Looking forward to the Red Rose Awards

Wow! We've been short listed for the Red-Rose Awards to be held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on March the 15th. After a hard weekend getting together our presentation leaflet and video presentation, we were told today we've been shortlisted in the category 'Creative Business of the Year'.

Red-Fern Media Explain 10 of the most important web design tips for 2012

Every day the internet evolves and something new appears. What started as a blank canvas is now a painting full of creativity. Almost every designer revels in using the very latest technology to catapult their designs to new levels. However, only the true design professionals will understand just how important it is to research the industry thoroughly to determine which jewels will be important going forward and which ones will not.

Classes on coding set to replace current ICT curriculum

It was only 12 months ago that our Government was seriously considering making the subject ICT non compulsory. However, in a turn around it has been decided that the ICT curriculum will not be scrapped but instead replaced with computer science lessons. It will be these lessons that will teach the young generation today how to learn and develop programming skills.

5 of the best Valentines Day ecard websites

As we have just crawled past the festive and new year period, you'd think we were safe from having to think about presents and cards for our loved ones!! Well think again. With Valentines Day fast approaching on the 14th of February, men and women around the world will now have to start thinking of gifts or thoughtful gestures to give their loved ones.

As our valentines day gift to all men and women around the world we have complied a list of the 5 best Valentines Day Ecard websites we have found.
So if you forget and need to send that last minute thoughtful gesture, here's your escape route.

Microsoft celebrates the death of IE6 while Chrome takes a back seat

All good things must come to an end and the final curtain call for Internet Explorer version 6 has come.  The official Windows blog announced the demise. According to Roger Capriotti, director of Internet Explorer Marketing, latest data from Net Applications showed IE6 usage in the United States has now officially dropped below 1%. as it revealed that the program was used by less than 1% of US internet surfers.

Ways to Improve Customer Communication on Your Website

When a company or business decides to create an online website it is with one goal in mind - to increase leads and turn traffic into sales.  You may be achieving this by already with a bullet proof SEO campaign, a beautiful and easy to navigate web site and a low bounce rate. However, if you don't have an air tight contact strategy in place then you can say goodbye to conversions from those page views.

1and1 website - cheap is not always the best

When choosing a web host or web design company you want to make the right decision. You want a company that is reliable. Other factors you need to take into consideration are:

4 Strategies for Working With Designers Without Killing Each Other

Working as a designer in an advertising agency can be challenging as well as stressful and it is almost inevitable your opinions of design will not necessarily be received with open arms by everyone.

Many designers have different methods of working. Some work to a brief and some will design first and think about the workings afterwards. This article explains how you should work with designers on a project.

Google Wallet merges with Google Checkout to streamline shopping

Google announced that it's merging its online payment system Google Checkout with Google Wallet the mobile commerce platform. The reasoning behind this is the mobile version is not fairing so well. Secondly, Google wanted to offer its customers a more unified digital shopping experience. To further promote this merger, Google has now begun integrating Google wallet as the main payment platform on all destinations including YouTube and Google+ games as well as the Android apps market.

Web Designers are Star Wars Nerds?

Sorry, but we could not resist this, like most 30 something web designers we all love watching 'Star Wars' and this pic of the new breed of dog is so funny.

The new breed is called Chiwawabacca, :)

Parting advice given to Mark Zuckerberg from Steve Jobs

Before Steve Jobs passed away the rumour mill was going into overdrive with talk of an acquisition between Facebook and Apple. But did Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg ever discuss that? Mark Zuckerberg vehemently denies the rumour but does admit he and Steve Jobs talked a lot about great products and building great teams.

Responsive website design – New trend for 2012

In the words of Shakespeare ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’, we ask the same question when we are looking at building a mobile website – should we or shouldn’t we?  However, a new trend that will be hot in 2012 is that of a responsive web design for your website. If you want to create a buzz in 2012 then you should consider a responsive web design. However, you need to do some research first and look into when, why you should and how you should design a fantastic responsive website.

We're Hiring - Web Designer Vacancies

Red-Fern Media are the number 1 web design company on google UK. Due to the expansion of our web design/development department and major account wins we are currently seeking two junior web designers to join our team.

Hear our RAR! Red-Fern Media are a recommended agency for the second year running.

Well, we've only gone on done it again! For the second year running we have achieved one of our industries leading certifications. The RAR certification is all thanks to our excellent work and designs, but most of all you our customers.

We would like to specifically thank those customers that voted for us and helped us achieve the RAR Recommended Agency Certificate, not only that we have a great big logo that they allow us to use on all our work.

Our Guide to the must have SEO tools

SEO has three levels – Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Learning very basic knowledge will set you on the beginner’s path of SEO. Once you become more comfortable you can progress to the intermediate level and learn new tips and techniques. However to become an advanced SEO guru you need a wealth of knowledge. This is not as difficult as it sounds as there is a whole online world of knowledge and resource material available ready to take you to that next level.

If you are an SEO virgin fear not as in no time at all you can grasp all the basics required for basic search engine optimisation.  Below are basic, intermediate and advanced tips that you should know: