - we've put together a list of pros & cons to make it easier for you.
Welford 18th January 2017
How to Switch to an Instagram Business Account
Instagram have recently added more tools for businesses, allowing you to promote posts, add a contact button to your profile and view valuable analytical data on you posts. Today, we'll show you how to switch from a personal account to a business profile.
Welford 4th January 2017
Creating admin users & assigning permissions in OpenCart
If you’re running an ecommerce store, it’s likely that you have multiple people working on your website. In this OpenCart tutorial we show you how to quickly set up new admin user accounts and assign specific permissions.
Welford 19th December 2016
How to Enable Maintenance Mode in OpenCart
This tutorial shows you how you can put your store into maintenance mode using a simple setting in your admin area - without needing the help of a web developer.
Welford 13th December 2016
Christmas & New Year Opening Times 2016
With just two weeks left until Christmas Day, it's safe to say we're feeling super festive. We'll be closed over three days during the holiday period, here's our full opening times for Christmas and New Years.
Welford 12th December 2016
Welford Review: Tick Tock Unlock, Leeds
This weekend, as part of our team's Christmas party we decided to do something a little different. Here's what we thought about the Tick Tock escape room.
Welford 5th December 2016
Office Early Close on December 9th, 2016
​As part of our festive opening times, both our Leeds and London offices will be closing at 2pm (GMT) on Friday December 9th.
Welford 23rd November 2016
Adding Google Analytics tracking to OpenCart 1.5.x & 2.x
For any business, it's important to understand ​exactly how your audience is finding you. Installing Google Analytics tracking on your OpenCart website can be done in a matter of minutes, letting you easily track data & learn more about your customers.
Welford 9th November 2016
Tracking marketing campaigns with UTM Tags
UTM tags are an easy, quick and free way of tracking every link your business sends out. In this step by step tutorial, we'll show you how you can add UTM tracking tags to your marketing campaigns without needing any previous experience or help from a web developer.
Welford 1st November 2016
Managing Customer Groups in OpenCart
In this tutorial, we'll show you exactly how you can add new customer groups, how to give customers the option of choosing a customer group when registering, and how to manually assign customer groups to individual customers from within your OpenCart store admin area.
Welford 31st October 2016
25% off our OpenCart Security Tune-Up Package this Halloween
Wanting to improve your OpenCart store's security? We have the perfect bundle for you - and even better, we're currently offering 25% off when you book before 5pm on November 3rd.
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