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We are delighted to announce that Alan, one of our PHP Web Developers, has passed the Zend PHP 5.3 Certified Engineer exam and has received official recognition of his expertise in PHP technology. The Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) certificate is … Continue reading →
21 May 2013
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It has only been two months since we introduced you to Brian, Simon, Jen and Steph. Even after our recent successful recruitment drive, we are still increasingly busy with new and existing projects in a variety of exciting markets. As … Continue reading →
15 May 2013
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Many of you may remember our blog post from August 2012 introducing you all to our newest recruits. Well, only 6 months later here we are again! Over the past eighteen months our team has seen considerable growth and as … Continue reading →
22 March 2013
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Recently, we have begun to realise that what we do here is something quite special. This came to light at the end of 2012 when we were nominated for Small Business of the Year at the Downtown Lancashire Business Awards and … Continue reading →
19 March 2013
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This week the United Kingdom has been celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2013. At Magma Digital we were eager to be involved in this week to demonstrate how, from our experience, Apprenticeships really can deliver! We hired Liam, our first Web … Continue reading →
15 March 2013
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My previous blog was the beginning of a two part blog on my recent travels to the New Adventures in Web Design Conference in Nottingham. As expected, the speakers were fantastic and I felt that it was worth sharing their … Continue reading →
20 February 2013
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Last week, I had the fantastic opportunity of attending my third New Adventures in Web Design Conference, in Nottingham. This conference holds a special little place in my heart as it was the first design related conference I had attended back … Continue reading →
5 February 2013
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Once again, the Magma Digital team were out in force as three of our PHP Developers (Jeremy, Adrian and Alan) travelled to Antwerp, Belgium to attend the PHP Benelux 2013 Conference. Like several other PHP conferences (for example, PHP North West), the organisation and … Continue reading →
1 February 2013
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On 31st January, Jeremy will be presenting a talk on Google Analytics & Social Media Monitoring. Online presence is becoming a significant part of all our businesses. However, tracking where your enquiries are coming from can be difficult and time … Continue reading →
30 January 2013
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We wanted to announce our delight at Mark, our Senior PHP Developer, passing the Zend PHP 5.3 Certification and for receiving the official credential of his expertise in PHP technology. The Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) certificate is the internationally acknowledged … Continue reading →
27 December 2012
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Last night, we held a Christmas gathering to celebrate the past year and raise our glasses to a prosperous 2013. It was a pleasure to meet our new and existing friends and clients from across the North West who joined us for … Continue reading →
14 December 2012
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The 6th November saw the return of the monthly PHPNW meetups after having been put on a one month hiatus for the conference. I spoke on “MySQL Binary Logging” and conducted a whirlwind tour of the possible practical applications for … Continue reading →
30 November 2012
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When we received the news that we had been nominated for Lancashire Small Business of the Year and that Jeremy Coates our MD had been nominated for Social Media Guru of the Year. We were delighted and hoped that everyone … Continue reading →
22 November 2012
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Back in October, I spent a weekend with many other developers at Hack Manchester . Hack Manchester (part of Manchester Science Festival) is a 24 hour coding event, where 45 teams went head to head to complete challenges set by the sponsors and event organisers (@ruby_gem, … Continue reading →
13 November 2012
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I had heard nothing but good things about Magma Digital before I began my apprenticeship here and when I joined, it didn’t fail to impress. I was instantly treated like part of the team and with only recently finishing my … Continue reading →
6 November 2012
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I had heard nothing but good things about Magma Digital before I began my apprenticeship here and when I joined, it didn’t fail to impress. I was instantly treated like part of the team and with only recently finishing my … Continue reading →
6 November 2012
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The TEDx Conference in Salford on 21st October 2012, was my first experience of TEDx offline. I’ve seen a few of the talks online but getting to see the speakers in person is something completely different. TEDx had 15 speakers … Continue reading →
2 November 2012
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It is an honour of ours to have sponsored this years PHPNW12 and previous PHPNW conferences. The conference was established in 2008 and has quadrupled in attendees since then, with venue changes and a range of topics & speakers. It … Continue reading →
30 October 2012
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The CIM Pitch is a National Competition that involves all studying members at university, it encourages budding Marketeers to shine. In a team of three, you are tasked with the challenge of pitching a marketing strategy to a panel of … Continue reading →
25 October 2012
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It was our pleasure to sponsor and attend this years Barcamp Blackpool, you may remember our previous blog about sponsoring the event. With 5 of the team in attendance this year it was a great opportunity to meet lots of other … Continue reading →
23 October 2012
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This year we decided to attend MADE, The Entrepreneur Festival which took place in Sheffield on 19-21 September. The festival has evolved over the last three years from 200 delegates to around 3,000 in attendance this year, including high-profile investors, … Continue reading →
18 October 2012
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We have a lot of experience with technologies such as Zend Framework, WordPress and Drupal, and we are always keen to explore other systems. Symfony is a PHP framework for building web applications which is growing in popularity, and promises … Continue reading →
16 October 2012
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With tickets being snapped up in under an hour, Brighton SEO is the place to be for anyone working in or with SEO. Magma Digital were delighted to have had the opportunity to attend the event with 1698 others all wanting … Continue reading →
4 October 2012
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It’s always a great feeling to be recognised for your achievements, so to be nominated for two awards is fantastic! We are happy to announce that Magma Digital have been nominated for Lancashire Small Business of the Year & that … Continue reading →
27 September 2012
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The team at Magma Digital Ltd strongly believe in supporting the communities we are involved in. As a Preston based company we had the pleasure of being involved in our first Preston Guild celebrations which are also the first since Preston was granted city … Continue reading →
6 September 2012
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At this months PHPNW User Group, two of our developers took to the stage to present two of the seven lightning talks. The aim of these talks was similar to the philosophy of Pecha Kucha. The idea of Pecha Kucha … Continue reading →
15 August 2012
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As always change is a constant and here at Magma Digital, this rings true as ever. The Magma Digital team has seen considerable growth over the past twelve months and we don’t expect this to change anytime soon. We recently tweeted … Continue reading →
2 August 2012
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We are delighted to announce that Jeremy, our Managing Director, has been elected as a member of the Manchester Digital Council. From a 13-strong candidate pool, 6 council members were elected by the members of Manchester Digital. Jeremy is an … Continue reading →
24 July 2012
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Our development team have a considerable advantage over other normal web development agencies. After working here for a short while, they stop being a PHP developer and they become a PHP consultant; a business analyst even. Typically, developers gain experience … Continue reading →
18 July 2012
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Web development has an ever-changing landscape with new technologies emerging every day. Choosing which technologies to adopt and invest in can be a daunting task, which is why we firmly believe in getting involved in the community that surrounds your … Continue reading →
6 July 2012
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I recently travelled down to the Kensington Olympia Exhibition Centre, London to attend ‘Marketing Week Live!‘. The conference was organised by Marketing Week, a magazine providing news and opinions within the marketing industry. The aim of the conference was to … Continue reading →
3 July 2012
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Lorem ipsum has long been the standard text generator for Designers & Developers, who use it to get a feel of the layout, graphics, font etc before any real words are written. There comes a time for every designer or … Continue reading →
26 June 2012
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As you may or may not already know, we’re into Phing here at Magma Digital. You can fire off all sorts of complex tasks and at the end, you get a report (if you’re using a CI platform). I personally … Continue reading →
18 June 2012
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We’re delighted to announce that Magma Digital Ltd has officially been awarded Recommended Supplier Status by the Recommended Agencies Register (RAR) following a rigorous review by RAR and our clients. We love to hear that our promise of looking after … Continue reading →
13 June 2012
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No one wants to deal with people who are all talk and no substance. At Magma Digital we listen hard, think big and talk straight. We’ve been doing this for quite some time now (since 1999 to be exact!) and we … Continue reading →
22 May 2012
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On Friday 27th April, we were exhibiting at the Warrington Business Expo at the De Vere Village Hotel in Warrington and we thought we would write a short detail of our experiences. The day started nice and early with myself, Ian, Adrian … Continue reading →
8 May 2012
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If you’d asked me two years ago to compare a local file to one on a remote server, I would’ve simply SCP’d the file down and diff’d the two files. That’s pretty quick to do and it doesn’t take too … Continue reading →
4 May 2012
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Do you have an unforgiving passion for the web? Would you like to make a career out of your passion? Magma Digital Ltd are proud to announce that we are giving you the opportunity to do just that! How? We’re … Continue reading →
1 May 2012
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This week, we celebrated our 13th year in business. Happy Birthday Magma Digital! We began back in 1999 and when Jeremy was setting up the business Mr. Oizo – Flatbeat was number one in the music charts. The Matrix and … Continue reading →
5 April 2012
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Our Local Heroes Foundation launched their new website, at the end of 2011, to help raise awareness of the charity and their cause. The Euxton based charity aims to improve the everyday lives of injured soldiers in the North West, they deal with issues including: accommodation, job training and employment.
The new website aims to provide...
30 November -0001
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Last week, we announced that we were giving away one free ticket to Whisky Web with two nights B&B. Magma Digital Ltd strongly believe in supporting the Web Community in anyway possible, that’s why we gave the chance to win … Continue reading →
5 April 2012
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The Competition Six of the Developers at Magma Digital Ltd will be heading up to Whisky Web on the 13th and 14th of April 2012 in Edinburgh. We strongly believe in supporting the web community and to show you just how … Continue reading →
27 March 2012
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We are pleased to announce that Jeremy, our Managing Director, has been selected as a speaker at another International PHP Conference. This will be his second international speaking engagement of the year and we hope that there will be more … Continue reading →
22 March 2012
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Governing Council Priscilla Coates, Director at Magma Digital Ltd was inducted today into a voluntary position of Governing Council member for our local NHS Foundation Trust. Priscilla has a long history with the NHS and started her career working for … Continue reading →
15 March 2012
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Jeremy, Adrian and Michael successfully passed the Zend PHP 5.3 certification exam and received the official credential of their expertise in PHP technology. The Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) certificate is the internationally acknowledged certification of PHP established by Zend Technologies … Continue reading →
2 March 2012
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Following on from a talk I gave at PHPNW last year, here’s a summarised version of the tools and approaches we’ve used to track down performance issues. I’m not prescribing a specific order in which these tools are to be … Continue reading →
27 February 2012
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Jeremy Coates, our Managing Director, recently had an in-depth conversation with Karen Hands, a Teamwork coach from Thought into Action Ltd which was recorded and is available to anybody that signs up for their Distance Learning Package. Karen shared some of … Continue reading →
22 February 2012
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We recently published a blog on how Jeremy Coates, our Managing Director, was one of the speakers at PHP Benelux 2012, an International Conference in Antwerp, Belgium on the 27th and 28th January 2012. The conference focuses on developers from around the world discovering the … Continue reading →
10 February 2012
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In the first of what will hopefully be a series of regular technical blog posts, I’ll discuss a little tool which has helped remove the mystery of when a MySQL import will finish. If, like me, mysqldump forms part of … Continue reading →
30 January 2012
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This week the team at Magma Digital are celebrating 12 months of being based in our new premises on Winckley Square, Preston. For all those involved, the upheaval of an office move last January will remain an unforgettable memory. Moving … Continue reading →
24 January 2012
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