Are ‘No Code’ Tools Crap or the Way Forward?
There’s a bit of a movement afoot in the online design and development world: “no code” tools are on the rise. These are tools that allow people to create things that previously would have required programming skills; you know, old school typing and stuff. Predictably...
It’s Impossible for Anyone to Know How to Make a Pencil
Do you get really random thoughts in the shower, or is it just me? Today’s shower thought is the title of this post. It’s impossible for any one person to know everything that goes into making a pencil. It doesn’t sound sane at first. I mean, a pencil is a...
How to Find Long-Tail Keywords With Low SEO Difficulty
The web is becoming a very busy place and attention spans only seem to be getting shorter. There’s a lot of competition out there. In this post I’m going to explain what long tail keywords are and how you can use them to reach visitors that no one else is reaching to...
What’s the Best Way to Build a Website?
Back in the day it used to be much more difficult to build a website and get it online. You’d probably have to have in-depth knowledge of server software and networking protocols and you’d definitely need to learn a few programming languages before coding up a website...
25 Tips to Make Your WordPress Website Faster
Search engines now take into account the loading speed of websites when they compile search results, giving fast loading sites a little boost in the rankings. Page load time also has a noticeable impact on conversion rates - in layman's terms this is the rate that a...
How to Create a WordPress Website – FAQs
How much does it cost to build a WordPress website? How long is a piece of string? It depends what you’re looking for. Basic limited WordPress.com blogs are free, but a fully functional custom designed and built WordPress website usually costs £1,500 - £10,000. How do...
Reasons to Use LinkedIn in 2020
I know what you’re probably thinking: LinkedIn is just a haunt for spammy salespeople and job offers that I’m not interested in. I hear you! I’ve had my fair share of spam and scams. But it turns out there is a very good side to LinkedIn. It can be a great...
How to Change Divi Menu Search Colours
While Divi 4 has come on in leaps and bounds with its theme building capability, the new menu module leaves a little to be desired. One of the areas that could be improved is allowing configuration of the menu module's search. But fear not, here's a CSS snippet that...
Ethical Renewable Web Hosting
Apparently the internet weighs as much as a strawberry. Well to be precise, all the electrons that make up the data stored on the internet weigh as much as a strawberry: about 50 grams. That’s according to Vsauce (see his video at the bottom of this post). The data he...
Logo Design and Branding FAQs
What is the best way to get a logo for my company? There are many branding and logo designers. For quicker, cheaper, lower quality work you can reach out to creative sites like fiverr.com or Upwork, or hire a professional design agency to design your business...
Best WordPress Plugins for 2020
When I say 'essential plugins', of course that's a bit of a loose term as not all sites are the same. For instance, not all sites need e-commerce functionality. So this is a list of the major plugins that regular website owners and developers can't afford to ignore....
5 Important Off-Page SEO Factors 2020
Both on-page SEO and off-page SEO have a big impact on your rankings in the search results. It’s difficult if not impossible to put together an SEO strategy without a focus on both these areas. Both local SEO and national SEO benefit from on-page and off-page SEO. I...