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	<title>&#187; Web Development</title>
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		<title>Grand Theft Auto Animators Install Lychee CMS</title>
		<link>http://www.thepixel.com/blog/2010/07/grand-theft-auto-animators-install-lychee-cms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve just implemented our new open source CMS, Lychee, for animation specialists NaturalMotion, who now use the system for all article publication on their website.
NaturalMotion Ltd is the creator of Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS), a break-through in 3D character animation that’s been used on games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Star Wars: The Force [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We’ve just implemented our new open source CMS, Lychee, for animation specialists <a href="http://www.naturalmotion.com/" target="_blank">NaturalMotion</a>, who now use the system for all article publication on their website.</p>
<p>NaturalMotion Ltd is the creator of <a href="http://www.naturalmotion.com/endorphin.htm" target="_blank">Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS)</a>, a break-through in 3D character animation that’s been used on games like <a href="http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/" target="_blank">Grand Theft Auto IV</a> and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.<span id="more-1799"></span></p>
<p>The Pixel’s Lychee CMS is a new PHP system designed to be easy to setup and create and manage websites, with a simple to use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG" target="_blank">WYSIWYG</a> editor.</p>
<p>Designed specifically to manage our own content orientated website, <a href="http://www.totalvideogames.com/" target="_blank">TotalVideoGames.com</a>, Lychee has been implemented specifically to cope with an ever changing content environment with a large archive of pages.</p>
<p>Most free to download Content Management Systems cover the basics of content management, offering only limited features and facilities – making them useful for smaller websites with a limited number of pages.</p>
<p>The advantage of Lychee to companies like NaturalMotion is that it can be used for large scale websites where content changes on a high volume basis – making it perfect for TotalVideoGames.com, NaturalMotion.com and more.</p>
<p>For more information on our Lychee CMS please give us a call on <strong>0800 043 1040 </strong>or get in contact via <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/contact/" target="_blank">The Pixel’s contact form</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Pixel’s New Website: Revolutionary Web Design Imminent</title>
		<link>http://www.thepixel.com/blog/2010/04/the-pixel%e2%80%99s-new-website-revolutionary-web-design-imminent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at The Pixel there have been some dramatic developments in regards to our new website. Our final concept art has materialised and it appears to resemble yet another phenomenally original and revolutionary piece of web innovation from our good, good selves. If we do say so ourselves.
Without further ado, let’s have a gander…
Homepage

The homepage [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here at <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/">The Pixel</a> there have been some dramatic developments in regards to our new website. Our final concept art has materialised and it appears to resemble yet another phenomenally original and revolutionary piece of <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/services/website-design-development/">web innovation</a> from our good, good selves. If we do say so ourselves.</p>
<p>Without further ado, let’s have a gander…<span id="more-1727"></span></p>
<p><strong>Homepage</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1726" title="homepage - the pixel" src="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/homepage.jpg" alt="homepage - the pixel" width="461" height="288" /></p>
<p>The homepage features a picturesque overview of the entire fantasy land, with a cunningly handy signpost that’ll let us direct customers to all the wonderful services we offer. Fairies armed with pixel-dust will draw you into our splendid world of <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/">internet design and marketing</a> wizardry, with enchanting <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/">SEO</a> sonnets like cyber sirens. Do come in…</p>
<p><strong>The Boat House</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1728" title="boathouse - the pixel" src="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/boathouse.jpg" alt="boathouse - the pixel" width="461" height="288" /></p>
<p>Other habitats include ‘The Boat House&#8217;. That rather nautical looking fellow stands in this humble abode producing <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/services/copywriting/">expertly written product descriptions</a>, whilst keeping a look out for other <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/">ingenious web developers</a> lurking in dark and cursed cyber space – and shoots them with his cannon.</p>
<p><strong>Balloon Station</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1729" title="balloon station - the pixel" src="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/balloon_station.jpg" alt="balloon station - the pixel" width="461" height="288" /></p>
<p>Our beloved ‘Balloon Station’ stands proud as the hub of our land, guiding airships in safely, bringing in essential supplies for the <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/">web development and internet marketing</a> journey ahead. Extra shipments of <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/">Google AdWord&#8217;s</a> have been requested.</p>
<p><strong>The Dark Tower</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1730" title="dark tower - the pixel" src="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dark_tower.jpg" alt="dark tower - the pixel" width="461" height="288" /></p>
<p>Ominous and domineering, ‘The Dark  Tower’ commands a respect throughout this and other distant lands. Riddled with mystery and intrigue, tales of ghosts and legendary <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/magento/">Magento development</a> surround this fiery, dark turret. It’s also where we make our tea.</p>
<p>We hope you like the look of our new website and expertly produced concept artwork as much as we do. And if you’re not already, we hope you&#8217;ll soon be as excited as we are about <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/">The Pixel</a> casting our spell over the web development market by creating a world where anything web related can happen. Keep your eyes on this space for the launch of the new website. You won&#8217;t regret it!</p>
<p>Please do give us a call on <strong>0800 043 1040</strong> or use <a href="http://www.thepixel.com/blog/contact/">The Pixel’s contact form</a> to find out what we can make happen for you.</p>
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		<title>Clothing Widget for Play.com Generates 18.5% Conversion</title>
		<link>http://www.thepixel.com/blog/2009/12/clothing-widget-play-generates-high-conversion-rate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eCommerce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our latest project for Play.com – a widget application for their clothing channel – has resulted in 18% of people visiting the service making a purchase.
Why such a high conversion rate? Well our Clothing Widget lets you choose clothes from Play.com’s fabulous range, add them to your virtual wardrobe and then arrange them creatively on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our latest project for <a href="http://www.play.com/" target="_blank">Play.com</a> – a widget application for their clothing channel – has resulted in 18% of people visiting the service making a purchase.</p>
<p>Why such a high conversion rate? Well our <a href="http://media.play.com/ecat/wardrobe_widget/" target="_blank">Clothing Widget</a> lets you choose clothes from <a href="http://www.play.com/" target="_blank">Play.com</a>’s fabulous range, add them to your virtual wardrobe and then arrange them creatively on a mannequin to see what stylish outfit you’ve selected.<span id="more-1446"></span></p>
<p>This type of facility allows users to combine different garments much like they would in a changing room in a shop. This in turn helps give the high street shops a run for their money, removing the need to leave the house – thus leading to a lot of people clicking ‘Buy’.</p>
<p>The flashy interface is created using…Flash, and the database using PHP. The main problem we faced when creating such a dynamic system is that all <a href="http://www.play.com/" target="_blank">Play.com</a> stock levels and prices are constantly changing based on what users are buying.</p>
<p>Our <a href="http://media.play.com/ecat/wardrobe_widget/" target="_blank">Clothing Widget</a> automatically connects to the website to constantly update prices and stock, so all the items being browsed are available and display up-to-date prices.</p>
<p>So it really is as good as hitting the high street, and some might say (me) even better as you don’t have to waste time trawling the shops gagging for an overly priced latte.</p>
<p>If you like what you’ve read and think your company might benefit from our services, widgets or not, please take a look at our services pages on the right or just give us a shout from our <a href="http://blog.thepixel.com/contact/" target="_blank">contact page</a>.</p>
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		<title>Firefox Wins Over Web Developers</title>
		<link>http://www.thepixel.com/blog/2009/11/firefox-wins-over-web-developers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We noticed some rather interesting statistics on the 4th Nov (the day The Pixel’s Blog featured on Smashing Magazine’s homepage, in case you’d forgotten…).
66% of users on the day were using Mozilla Firefox compared to only 8% using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. To put this in context (just in case you’re wondering), IE usual commands a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We noticed some rather interesting statistics on the 4th Nov (the day <a href="http://blog.thepixel.com/">The Pixel’s</a> Blog featured on Smashing Magazine’s homepage, in case you’d forgotten…).</p>
<p>66% of users on the day were using Mozilla Firefox compared to only 8% using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. To put this in context (just in case you’re wondering), IE usual commands a 65% market share of the web in total, and Firefox usually around 26%*.<span id="more-1266"></span></p>
<p>So considering IE normally beats Firefox by 39% globally, Firefox defeating IE by a massive 58% based on visiters to our website (mostly coming from online web design publication Smashing Magazine) shows clearly the difference in preference between those in the web development community, and those that are not.</p>
<p>In fact, IE was beaten by both Safari with 12% and Chrome with 9%, making it the 4th preferred choice by web techies.</p>
<p>So why the difference between web-heads and Joe public? Despite IE 8’s obvious increase in speed since version 7, Firefox’s JavaScript performance, expandability and customisation options seem to win over the design and development crowd.</p>
<p>These features are less likely to concern the casual surfer; IE’s brand recognition and tie-ins with other big software packages make it an easy, pre-installed solution for most.</p>
<p>*Statistics sourced from Wikipedia’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers" target="_blank">Usage Share of Web Browsers</a></p>
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