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New Personal Trainer Site in Chester

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:17:18 +0000

We have just launched a new minisite driven website for Todd Thornberry of Chekzone based in Chester and Covering North Wales.

Todd has a really interesting approach to personal training and getting results for his clients, he uses the principles developed by the Chek Institute.

It was an interesting project with additional external design input and I must say the end result is very pleasing. Todd can now update the content whenever he wishes and I do hope it makes a great contribution to making his personal training business a great success.

New Sign Goes Up at Our Greenfield Road Studios in Colwyn Bay

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:13:32 +0000

Big Day as the New minisite brand goes up on the wall at Greenfield Road in Colwyn Bay.

Talented Trainee Web Designer

admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:49:56 +0000

Livetech are currently looking for an Trainee to work within our expanding team. The position is an entry level position, and we require a graphic designer to assist a small, committed website development team on an exciting new projects.

You will have a flair for graphic design for web pages, as well as strong IT skills. You will need to be able to work to deadlines, and have good communication skills within your team. You must also be motivated, and focussed on tasks.

This is a fantastic opportunity and opening for a talented web designer with exceptional graphic skills, looking to gain further commercial experience. There are opportunities for the right candidate to grow within the organisation.

Your Product Feed Appearing In Google Base But Not Google Products? How To Fix It

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:54:09 +0000

Recently, through work with Duckworths, we had a trickly little problem. We wanted their products appearing on Google Products. A bit of research led us to find we had to submit a product feed to Google Base. After finding a plugin for Zen Cart that allowed us to easily create Google Feeds, we submitted the feed to Google Base.

After 24 hours, we found that whilst listed on Google Base, we weren’t listed in Google Products. After much toing and froing, we fixed it.

There are a number of reasons for why your feed isn’t listed in Google Base, but not Google Products, here are the most common, as the forums are innundated with how to fix it.

You Don’t Specify The Price
Google Products is a rudimentary price comparison site, so if you do not specify a price for your product, you don’t get listed.

Your Feed Contains The rel=”location” Attribute
Google assumes with this attribute that the item on Google Base is a local listing (like your local paper’s classified section) rather than an item you can purchase over the internet. So don’t include it in your google feed.

The above two problems usually sorted out with most feed creator plugins, however even if you use plugins to generate your feed, problems can still arise. Here’s two more common mistakes.

Your Items Aren’t Registered As Products
When you register your feed in Google Base, you need to make sure you list it as “Products”, rather than anything else. Google has a number of resources that utilise Google Base technology, and only Google Base amalgamates all of them. Each feed has different structures and attributes, so not only will you not appear in Google Products, you probably won’t appear in anything apart from Google Base.

You Submit To The Wrong Area
There are a number of different versions of Google Products, make sure you submit to the right one:

Conditions	Appear On	Submit To:
Items must be listed in English. Product prices must be listed in US dollars. Products must be shippable throughout the continental US.	Google Products US	Google Base US
Items must be listed in English. Product prices must be listed in pounds sterling. Products must be shippable throughout the mainland UK.	Google Products UK	Google Base UK
Items must be listed in German. Product prices must be listed in euros. Products must be shippable throughout Germany.	Google Products Germany	Google Products Germany

If you check the above 4 methods, then your products will appear on Google Products!

Thanks To
DuckworthsUK
Livetech

DC Electric Motors

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:36:32 +0000

These little electro-mechanical wizards have really transformed our world over the last hundred years and often make backbreaking or tedius tasks more possible. You can view our guide to these little wonders at our DC Motors Guide page.

Top Tech goes Live!

admin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:14:16 +0000

Great to see the show being made and meet the guys! The top gear show we went to see featured the team trying to cross the Channel with their home made car-boats!

Meat on the Bones!

admin — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:17:56 +0000

Time to let you all know something about us. Livetech was originally formed in April 2000 under the name Live Solutions. Based in Colwyn Bay we started to “do websites” for local flk that thought they needed them. Originally based in the garage at home, like some other illustrious ventures, the operation grew to take dedicated premises at 54 Conway Road, Colwyn Bay in February 2001 with Grant joining up with Paul early 2002.

Since then we have beavered away honing our craft to the stage where thare are a team of us doing our all for all our clients! More recently we moved to posher accommodation across the road, maybe a small step for man but giant leap for us!