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Business as usual at Digital Acorn means efficient web and software development. Occasionally we have articles which we consider news-worthy.

Craig Joins Digital Acorn

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Happy New Year! The Digital Acorn team just gained another asset. Craig joins us from the beginning of the month, further strengthening this small team of dedicated coders. In addition to general web and software development skills, Craig has extensive e-commerce experience. Having worked both within development teams and as a freelancer he was the ideal candidate for us. Expect more of the same - … [Read more...]

New Junior PHP Web Developer Position

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We are looking to recruit an additional Junior PHP Web Developer / Programmer for our Hexham office Essential Attributes: Self Motivated, Reliable and Self Managing. Significant and demonstrable experience developing dynamic websites (can be as a hobbyist) Programming Knowledge: PHP, HTML, MySQL, CSS, Javascript Advantageous: Development Experience using the following … [Read more...]

Hexham Courant Article

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Digital Acorn is featuring in the Hexham Courant this week... showing off our new office and the recent appointment of Lee Thompson. Click here to find out what they had to say, and have a look at our piccy! … [Read more...]

Lee Thompson – Welcome to Digital Acorn

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This is the official welcome to Lee; who joined Digital Acorn earlier this month. We've both been very busy getting up to speed in our new office this month. Lee has experience in MySQL and PHP coding, and will be working on the website development side of the business, picking up the majority of this type of work. I will continue to work on web development aspects of the business where needed. … [Read more...]

New Office in Central Hexham

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My workload has been steadily increasing over the last few months and I have had to take action to alleviate this. In the short-term this has added, and will continue to add, even more work; however, I expect it will prove to be beneficial in the long term. It is no small step going from (essentially) a sole-trader to a 2 or 3 person business. I am pleased to announce that the first milestone has … [Read more...]

GMail offers per-address rich-text signatures

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This has been long awaited and is is a much appreciated addition to the gmail service. If you use GMail check out your settings page. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7881493/Google-adds-rich-text-signatures-to-Gmail.html … [Read more...]

New Website

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Ok, so I'm setting up my new site. I've gone for WordPress, and I've decided to go live at an early stage. So apologies for any inconvenience as it takes shape. I've used various systems before as a developer for clients, including Joomla, CMS Made Simple, Blogger etc. I like WordPress, and I really like the theme I've opted for - it has cost me some cash but it fits my brief, is well coded and … [Read more...]

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