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Creatomatic Ltd
25 High Street
Lockerbie
Dumfries and Galloway
DG11 2JL
Company number: SC422843
VAT number: 184828370
by Jack Ogston
The team are taking a well earned break over Easter weekend.
by James Miodonski
A reflective post about the positives and negatives of working through and around a pandemic, and a smattering of things we’ve learned along the way.
by James Miodonski
Kit’s put in a shift this week dismantling desks, packing crates and clearing out the mountain of crap that we’ve amassed in the last four and bit years.
by James Miodonski
After months of planning and scheming we’re chuffed to finally be getting stuck in to gutting our new HQ.
by James Miodonski
Please bear with us – this is kind of a big deal.
by Jack Ogston
Four Google My Business features we generally consider to be the most important ranking factors when optimising for local search.
by Jack Ogston
We continue to work from home until further notice but you’ll still be able to contact us exactly the same as before.
by Jack Ogston
2020 has been quite the year, but we’re pleased to be able to share some good news – we’ve added two new faces to the Creatomatic team!
by Iona St Joseph
There are a few things we look for in website photography when it comes to designing, building and integrating content on websites, so we’ve put together a handy guide to help you out.
by Iona St Joseph
From engaging with customers to creating new opportunities, we’ve put together a few things to consider when you’re running the social media accounts for your business.
by Jack Ogston
Kit and Paul are fundraising for a fan-stache-tic cause this Movember.
by Jack Ogston
If you have a WordPress website, the chances are that you will have come across plugin update messages when editing your site.
by Jack Ogston
Online coverage is the new front page spread, and generating follow links to a website has become the bread and butter of PR agencies around the world.
by Jack Ogston
A short guide to some of the essential points that we look for in a website brief.
by Jack Ogston
This Saturday is World Mental Health Day, and the theme this year is mental health for all.
by Iona St Joseph
Some best practice tips that might come in handy when writing content for your website.
by Jack Ogston
Some SEO activities for startups and small businesses to consider.
by Jack Ogston
Creatomatic are now a listed Trade Supplier with the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC).
by Kit Allen
This vacancy has now been filled – thank you for your interest.
by James Miodonski
A few tips for selling online while the pandemic continues to bite.
by James Miodonski
Another new website goes live.
by James Miodonski
Herein lies the long answer to a short but frequently asked question.
by James Miodonski
You can now get hold of us on 01461 205437 again.
by James Miodonski
Following government guidelines and for the safety of our team and clients Creatomatic HQ is now closed during lockdown.
by Kit Allen
We’re working remotely to help contain the Coronavirus pandemic.
by Jack Ogston
Creatomatic is delighted to announce it has joined the Good Business Charter (GBC), an accreditation that seeks to raise the bar on business practices.
by James Miodonski
In place of the usual tins of Roses and Quality Street we decided to try something new in this year’s festive goodie packs.
by James Miodonski
Team Creatomatic are powered by 100% renewable electricity. We thought you might like to know that.
by Jack Ogston
Creatomatic are attending the 2019 Association of Scotland’s Self Caterers (ASSC) conference next week (Tuesday 29th October) at the Hilton Glasgow Hotel.
by Jack Ogston
Website launched for RK DJ Mobile Disco, wedding and event DJs based in Dumfries and Galloway.
by James Miodonski
New website launched for Argyll based luxury B&B, Kilmartin Castle – a 16th century tower house built by the Rector of Kilmartin.
by James Miodonski
Creatomatic are proud sponsors of the ‘Best Bike’ category at this year’s motor show, taking place at Park Farm show ground on Sunday 15th September.
by James Miodonski
Around 10% of the Internet just went down.
by Jack Ogston
New site for Timber Preservation Technologies (TPT), Timber Treatment Plant manufacturers based in Cumbria.
by Jack Ogston
Working with the University of Glasgow on their pioneering cancer treatment laboratory website.
by Jack Ogston
Helping The Orchard show off their three brilliant lodges and improve usability for bookers.
by James Miodonski
Creatomatic officially named as one of SuperControl’s featured web developers.
by Jack Ogston
Helping Armstrong Group, one of Dumfries & Galloway’s longest running companies, bring consistency to their brand.
by Kit Allen
How Creatomatic reacted to a recent server issue to keep our client websites online.
by Kit Allen
The new Gutenberg editor is now live in WordPress. Here’s what you need to know if you’re thinking of upgrading.
by Kit Allen
The Christmas break is fast approaching and Creatomatic HQ will be closing at midday tomorrow (Friday 7th December) for our annual Christmas bash.
by Kit Allen
Heart Internet are having a bit of a nightmare today – they’ve had intermittent service since the small hours of this morning, and don’t appear to be any closer to fixing it.
by Kit Allen
Creatomatic are looking for a part-time junior web/graphic designer to join the busy team here at our Annan office.
by James Miodonski
Wednesday 3rd October, 12pm to 5pm at the Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries.
by James Miodonski
We’re upgrading our domain registration services to make sure that we can minimise downtime should the worst happen.
by Kit Allen
You might be prompted to install Gutenberg on your Creatomatic WordPress website. We recommend that you don’t…yet. Here’s why.
by Kit Allen
A bit of background into our hosting services at Creatomatic Ltd.
by James Miodonski
Google have moved the goalpost with Google Maps – here’s everything you need to know and do to get it sorted.
by Kit Allen
We stepped in to transform Ipso Books into its new brand, turning a project around in under a fortnight.
by Kit Allen
Here at Creatomatic, we’re having a wonderful time dealing with the final week in the run-up to the GDPR deadline. Here’s a few final things you should know before the deadline.
by James Miodonski
A guide to how GDPR can affect the services Creatomatic provide, and what you need to know if you use them.
by James Miodonski
Quick sneak preview of the beautiful new brochure we recently designed, prepped and printed for Knockinaam Lodge.
by Kit Allen
We’ve been practicing what we preach this week and updating our own website with some of our recent work, some of which we’ll be sharing here.
by James Miodonski
Clean new design, fully client-managed content, stockists directory and more.
by Kit Allen
The weather’s hit Annan (and beyond) with a vengeance this morning.
by James Miodonski
We’re taking precautionary steps over the next few days to ensure all Creatomatic managed systems and servers are patched and secure against flaws recently discovered with Intel processor chips.
by James Miodonski
We’re shutting up shop shortly after lunchtime this coming Friday, 22nd December and back in the office again on Monday 8th January.
by James Miodonski
You’d think it would be (much) simpler than this.
by James Miodonski
The front of the building has been given a well needed tidy up with a lick of fresh paint, the windows fixed up and fresh signage is now in place.
by James Miodonski
We do. However, it may surprise you to hear that this year alone we’ve handled over 250,000 printed items so far. Not bad.
by James Miodonski
Creatomatic have enjoyed a fair amount of coverage over the last few weeks, ranging from the front page of this morning’s local paper to national coverage in the Daily Record.
by Kit Allen
This vital, local service is struggling and could really benefit from a little help.
by James Miodonski
We’re dealing with the latest Google update before it hits – free of charge.
by James Miodonski
Spring 2012 – a little over 5 years ago. Kit & I met up with a cocky, spotty young oik in Kings Coffee Shop, Dumfries, for a cuppa.
by Kit Allen
We’re not altogether certain that we can count this as part of our ‘award-winning’ blurb, mind…
by James Miodonski
Chris McW’s getting married in the summer and is jetting off to sunny Spain this weekend for his stag do.
by Kit Allen
How to stop your thoroughbred horse from turning into a camel.
by Kit Allen
Creatomatic are looking for a junior web designer/developer to join the busy team here at our Annan office
by James Miodonski
This year, we decided to break with tradition in Creatomatic HQ In lieu of our usual frivolous Secret Santa, we each selected a charity and made a donation to it. Here’s our list for 2016: Kit – Red Cross in Aleppo. If you’ve been keeping in touch with current events you’ll know that the situation […]
by James Miodonski
Welcome to the new side of the Easterbrook Hall
by James Miodonski
This morning I’m busy migrating another of our client’s email from the old, shonky and unreliable mail host we inherited them on across to Gmail.
by Kit Allen
We’ve designed, developed launched a new website, with an online catalogue of rail maintenance equipment, case studies, team biographies and careers information, for SB Rail.
by James Miodonski
Paul’s just finished putting the final touches to a new logo & branding for Aerial Outlook, a local drone-pilot business.
by Kit Allen
This week we were both humbled and gratified to be the recipients of two CX Projects Business Awards at their annual prize-giving ceremony.
by Kit Allen
Creatomatic are in the list of finalists for the ‘Best Employer’ and ‘Most Innovative Business’ awards
by James Miodonski
Google have a fairly long history of building amazing systems, not telling people about them and not making a huge amount of technical support information public either. Instead, they rely on – superbly manned, I hasten to add – support forums on a Q&A type basis, with an ever growing knowledge base resource to sift through. […]
by James Miodonski
Another eCommerce site live Yesterday saw the much anticipated launch of a whopping big e-commerce site we’ve been busy working away on for the last few months.
by James Miodonski
We’re very proud to announce that a new website for Hiddleston Joiners of Terregles has just gone live after many weeks of hard work on all sides. A thoroughly lovely job to work on from start to finish. Proper, top quality craftsmanship, a final end product that was a joy to photograph and a […]
by James Hall
We’ve made WordPress our platform of choice, so much so it now powers 99%+ of our public-facing websites.
by James Miodonski
A complete digital for Glasgow based SCENEgineering
by James Miodonski
So we made the local paper again this morning, complete with fresh mug-shots and everything.
by Kit Allen
Making it easy to drop columns into WordPress, with a single click.
by James Miodonski
This morning we – like many other businesses locally – received a letter from Dumfries & Galloway Council urging us to consider joining them as an official Living Wage Employer.
by Kit Allen
It’s becoming an informal tradition that we mark company birthdays with a) a full-on night on the town, and b) a quick round-up of what we’ve been up to over the last 12 months. While we managed Part A quite effectively – with the collective team taken to the uber friendly Electric Fields festival, at […]
by James Miodonski
One of the first things we check when troubleshooting a new client’s website – where are you currently hosted. Here’s why.
by James Miodonski
We’re saying bye to our favourite designery person ever today.
by James Miodonski
Kit & James H are on-site throughout to oversee this process though, so it should be back online and running before they leave tonight.
by Kit Allen
Quite often when we’re putting sites together, we’ll need to put content into columns. There’s a few ways to skin this particular cat – we can split content into separate boxes in WordPress, or use the ‘more’ tag as a flag to split content into two columns – but if the site requires something more […]
by Kit Allen
Just one of a series of screencasts we’ll be producing over the following months to help with common WordPress issues.
by Kit Allen
We’re pleased to announce that as of Monday 2nd March 2015, Sigma Internet has become a part of Creatomatic
by James Miodonski
A collection of tools, plugins and widgets to make running your website that little bit easier.
by James Miodonski
That’s everyone at Creatomatic back at our desks again this morning after a long-needed and much welcomed couple of weeks off.
by Kit Allen
Creatomatic will be closed from Friday 19th December 2014 and will re-open on Monday 5th January 2015.
by Chris McWhinnie
We’ve been working closely with Events in the Sky this past few months, transforming their online presence and specifically working on branding their public event; London in the Sky.
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