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Branston Business Network
We are all out representing Octagon this evening at the Branston and Mere Parish Council AGM as part of the Branston Business Network. the group’s new banner The AGM was well attended and our members had plenty of opportunities to talk about our services. The exhibition table full of leaflets, cards, various PowerPoint presentations and…
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Security
This is a test post as we are increasing the security of our WordPress website. We are testing the changes before rolling them out to our clients. If you would like to talk to us about WordPress or data protection and security then Octagon staff are attending the Branston and Mere Parish Council meeting at…
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Network Rebuild
This week I have been installing a new small office network in Scunthorpe. Up until now they have just been using their pc’s individually andNot sharing resources and information. I have put in some extra network connections and a NAS drive that is backed up to our secure data protection system. This way if there…
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A tidy desktop
I was at a client’s today to fix a network problem and saw the tidiest computer desktop I have ever seen. The network issue was a broken cable, causing an intermittent fault, disconnecting the wired devices from the internet, it took an hour or so of tracing and testing cables to find the faulty one…
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WordPress Twenty Twelve – Colour Scheme
A new colour scheme for WordPress Twenty Twelve A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post for my blog about editing the colour scheme in the WordPress Twenty Twelve theme – it has proved a popular post so Martin suggested I should post it here as well. Here is the link: WordPress Twenty Twelve…
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Branston Church Yard – Clive’s Blog
Branston Church Yard – Clive’s Blog. No Martin, this was my “photo of the day”, see his comment here.
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Weekly server check
Hi all, Just completed another weekly server check before Easter. Making sure that when our client’s return from the long weekend their servers and devices are safely backed up. To some of our contact client’s we are on call for them throughout the break. Happy Easter everyone.
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Clive’s Blog – WordPress Twenty Twelve
Clive has updated his blog this week to the latest WordPress Twenty Twelve theme and has posted the CSS code he created to alter the colour scheme to match the Octagon colours. Hopefully this will help others who like the theme but want more control over the colours. WordPress Twenty Twelve Theme – Changing Colours –…
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This week’s Project
This week I have been replacing a server which has been failing to do it’s job. We have decided to replace it with a much simpler device. As all it was being used for was authentication. It didn’t store any files nor did it provide email services. What we have done is to put the…
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Lubuntu
One of the jobs I am doing whilst I am in Essex is upgrading an old XP laptop to Lubuntu. This laptop belongs to a friend of mine and it had sat on the shelf in his office for a couple of years, the only reason he had stopped using it was that it had…
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Guitar George
Yesterday Clive was working at one of our more unique clients – Guitar George. George repairs and services all types of guitars. George is new to business and we are helping him with his WordPress website and blog. Clive’s “photo of the day” on his blog was one of the guitars from George’s private collection.…
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This week’s checks
Installed a new NAS yesterday and during my checks today spotted a better way of configuring it. We don’t just check servers.
