1st April 2021 | Our work
At Lucid Rhino Web Design we are 100% committed to keeping our carbon footprint as low as possible. Every website we host is already powered by 100% renewable energy*, but we wanted to go a step further. Many companies are turning to drones to deliver their services...
24th February 2020 | Tips
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...
3rd February 2020 | Our work
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...
10th December 2019 | Tutorials
If you’re reading this, chances are you already know how important it is for a website to load quickly. But if you didn’t, we wrote about the importance of having a fast website, with a free tip for checking how your website performs and getting tips for...
5th August 2019 | Common questions, Tips, Tutorials
Note: this post is about standalone versions of WordPress called wordpress.org, rather than wordpress.com, which is hosted by WordPress themselves. If there was a list of ten laws for running a website I’m convinced one of them would be “thou shalt regularly back up...
24th July 2019 | Common questions
As we described recently, there are two flavours of WordPress – the freemium version hosted by WordPress (.com) and the free self-hosted version (.org). But if you’re reading this post chances are you already know that. So with no further ado… 1. Your site is at...
10th July 2019 | Our work
We often get asked “how much does it cost to build a website”. It’s always a difficult question to answer straight off because well… how long is a piece of string? Price ranges can be very helpful as a rule of thumb, but many people starting out in business...
18th June 2019 | Common questions
WordPress is pretty cool. Because it’s popular, free and open source it’s supported by a vibrant developer community and continues to grow and evolve. There’s a lot you can do with it, depending on how you have it set up. Here’s a lovely little...
28th December 2018 | Helpful tools
Why is page speed important? Website speed is important. It’s not just about convenience, it makes real-world difference to the effectiveness of a website. Search engines now consider the speed of a website in their search results ranking, so a slow site could...
