WordPress 2.8 released yesterday, have you upgraded yet?
The release of a new version of WordPress used to fill us with dread as we run numerous websites on the platform. Why the feelings of dread and doom? Because when a new version of WordPress comes out...
View ArticleExclude Pages plugin for WordPress
Google’s head of spam, Matt Cutts, recently spoke about PageRank sculpting and how people’s efforts to ‘sculpt’ their PageRank by adding nofollow tags to unimportant pages were redundant. SEOs would...
View ArticleWordPress scheduling issue
Anyone who upgraded their version of WordPress to 2.9 just before Christmas may have received a nasty surprise when they came back from the Christmas and New Year break. Those smart enough to have...
View ArticleTop 5 WordPress plugins for SEO
We’ve seen a lot of blogs of late where SEO experts have spoken about the top plugins for WordPress to help with SEO, and most of them have mentioned the same plugins, such as All in One SEO, Google...
View ArticleDynauthor WordPress Plugin
The Dynauthor WordPress plugin (Dynamic Author, but for dinosaur fans) amends the standard WordPress author list on the add/edit posts page to allow dynamic filtering of the authors using JQuery. Why...
View ArticleNotiflyer WordPress Plugin
If you run a WordPress website which receives loads of social interaction and comments, wouldn’t it be great if you could use the interaction to send out messages promoting your latest offers, or by...
View ArticleIs Divi really a revolution in design?
WordPress is reportedly utilised by over 24% of all websites according to w3techs.com, which equates to over 60% of the content management system (CMS) market share. This information clearly indicates...
View ArticleWP-Polls not working in WordPress – how to fix it
Recently I needed to install the WordPress Plugin WP-Polls onto a website to conduct a survey of the website’s visitors. It’s a great little plugin, and works very quickly and easily allowing website...
View ArticleDoes Google hate WordPress websites?
Last week, I received a call from a lady who was concerned about the performance of her website. It was an ecommerce website, and she wasn’t receiving as many orders as she would have liked, nor as...
View ArticleNew WordPress plugin allows instant updates to Bing’s search index
This week, Bing has announced the release of an all-new plugin for WordPress, which allows new content from a WordPress website or blog to be updated immediately onto its search index. Once the plugin...
View ArticleUnsplash launches official WordPress plugin – a game-changer?
Last week saw stock image site Unsplash release an official WordPress plugin that connects its entire image library with WordPress’s block editor. Unsplash has a library of over one million...
View ArticleFive essential plugins for any website
There are over 55,000 free plugins available from the WordPress Plugins directory, and countless premium tools too. For a person new to the content management system, it can be tricky to determine...
View ArticleNew Google plugin helps make your content “snackable”
Search giant Google has officially released its WordPress plugin for Web Stories, following a series of beta tests. Google Web Stories is a new type of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). In essence, it...
View ArticleHow to create staging websites with ease
Creating a staging website (a clone of a live website) is a challenge for any web designer, no matter how many years’ experience they might have. The common problems surround absolute links, the ties...
View ArticleHow to rename hardcoded WordPress theme files EASILY!
In my many years of designing websites, there’s always been one niggling issue that crops up – hardcoded text. Despite all the theme options in the WordPress backend, I inevitably must trawl through...
View ArticleHow to prevent your site being attacked
There are plenty of threats out there on the web, from phishing scams to malware, but the threat doesn’t stop when you have your own website. With WordPress powering over 455 million websites today,...
View ArticleHow do you get a job as a web designer?
Experience, experience, experience; it’s the key to becoming a web designer. Most of my learning is self-taught over years of trying different projects in my spare time. I started with the basics,...
View ArticleWhy your website photos are just as important as your design
We are visual beings, and as the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Using images throughout your site helps sell products, increase engagement, and create a brand identity. They can...
View ArticleHow to troubleshoot issues with contact form submissions
You may find technical issues on live websites can crop up out of the blue. I’ve found that time zone changes, updates to other plugins, server-side changes and bugs can all be leading causes. One of...
View ArticleWordPress named world’s most popular CMS
Newly released data has revealed that content management system (CMS) WordPress is now being utilised by a total of 39.5% of the world’s websites, and is the most popular CMS. This data was revealed...
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