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Get Online at Home – cheap PCs

If your charity (registered) needs cheap hardware then a new initiative from Microsoft, GetOnline 2012 and others will be of interest. The scheme – “Get Online @ Home” (here http://www.getonlineathome.org) means your charity can buy a refurbished but powerful PC plus monitor for just £95! The scheme is also worth spreading out to your clients [...]

Members:

A quick web tutorial for WebClub members. For the UK Online centre IT suite at West Marsh Community Centre I wanted users of the PCs to have quick access to all of the most commonly used websites.   This tutorial records how I set up a configured, static, WordPress site to achieve this.

mobile version of website

Bit of fun with a practical point to make… If you browse this blog/website (www.vanel.org.uk/itmatters) now from your mobile phone, you’ll hopefully see a dedicated, slimline, quick loading, clear and simple mobile version. It was easily to add a mobile only theme to our WordPress blog to ensure that users on smaller mobile screens get [...]

WebClub 23 May

The first session of WebClub is scheduled for Mon 23 May. It will be held at West Marsh Community Centre between 4pm and 6pm. The training part of the session will cover: Anatomy of a website Running a web development project The second part of the session is open format, Q&A, workshop, troubleshooting style to tackle [...]

Spring Online events across the borough

During Spring Online week (16-20 May) there are a range of activities and events taking place across North East Lincolnshire to help individuals learn more and get hands-on experience of using the internet. I’ve mentioned previously our activities in West Marsh, but Foresight and the North East Lincolnshire Get Online project are also out and [...]

16-20 May is Spring Online week

As part of the national initiative to get people online and tackle digital exclusion, Spring Online week returns for 2011 between 16 & 20 May. VANEL and the IT Supporters Network are supporting Spring Online week and will be running a couple of events in conjunction with West Marsh Community Centre in Grimsby. Find out [...]

May Newsletter

The May edition of the newsletter from the IT Supporters Network is out. Download the .pdf here. Three pages crammed full of goodies about our upcoming training, new initiatives and IT news and resources from the region. Happy reading. Karl

WebClub – New!

Presenting your organisation online – either with a website or a social media presence – is more and more critical for voluntary and community organisations.  Not being online means you are invisible.  Not presenting properly online means you give off the wrong impressions. But building a website or even simply building a Facebook page is [...]

We’re on Facebook

There is now a Facebook page for the IT Supporters Network here. It’s another new way of making public what the Network is up to.  This blog feeds directly into the page and we’ll be using the page for extra information too. If you want to get in touch with us in the Network, please [...]

Technical Surgeries

I’ve been asked what has happened to our “Technical Surgeries”. Simple, we had a break from them but they’re back soon.  We’ll be restarting them late May – we’re just looking at our timing and topics (any suggestions?) For those who don’t know, the Technical Surgeries are loosely coordinated by VANEL and the IT Supporters [...]

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