The Lucid Digital Media Blog Thoughts and comments from the lucid digital team about anything relating to web development and the web in general. http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/ Magento e-commerce customisation Magento is a next-generation e-commerce platform based on the PHP Zend platform and built to take advantage of all the latest best practices for selling online. We are now pleased to offer Magento installation and theme customisation services. http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/251/Magento-e-commerce-customisation June 25, 2009 HTML5, what is it? Recently there has been a bit of a buzz about the upcoming HTML 5 web standard. Although the reality of HTML5 is a little way off, we take a look at what you can expect. http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/248/HTML5,-what-is-it June 19, 2009 The mechanics of email marketing A quick look at the best ways of constructing a sending an email marketing campaign. We'll cover how to build the email, the best ways of sending them and some important do's and dont's http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/246/The-mechanics-of-email-marketing June 11, 2009 Palm Pre launched in the States The latest kid on the smart phone block, the Palm Pre, has finally made its debut in the States, we take a look at the early impressions of what could be Palm's last best hope. http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/245/Palm-Pre-launched-in-the-States June 11, 2009 Google wave, an early look Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. We take an early look at this exciting new technology. http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/243/Google-wave,-an-early-look June 10, 2009 iPhone update The new iPhone was launched this week at the Apple world wide developers conference. We take a brief overview of what we can expect from the latest version Apple's mobile platform. http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/227/iPhone-update May 13, 2009 The black arts/myths of SEO Search marketing companies will be quick to sell you on the dark practices involved in getting a good ranking in the search engines, but how much of it is actually true? Lets take a look at what we know and what we don't when it comes to search engine optimisation. http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/226/myths-of-SEO May 13, 2009 Doing vectors without flash We recently had the opportunity to work on a project using the Raphael javascript vector library, along the way we found some interesting things! http://www.luciddigitalmedia.co.uk/page/224/SVG-and-VML-doing-vectors-without-flash May 12, 2009