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Author:Tim ThomasCreated:16/04/2007
Tim Thomas is the Technical Director, and Web Applications Developer for Net Potential. This blog is aimed at web developers & web designers It contains useful tips Tim learns as he goes about his working day. Unfortunately Tim doesn't have as much time as he'd like to write here, so apologies for the low frequency of posts!

By Tim Thomas on 10/11/2011

I have just completed some SEO for a client of ours - Hilton Brown Fitness.

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By Tim Thomas on 6/04/2011

Tim, Phill and Vasily have just attended the inaugural Auckland Start-Up weekend.  An event that brings entrepreneurs together to pitch ideas and form teams to build a start-up business in a full-on 54 hour event. 
 
Tim and Vas were thrilled to have worked on TaxiSurfer which took first place, and won prizes valued at over $13,000.
 
Contiune to read more and watch video coverage of the event.
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By Tim Thomas on 2/12/2008

If you get value from the great information website - Wikipedia, why not donate and help them meet their $6m goal.  I have...

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By Tim Thomas on 3/09/2008

Google has entered the browser market! The first thing I noticed when opening my browser this morning, was a glaring note on Google asking me to try out their new browser - Chrome.

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By Tim Thomas on 11/07/2008

We are featured on the Xero website, in a case study on the integration of web applications WorkflowMax and Xero for our job management and accounting systems.  We love the two applications. What it means for our clients is ...

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By Tim Thomas on 9/07/2008

I've been drooling over the new 3G iPhone for weeks now.  Yesterday Vodafone NZ announced their pricing plans, which were nothing more than a slap in the face.

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By Tim Thomas on 8/04/2008

I've just read an interesting article on how Microsoft Sliverlight will be used to power live web broadcasts of this years Olympics.Read More »

By Tim Thomas on 20/03/2008

By default, the Username field of the account login module takes the focus on page load. This was a problem for a particular website's homepage since the account login module was quite low down on the page, causing it to scroll down when the page loaded. Here's the fix...

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By Tim Thomas on 8/01/2008

Last year Microsoft released version 3.5 of the .net framework. It is now available on all web hosting servers so you can take advantage of the new features available for both ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAXRead More »

By Tim Thomas on 3/12/2007

After installing Media Player Classic on windows Vista, I couldn't seem to get it to act as the default video player even though all the settings in windows explorer suggested that it was the default player. Here's how I solved the problem...Read More »

By Tim Thomas on 22/11/2007

Microsoft has Released To Manufacturing (RTM) Visual Studio 2008, a software development platform that I'm sure any ASP.NET developer would be aware of, and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5Read More »

By Tim Thomas on 22/11/2007

I love my Logitech MX700 which I've had since 2001! When I upgraded to a new Asus G1 running Windows Vista Ultimate I was dissapointed to find that Logitech won't be supporting their MouseWare software on win Vista/7. Here's how I got it working...

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By Tim Thomas on 21/08/2007

I didn't get a chance to go to TechEd this year, thank goodness for techedlive.co.nzRead More »

By Tim Thomas on 7/05/2007

It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog post - I've been very busy, but do want to make my blog posts regular so here goes another one...Read More »

By Tim Thomas on 19/04/2007

We've just finished our new website, it's no secret that we're running DotNetNuke - an awesome feature rich, open source web application framework. After launching the site, the next step was to get it indexed by major search engines. The best way to do that is to start by creating a Google Sitemap. I was pleased to find out that the latest version of DotNetNuke came with standard install /Sitemap.aspx file which rendered an XML Google Sitemap. This was great, but it fell short - it didn't map the abundance of content we store in the Blog module. Here's how we got a richer Google Sitemap running, which mapped all pages including all blog/article entries.Read More »

Opening quotesI’ve been in the communications industry for 10 years and worked with several web development providers. NetPotential is the best provider that I have encountered.Closing quotes

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