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  • May 2025 Newsletter
    by alasdairswan
    Making life better Welcome: The Area Partnership’s May Business Meeting highlighted just how much work is going on in the third sector […]
  • Constructing Futures 2025
    by ridgeadmin
    13th May 2025 Announcing New Intake Following the success for our Constructing Futures programmes in 2023, 2024 and the first one of […]
  • DCC April 2025 -Open Meeting
    by George
    the meeting opened with a presentation from John Montgomery about the work of the First Responders and the need to significantly improve […]
  • INVITATION TO TENDER DEVELOPMENT PHASE 86-88 HIGH STREET DUNBAR
    by ridgeadmin
    Temporary Works Coordinator May 2025 INVITATION TO TENDER 1. The Proposal The Ridge SCIO has obtained Planning Permission (21/00947/P – granted 09/09/2022), […]
  • Guided Tour Booklet Launch of the Royal Burgh of Haddington
    by HHS
    Walk through history in the Royal Burgh of HaddingtonA booklet of the guided tour, written and developed by the Society and illustrated […]
  • Parking in Dunbar
    by peterb
    Do you park your vehicle in Dunbar – Council consultation on proposed parking charges. Please come and see us at the Dunbar […]
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    by @ourlocality
    10:27am Normal Service has resumed 8:55am: We are experiencing a bit of bother following an upgrade to WordPress 6.8. The issue: images in subsites are not displaying, unless they are served from the wordpress.com Content Delivery Network … wp0.etc Whether you have your own domain or not, you may experience this. We recommend that you…
  • 📘 : Category Management in WordPress
    by @ourlocality
    Lumping vs. Splitting: Finding the Right Balance 🔍 Why Category Hygiene Matters 🧠 Think Like a Librarian Categories are like sections in a library — broad themes.Tags are like index terms — they connect topics across sections. ⚖️ Lumping vs. Splitting Trait Lumpers Splitters Tendency Use 1–2 broad categories for everything Create a new category…
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    What Happens When Your Domain Expires?
    by @ourlocality
    When Excess Domains Become a Problem Real Harm: It’s Not About “Stupid” Users While many users are savvy enough to sniff out dodgy sites, not everyone pays attention. A convincing fake domain can exploit small mistakes like a user typing “.co” instead of “.com,” or an outdated bookmark. This confusion can lead to stolen credentials,…
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