The latest course offering is “Basic I.T. Skills for Business Users.” This course could prove invaluable in minimising losses caused by computer downtime, maintenance costs, data loss, interuption to normal workflow, etc. Many of us rely on our computer for a lot more than we realise and it’s only when disaster strkes that we fully realise the necessity for regular maintenance, backups and virus protection. This course covers these basics and others and attmpts to minimise the amount of time and money spent on I.T. callouts.

The course is geared towards business users but home users will also benefit from the majority of the material. See the  curriculum page for more details.

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The successful “Setup&Run Company Website using a C.M.S.” course which made it’s debut last summer is to be run again in January. See the curriculum page for details. Dates have yet to be finalised and will be announced here. Call the number at the bottom of the Curriculum page for bookings or use the form opposite.

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If you are a member then please click the “Become a Fan” button on the above link and you will recieve occasional web related tips in your Facebook news/live feed, many of these will be aimed at facebook users, especially business users, but requests for information of any web releated kind are always answered, so feel free to post a question.

Of course if you are really impressed you can even press the share on facebook link from the bar under this text so all your friends can become fans too !

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(Reproduced from ‘Kilkenny Advertiser‘ 20-5-09)

The Internet is becoming an increasingly important business tool, and the necessity for companies to operate a quality website is growing exponentially, with more

and more consumers turning to the web for research, bargains and also because lower broadband pricing is making the internet more accessible.

Recent

economic events have also caused businesses everywhere to rethink how they do things and this is where local entrepreneur Bob Murphy of RainRain Web Design is hoping to attract businesses into taking a more active role in the management of their company’s website.

“Traditionally websites were built ‘static’ so that when changes were needed it meant calling a web designer. That has changed lately with the majority of new sites being ‘content managed’ meaning that the owners can easily change the contents themselves.”

Content managed websites still need an initial set up by a web designer but RainRain is offering a new training course aimed at small to medium sized businesses. “Setup & Run a Company Website using a C.M.S.“ aims are to train a member of Read rest of story…

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Being able to change the contents of a business website ‘in house’ can be a major advantage depending on the area of your business. Take for example a publican. He might want to run an events list on the pub’s website, and change the food menu’s occasionally.

With a traditional website, all changes need to be made by someone who knows web design. Even simple things like prices are Read rest of story…

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