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
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Magma Digital Celebrates 1 year on Winckley Square
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
PHP Benelux, will we see you there?
As many of you may already know, Magma Digital strongly believes in supporting the web community and promoting best practice within our wider industry. That’s why we are pleased our Managing Director, Jeremy Coates, has been selected as one of the speakers … Continue reading
Preston Codejo
This week saw the Magma Digital Offices transformed again into the Preston Codejo. The second Monday of every month, Magma Digital hosts a Coding Dojo run by Jeremy Coates and Gemma Cameron. This month, as last, the focus was TDD (test driven … Continue reading
We’re Hiring
For some, Winter can be a typically miserable season; the weather is dark, it’s usually raining and generally it’s cold. However this year, all is not lost! We may have a ray of yellow sunshine to brighten any Winter blues, … Continue reading
Find your core, tone your fingers & eat cake!
Know your Core You will hear us go on about having a ”firm foundation’. Well, in a nutshell this firm foundation is in part made up from your core (and no, I don’t mean your mid-riff!) The ‘core’ of your business … Continue reading
Sticky Content, in an Online World!
Learn 6 ways to make your website more sticky! Travelling business men waking up in hotel baths full of ice, missing a kidney We use only 10% of our brains You’ve heard them all before, the urban myths which … Continue reading
Where is the responsibility? – Find out at ‘Preston Social’ Tues 25th Oct
“With the news that a father in Northern Ireland is suing Facebook over suggestive photos of his 12 year old girl posted on the site, the question of whose responsibility it is to ensure that children and young people are safe online … Continue reading
PHPNW11 Through the Eyes of a Marketing Student and PHPNW Newbie.
On Saturday 8th October I joined 400 others in Manchester at the Mercure Manchester Picadilly Hotel for PHPNW’s 4th annual conference. For me, it was my first PHPNW conference and I decided to write a blog post of my experience … Continue reading
Magma Digital Hits New Milestone
As always change is a constant and here at Magma Digital, this rings true as ever. After the upheaval of an office move earlier in the year, Magma have now reached the milestone of having ten employees and we couldn’t … Continue reading