25 Jul 2012, by Mike C

We're Hiring: Senior PHP Developer

POSITION FILLED. THANKS TO ALL APPLICANTS.

Come and join our well established web development studio as the lead developer of our PHP based team.

We build interactive sites of all kinds, so every project can be very different to keep you and your mind active. You'll be involved with a number of projects at any one time ranging from international brands to charities and start-ups. We also run several internal projects which you'll have chance to provide input and development for - this is where we often experiment with new ideas first.

Ideally you'll have 4+ years commercial PHP experience, but also the knowledge of best practices when working as a team on projects. It will be your responsibility to take the lead on technical implementation decisions for projects.

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12 Jul 2012, by Steph H

Shaping the future of Digital

I'm currently standing for election onto the Council for Manchester Digital, the independent trade association for digital business in the North West.

I first came across the organisation back in February when Ixis attended a Skills Summit to explore some of the barriers to digital businesses engaging effectively with up and coming talent.

The wonderful Katie Gallagher encouraged me to become involved and stand for election and I am really glad I have. I am applying for a board position to become more involved in the future development, promotion and engagement of the North West digital landscape.

6 Jun 2012, by Mike B

Drupal 7 subfolder multisite install

Recently we had to create a Drupal 7 multisite install that used subfolders of a single domain, rather than the standard sub domain approach.

This proved to be quite the challenge but we found the following solution courtesy of some lengthy discussion on the #drupal-uk IRC channel.

We were surprised about the lack of documentation or blog posts around such a set-up so for the future we're documenting the process.

Setting up each sub-site

In your Drupal document root create a symlink for each of your sites to the same document root folder:

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17 May 2012, by Mike C

The EU Cookie Crunch Update

Following on from last months initial release of the Cookie Control module for Drupal 7 there has been an increase in blog posts and talk both in and outside of the Drupal world about the implications and solutions to getting sites compliant in time for May 26th 2012.

This week the UK Government revealed that their own sites (some running on Drupal) will not be compliant in time for the deadline! While government websites do not carry advertising, cookies are still used to carry out various tasks, such as helping site administrators monitor levels of traffic.

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29 Apr 2012, by Steph H

Is the IT industry ageist?

Friday's Channel 4 news featured an item on how the IT industry is discriminating against older workers preferring to select younger workers rather than training current staff.

Research shows that there are 105,000 vacancies in ICT with only 30,000 computer science graduates recorded in 2009/2010 meaning that it will take some time to train up new staff to fill the gap. However, companies still see older workers as a chore and unable to learn new skills.

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