Open source software – it’s truly the way forward. It’s a whole new movement where programmers from all over the world combine their skills and create free software for the world. You have hundreds of contributors all helping make software better and easily accessable to all.
Here’s a list of my personal favourites:
Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org
Full suite of  office products including Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Database, Presentation (Powerpoint-esque), all [...]

Elmnet is growing! I’m in the process of building Elmhost, a new web hosting side to the business. I’m looking at doing a special web hosting package for Aurora members who wish to look at building their own site.
I’m thinking along the lines of 200Mb webspace, unlimited bandwidth, 1 mySQL databases, 10 email accounts & [...]

Bit of an alarmist title this but don’t worry. What happens now only applies to new members or those who have yet to register and create their site. When a new user fills in their form online for the first time the information is held on the database and their page created but it will [...]

Yes, this is just the beginning! You’ve uploaded your new site details, added 10 images, now all that’s left to do is sit back and wait for that cash to come rolling in, right?
Well, not quite!
The web is only a small part of the bigger picture. It has to be part of a larger marketing [...]

Sites that have many links both inwards and outwards generally rank very well in Google. The new Aurora site will have many links out, but could I ask all members who have their own websites to help us out and pop a link in there back to us.
Most of you probably already do this so [...]

Very quick post to remind you all to remember to choose an image for your homepage once you have uploaded them, otherwise your gallery will appear as normal but your homepage will be pictureless!
It’s easily done, log in and then choose the link that directs you to choose your homepage image. Your previously uploaded images [...]

Yes it’s a pain, and you might have to shell out a few quid, but don’t grumble – just do it! You’ll thank me for it later!
I was speaking with someone today who had a hard disk failure and no backup. As a result everything has vanished. And I don’t mean to single anyone out [...]

Quick reminder, once you have logged in successfully remember to change your password to something more memorable and secure. You have been provided with a user name and password, but should you want to change these then you can do so by logging in and following the links. I would recommend a mixture of letters [...]

I’ve finished coding into the online form some new search engine optimisation options. These are titled “Meta Title” and “Meta Description”. To understand these go to www.google.co.uk and do a search for anything at all. The “meta title” tag is what appears in blue, and the “meta description” is what appears in black underneath it.
These [...]

Some of you may remember me talking about getting your own domain name. This should cost you less than a tenner for two years and is an extremely worthwhile investment.
There are many different domain name companies who can reserve your name for you. If you don’t know of one then try http://www.lcn.com who offer .co.uk [...]