2013 News Archive

Fast loading social sharing links - These days it's very common to have links from different parts of your website to Facebook, Twitter and other services so that people can easily record...
Coconut Cleanse website makeover - Back on the subject of speed we've just completed a makeover of The Coconut Cleanse website making it smaller, faster and easier to update. Even though...

CMS upgrades - We've just completed a major task of upgrading all hosted websites to the latest version of our content management system (CMS). The latest version includes...
How secure is my data? - Firstly, the most likely attack vector is for someone to compromise the computer you're using with a virus, trojan or keystroke logger. These can be contracted...
Measuring your website load times - Sometimes a website will be slower than normal to load. There can be a lot of reasons for this including: your browser, computer, local network, ISP,...
Data Centre Maintenance - On the weekend of 9-10 November there will be maintenance undertaken at the data centre where our server is located. We don't expect any disruptions to...

Built for Speed - In the early days of the WWW it was important to keep websites small and optimised because of bandwidth limitations. Now, with broadband connections,...
Office closed 19-20 September - The Chirp office will be closed on Thursday and Friday as we take a short trip.

Show off your products with Twitter Cards - We know that Twitter is one of the best mediums for creating a buzz about your products and services, but did you know that you can now have your product...

Product Microdata and "rich snippets" - As an online retailer you want to give your products the best chance they have. That includes the normal SEO techniques, including: search engine friendly...

Downtime - 21 May - Websites were offline between 2:03pm and 3:20pm AEST today due to emergency maintenance at our data centre in New York. We apologise for this disruption...
Web server upgrade - Following the release of Debian 7 ("Wheezy") last week we have started upgrading our hosting servers to the new system. This may involve some short interruptions...

New optimisation options - We've been given access to some new PageSpeed filters which we're now beta-testing for Google. Like the existing filters, they are aimed at reducing page...

Responsive Web Design (RWD) - You may have heard recently a lot of talk about 'Apps' and how everyone needs an 'app' for their website to make it accessible to mobile users on iPhone,...

Special delivery - After much anticipation we would like to welcome our son 'Alin' who was delivered to us by caesarean section. Thank you to everyone who has offered well...
Office Closed - The Chirp office will be closed now until the end of the week. Thank you for your patience.
Blocked emails - SORBS - A glitch in the SORBS (Spam and Open Relay Blocking System) system earlier today resulted in some inbound and outbound emails being rejected. We rely...
Microdata for "rich snippets" - The major search engines have finally agreed on a meta markup format for identifying certain types of information on websites. The schema includes: Events,...

Simulation database 'globally significant' - A Health Workforce Australia (HWA) funded online database that provides a wealth of information on simulation education and training in the Australian...
How we can optimise your website - We pride ourselves on building fast, functional websites that are easy to use and manage. A lot goes into this that isn't always obvious. Here are some...
Year in review 2012 - 2012 was one of our busiest years ever. We launched a lot of new websites, created and upgraded various modules and moved to a new hosting centre. We...

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