tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285797382011-04-22T09:53:54.958+10:00WEB DEVELOPMENT AGENCY <--> it's not business, it's personalDaniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-69814303233319021832009-02-11T08:23:00.005+11:002009-02-11T09:09:43.141+11:00

I don't get much SPAM. Due to several reasons. Put it down to not subscribing to every site using my main email account. Having an email address that is hard for spam engines to guess. Using cloaking scripts on my websites to hide / encrypt my email from spambots. We also recommend and do the same for our clients.I put the fear of God into my clients regarding Spam; as we supply Bulk Email

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-77074743605810594342009-01-22T14:52:00.003+11:002009-01-22T14:57:06.710+11:00

Just what I was looking for, thanks Brendan.I tell all my clients to not only be active in updating their content on their websites, but become more socially web savvy and aware.It's high time I needed to update my BLOG and expect more on this topic later.

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There is currently a scam email being sent to Domain name owners, mainly from China. It all looks official. The company sending the email mentions they have received an application from 'such and such' a company to register yourdomain.cn, plus a few others that might be available in .com as well.Unless you intend to register your domain name and do business in China, then by all means contact

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-67089376536900797902008-07-31T11:14:00.002+10:002008-07-31T11:19:14.718+10:00

MerlinFX has taken out the top prize with a perfect 10+10 score for 2007/2008 for the work we did on the Rotary Liverpool West website. Presented by the District Governor.We are proud to be associated with Rotary Liverpool West and this project fell under our Charity efforts where we provide services in kind to support community groups.

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-38932147024320733512008-07-30T08:15:00.002+10:002009-01-22T16:16:50.321+11:00

We are proud to launch the new MerlinFX website.An updated, cleaner look. Easy to locate content and some features for clients only.What's New with MerlinFXWell we have some very easy to use tools in the form of an online store (prodigyshop), content management (prodigymanage) and newsletters (prodigyconnect). Each of these prodigy applications feature numerous add-ons that enhance the feature

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-75006449909471373392008-07-29T14:21:00.002+10:002008-07-29T14:33:28.327+10:00

Have ever wished that the bookmarks you use on your office PC could be available on your home PC or vice versa? Well you can if you use Firefox and a Free plugin called Foxmarks."Foxmarks is a free add-on for your Firefox browser that syncs your bookmarks across multiple computers and more."If you rely on the web for banking, booking, other work related or social. Having your bookmarks with you

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-80132721703040647632008-06-28T12:01:00.002+10:002008-06-28T12:05:10.678+10:00

No this is not a scam! I great way to get people to watch a promotional video is by donating to charity. Microsoft Australia, have done just that. Go to the site, watch video and Microsoft donate a $1 to the Smith Family.Great idea, it's viral, it's a good cause.

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-58373576070751076142008-06-27T14:24:00.002+10:002008-06-27T14:40:11.428+10:00

Ever wanted to store huge volumes of images and video online? Well now you can using Multiply. It's a social networking style site, but you share your images, video, music etc and it's all stored and backed up for you, indefinately. The free version deletes your files after 30 days, but the paid version ($20 USD) a year is so cheap, it's ridiculous.My first thoughts were can it be used for

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-87274276743795254072008-06-19T10:17:00.002+10:002008-06-19T10:31:54.836+10:00

The policy regarding the sale of .au domain names changed on 1st June 2008.The policy changes effectively mean the ban on consumers purchasing .au domain names and selling them to the highest bidder will end. Consequently the risk of competitors registering .au domain names associated with your online brand will increase significantly.If you haven’t registered the com.au and net.au domain names

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-5476964484981305902008-06-19T08:43:00.002+10:002008-06-19T09:33:30.878+10:00

A tip to all that use a CMS (even our prodgymanage CMS). Using two browsers is better than one. My choice is IE (Internet Explorer) and Firefox.When editing a website page you want to be able to see your final version. If you have one browser you can just create another TAB, load up the site and you have two versions going. You should be also able to view the site in normal mode vs editing. With

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-84417070112772196012008-06-18T09:50:00.003+10:002008-06-18T10:03:09.759+10:00

Business selling FREE Google tools is an out and out SCAM and you can do it for free.If you are a MerlinFX client, we'll do it for you for nothing.If you get web related offers in the mail or "act now before you lose your domain"; it's best to check with your web developer or whom ever manages your web related services; before you go and spend your $$$ on services that are otherwise free or

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-89488973845052667302008-06-17T13:51:00.002+10:002008-06-17T13:59:48.335+10:00

We have just re-built the Cavallaro's website and added many features to it than what they previously had before. Check it out at www.cavallaros.com.au, launched today. It features an easy to CMS, galleries, newsletter, VIP members area and much more.If you are local and want to take advantage of their VIP offers like taste testing new products, closed door events only, then go register on the

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-17816808385991636782008-06-16T17:55:00.002+10:002008-06-16T18:37:29.265+10:00

This free (currently) PC based, web syncronisation is such a great little tool I discovered about a month ago and now find it indispensable with our development team that spreads across the globe. Rather than consistently email briefs, files, images etc; I simply drop them into a 'FolderShared' folder and next time one of the development team opens his PC (and it connects to the net). The Folders

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-24985692813562416262008-06-16T17:33:00.002+10:002008-06-16T17:52:42.182+10:00

Geez it's been a while since I posted anything to the blog. My only saving grace has been, we've been unbelievably busy and a few other things I won't go into right now; but a lot has happened and I'll be updating most of it here.Where to start, ok the beginning:We moved office to a temporary location as the old place was out grown. Put on several other programmers around about that time. We

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1166874293169962572006-12-23T22:40:00.000+11:002006-12-23T22:44:53.170+11:00

Merry Christmas all,We have certainly been busy in the weeks leading up to Christmas which include a draft document of what MerlinFX intends to do in 2007. There are a number of applications under development, new services for customers, enhanced user experiences and pricing models.I look forward to revealing them all in due course.Be safe over the Christmas break, I wish you all the best. Try

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Strange name, great web application!PageFlakes is now my home page. Deceptively simple to use. It's a home page you customise; but you customise it with the content you want.Add Flakes small little widget-like tools that are free that enhance the experience. Great use of AJAX, with Web 2.0 functionality and design.With numerous choices of flakes to add, a number of preset RSS Feeds with the

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1163632260983733732006-11-16T10:06:00.000+11:002006-11-16T10:32:22.823+11:00

We were extremely pleased to receive a 'recognition of support' award from the LCC Saints Ice Hockey Club a few nights ago, a local club we sponsor. I cannot take all the credit; as there is no 'I' in team. All kudos to Mark, our guru programmer for helping to create a custom CRM solution for the club. We used our current WebCRM solution and built into it custom features that are relevant for a

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1161656301718275552006-10-24T12:08:00.000+10:002006-10-24T12:18:21.730+10:00

Ok what does this mean to you exactly? Well if you are using rich web applications then this will be a boon for users and developers to integrate our web applications into MS Office products. I get this all the time, 'I use Office, how can I integrate with your solution.' Before you would need to export your data to a CSV or TAB delimited TXT file and we'd import it. This release from MS may well

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1161589804466152672006-10-23T17:48:00.000+10:002006-10-23T17:50:04.476+10:00

Hey there readers, it's been a while since my last post. Sorry about that. Lots on, much to do and a family crisis to attend to. Though I have much more interesting things to bring to your attention; bare with me.

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Google always known for bringing out cool tools, not just search; are using their vast experience and expertise to warn users of potentially harmful content as reported by David Richards on SmartHouse.'Website search engine giant Google has started warning users if sites they are about to click on could damage their computer.The move follows a large-scale

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1153824974023934592006-07-25T20:42:00.000+10:002006-07-25T20:56:14.056+10:00

Why spend $500 on buying Acrobat to create PDF's, when you can download a simple, FREE tool that can create a PDF from any application that allows you to print. It's called PrimoPDF. Download it, install it and next time you want to create a PDF. Choose Print and then select the PrimoPDF option in your Printers. Choose a location to save. Done.Being free you aren't going to get all the useful

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Tweak Day was born from my frustration I had in not being able to service our clients with small jobs and requests. What was happening with our job system, was smaller tweaks and requests were being pushed back and done after major jobs or when we had time or after hours. We could never give an estimated time on how long it would take to complete a task. Now, every Friday is Tweak Day. All the

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Is this familiar to you: Viagra now, free games + win cash, \/lagra works excellently for your problem; People are winning Big every day.; Start Winning Now!!; Overwhelmingly important information. We all see it and we all have tasted the ugly part of the web that is spam. Spam email, sms, telemarketers or just getting hassled walking down the street. Why do they do it, when they know we hate

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1150357964804847282006-06-15T17:51:00.000+10:002006-06-15T17:59:40.343+10:00

What a mouthful, but I think as our business grows and the levels of complexities in the software and web world increase, MerlinFX will do its best to educate its clients as best we can. This blog for example is the perfect way to keep you informed of what we are up to and what technologies will affect your business. We are finding that to provide a valuable service, sometimes the line that

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1150269701090006432006-06-14T17:21:00.000+10:002006-06-14T17:21:41.433+10:00

It is interesting to watch the global struggle of companies that once had a strangle-hold on your browser, office tools etc start to see the cracks in the delivery of their systems. What I am talking about here is Google releasing a beta version (yes another beta something) called Google Spreadsheets. Sure Microsoft are working on Office Live, a hosted Office solution, but will it have the

Daniel Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213016788246210657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28579738.post-1148359521634215292006-05-23T14:45:00.000+10:002006-06-16T18:28:28.503+10:00

Well this being the first post an all for the MerlinFX blog, I thought I'd make mention who we are and what it is we do. MerlinFX is a Sydney based web developer specialising in ebusiness solutions and web applications. Sometimes we do the odd traditional website. So what does that all mean?It might seem rather silly to say 'traditionally this' or 'traditionally that' about the web seeing it is

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