Graphic and Web Design in Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/ Your copyright information Tue 9 Jun 2009 22:03 GMT This week saw the launch of the new Royal Ascot Golf Club website. The website has been designed to work hard... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/royal-ascot-gc-website.html Tue 9 Jun 2009 21:06 GMT The Design Council have long been known as an innovative source of vital information for the design industry. The Des... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/design-council-briefing.html Sun 17 May 2009 10:45 GMT More and more businesses are turning to email marketing to benefit from lower costs and faster responses in compariso... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/10-tips-for-email-marketing.html Thu 14 May 2009 09:03 GMT Search Engine Optimisation involves making sure all your main content is coming together in the right way to form a s... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/5-nonseo-ways-to-increase-your-search-rankings.html Mon 16 Feb 2009 13:11 GMT Today Melon launched a new website for the UK division of Japanese games publisher - Rising Star Games. The e... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/rising-star-games.html Fri 13 Feb 2009 16:36 GMT All UK citizens are to have broadband access by 2012. Advertisers claim that the interim Dig... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/britain-going-digital.html Thu 12 Feb 2009 22:14 GMT This week the nation's snowman population increased ten fold! As many of the Melon team were unable to get to the stu... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/a-week-of-snow.html Fri 30 Jan 2009 16:56 GMT Getting online using your mobile phone has become massively popular and receiving e-mail... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/web-development-for-iphone.html Fri 23 Jan 2009 17:02 GMT The launch of the first ever Macintosh computer on 24th January 1984 means that we can celebrate its 25th bir... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/25-years-of-macintosh.html Fri 19 Dec 2008 15:31 GMT We’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Melon! A big thank you t... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/merry-christmas.html Tue 16 Dec 2008 17:06 GMT In light of the recent headlines regarding the http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/browser-wars-end-of-internet-explorer.html Tue 2 Dec 2008 17:27 GMT After many late evenings, planning meetings, millions of lines of code and infinite caffeine our website is now live.... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/new-website-launched68.html Fri 17 Oct 2008 13:48 GMT If a client is using static urls or dynamic urls they may be interested in URL rewriting, which, for search engine op... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/url-rewriting-benefits-and-implications.html Thu 16 Oct 2008 12:51 GMT The Melon CMS system, Engine, has been making headlines lately with the most recent article appearing in Octobers iss... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/engine-features-in-printing-world.html Thu 16 Oct 2008 12:48 GMT Huntingdon Racecourse was the venue for the 5th Kubota Live! roadshow out of 8 overall taking place during September.... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/hands-on-at-kubota-live.html Thu 16 Oct 2008 11:56 GMT Please welcome the newest Melonian, Alex to the team. Alex, who specialises in web service development, will ... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/new-melon-for-team-web.html Fri 1 Aug 2008 09:30 GMT Unfortunately since my last blog I hadn’t had much success in the head or regatta season. Luckily the dry spell... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/another-pot-for-me.html Wed 23 Jul 2008 11:07 GMT A warm welcome to Richard who started with us on Monday.Richard is a talented Graphic Design graduate, with a passion... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/new-melon.html Tue 22 Jul 2008 13:53 GMT The new website for Somerset College is now live! After a successful pitch back at the start of the year we have come... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/new-somerset-college-website.html Wed 2 Jul 2008 15:15 GMT On Sunday Spain claimed their first major title for 44 years after winning Euro 2008 with a victory over Germany.Live... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/the-winner-is.html Tue 17 Jun 2008 09:29 GMT 18 games played, 46 goals so far and 70 yellow cards already. As we move into the quarterfinal stages of Euro 2008, s... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/football-mania.html Thu 8 May 2008 22:45 GMT Melon was approached by Edge, an educational foundation and the sponsors of a new school in Milton Keynes - The Milto... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/the-milton-keynes-academy.html Fri 18 Apr 2008 11:05 GMT Search Engine Optimisation is a tricky business. Most non techie people see it shrouded in mystery with Google keepin... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/the-seo-rapper.html Thu 20 Mar 2008 17:49 GMT The Easter bunny's were out in force at Melon HQ this year with an abundance of Easter treats for the hard working Me... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/happy-easter.html Fri 29 Feb 2008 10:21 GMT BBC have overhauled their front page with a really cool new look and a whole host of new features to help make your b... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/the-new-bbc-portal.html Wed 13 Feb 2008 12:00 GMT The Melon team have been working long and hard over the last few months to produce what we believe is an outstanding ... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/the-melon-shop-is-open.html Wed 6 Feb 2008 14:54 GMT Seeing as you are reading this you might also have noticed that our website has got a new look! Our talented design t... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/melon-web-site-revamp.html Wed 6 Feb 2008 09:17 GMT Here in our idyllic little corner of Buckinghamshire a 500-year-old tradition, and one of the most famous pancake rac... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/pancake-racing.html Tue 5 Feb 2008 15:02 GMT Ever wondered how big the internet actually is? Well if you think of your site as a needle in a proverbial haystack t... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/how-big-is-the-web.html Fri 1 Feb 2008 11:57 GMT While browsing this months .net, near the back in their random funny links section I came across a poster / wall char... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/what-type-of-geek-are-you.html Wed 30 Jan 2008 10:59 GMT Welcome back to the Melon Blog and a happy and prosperous new year! Already in 2008 we have been working our socks of... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/happy-new-year.html Tue 18 Dec 2007 13:56 GMT A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year from everyone at Melon! After a fantastic year we would like to send out ... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/happy-christmas.html Thu 22 Nov 2007 14:15 GMT Melon ‘did something different’ this year for Children in Need. For 5 days any form of bad language was f... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/children-in-need.html Thu 1 Nov 2007 16:50 GMT The further adventures of Monkey…The night grew dark quickly for Monkey in anticipation of Halloween. Then, su... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/monkeys-halloween-fright.html Fri 19 Oct 2007 09:58 GMT We've recently updated our website with an improved folio section, services page and a new website section.We've also... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/new-website-section.html Fri 19 Oct 2007 09:40 GMT Our latest edition of Slices has been finalised and is now available for your perusal and subsequent enjoyment! You c... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/autumn-enewsletter.html Fri 5 Oct 2007 16:46 GMT The excitement was apparent today as our new Pantone mugs arrived. Everybody now has their own Pantone referenced mug... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/lovely-new-mugs.html Tue 2 Oct 2007 09:31 GMT We wish to welcome our new Melon, Cyn to the team! Cyn will be assisting in the development of our digital media divi... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/melon-expanding.html Tue 18 Sep 2007 12:20 GMT It’s been over ten years since I first connected to the Internet; back then the Internet was “dialled up&... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-internet.html Fri 14 Sep 2007 09:12 GMT Search giant Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a robot rover on the Moon.The competition... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/google-backs-private-moon-landing.html Mon 10 Sep 2007 12:14 GMT For 15 years there have been thousands of “Made in China” bathtime ducks floating halfway around the worl... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/well-travelled-rubber-duckies.html Wed 5 Sep 2007 11:57 GMT Please all give our new Melon, Paul a warm welcome! Paul joins the team as our Sales & Accounts Manager and will... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/a-fresh-new-melon-in-the-team.html Wed 22 Aug 2007 13:51 GMT Thank you to everyone who entered the Melon website launch competition to win a DAB digital radio. We had a fantastic... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/competition-winner.html Tue 14 Aug 2007 11:43 GMT If you fancy dressing your PC in something a little more retro try a 'pata pata' style clock or lego builder screensa... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/retro-computer-wear.html Fri 27 Jul 2007 10:25 GMT 'Circa 1967: Works from the Arts Council Collection'Milton Keynes Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings and scu... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/new-exhibition-at-mk-gallery.html Thu 19 Jul 2007 17:19 GMT I have been a member of the MK rowing club for about a year and a half now, and have competed in various head and reg... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/i-finally-won-a-pot.html Mon 16 Jul 2007 09:07 GMT One of the Melon members, Jennie Krupinski, recently competed in Bracknell in the Adult Open Figure Skating Competiti... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/nice-one.html Wed 6 Jun 2007 17:35 GMT We recently competed in the Matthew Burley Memorial charity golf event held at Pavenham golf club. On a bright sunny ... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/charity-golf-day-fore.html Fri 25 May 2007 13:15 GMT Sunday morning, bright and early at 7am...sun was shining, birds were singing and I was limbering up for what felt li... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/10k-not-so-fun-run.html Wed 23 May 2007 14:32 GMT When my identity as the Jaffa Cake thief was finally discovered I took my chances to quietly escape from the office m... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/the-adventures-of-monkey.html Thu 17 May 2007 19:51 GMT Seeing as I coded this blog system I guess its time for me to make a post.. but be warned, this is one for the geeks ... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/melon-web-team-now-powered-by-ubuntu.html Wed 16 May 2007 14:01 GMT 2007 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Helvetica. The typeface, inspired by the 1896 font Akzidenz Grotesk, was desig... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/happy-birthday-helvetica.html Tue 1 May 2007 17:35 GMT The first annual Spring jolly was a great success - the venue 'Alton Towers'. The weather was good, the food was food... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/alton-towers-ahoy.html Mon 16 Apr 2007 17:34 GMT We have just added another great new service for our clients and suppliers. Our dedicated FTP facility called 'filesw... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/fileswappa-launched.html Mon 16 Apr 2007 17:14 GMT Another new melon joined the team today. A big welcome to Mary who will be helping to make sure we keep up the great ... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/another-melon.html Fri 30 Mar 2007 16:24 GMT After a week long investigation into the mysterious disappearance of the Melon Jaffa Cake supply we finally uncovered... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/jaffa-cake-theft-solved.html Fri 30 Mar 2007 16:20 GMT There seems to be a big divide amongst the Melon Heads today.The question on everyones mind is.....Are Brooches cool?... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/brooch-breakout-skewers-melons.html Tue 27 Mar 2007 15:05 GMT We'd like to give a warm welcome to Alix the newest addition to our ever growing team. Alix will be helping Charlie b... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/we-are-growing.html Thu 22 Mar 2007 14:09 GMT The launch of our new website is proving to be a great success. We had hundreds of hits in the first two days after s... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/website-launch-a-success.html Thu 15 Mar 2007 16:12 GMT Putting for tea made a welcome return this week resulting in our Lead Web Developer Chris losing a hard fought contes... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/putting-for-tea-results.html Wed 14 Mar 2007 13:57 GMT On Sunday I ran in the Milton Keynes half marathon. The sun was shining, though it was fairly windy at times. I was n... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/mk-half-marathon.html Mon 12 Mar 2007 12:28 GMT We like the new BBC Two on-screen identity, which comprises of a series of idents, a new logo and colour palette. The... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/bbc-two-launches-a-new-look.html Sun 11 Mar 2007 15:11 GMT Create you own funny ‘presentation’ by downloading footage of Dragon’s Den and combining it with yo... http://www.meloncreative.co.uk/blog/win-a-visit-to-the-dragons-den.html