Why would you need accessibility testing tools? I attended a breakfast briefing on the Top 10 tips for Improving Accessibility on Wednesday 8 March. Not sure what accessibility is? Read my introduction to accessibility post, which gives an overview. Basically, by being mindful of accessibility you make your site content attainable by everyone. That includes people with […]
A Twenty Sixteen Child Theme With Extra WP Customizer Goodness
I’ve had a go at building a child theme for Twenty Sixteen. I decided to use the build as an opportunity to try out the WP Customizer, which I’d been wanting to do for a while, since seeing Dave T Green’s talk on the Customizer at WordCamp Edinburgh 2015. Full disclaimer: I got most of […]
Why You Can’t Get The Best Website For £500
Updated 20 June 2019. This post has been brewing for a little while now, and a conversation earlier this week with a fellow industry professional inspired me to write it. (Thanks, Mike!) A simple equation: More investment = a better end result As in many things in life, you get what you pay for. If […]
How To Create Great Viral Quizzes With Riddle
If you’re looking for shareable content for your website which can go viral, check out Riddle. It allows you to create surveys, polls and quizzes for your website, known as Riddles. This kind of content is insanely popular – you only need to visit a site like BuzzFeed to see how much these are shared […]
How To Find The Perfect WordPress Theme
If you are creating a new WordPress site, the choice of theme is an important decision. Pick the wrong one and you might run into problems later on, such as: Your theme doesn’t adapt to mobile devices You can’t run that shop you wanted to build The forum you added doesn’t display properly It’s worth […]
So You Want To Guest Post – What Happens Next?
I’ve just submitted my second guest blog post for a larger site. It was a good experience. I’ve learned some things along the way, which I will share here. Be on the look out for guest post opportunities – they are everywhere This guest post came about because I had written a product review and […]
Pootle page builder – a first look at a promising plugin
I came across Pootle page builder the other day and was keen to try it out. It’s made by Pootlepress, who specialise in WordPress plugins, themes and training. Pootle page builder is free to download from the WordPress repository. There are paid add-ons for it, which I haven’t tested. I tried it out using WooThemes’ […]
Practical Business Advice At The VIP Mastermind Conference
On Saturday 16 January I attended the inaugural VIP Mastermind Conference, a gathering of top business minds at Creative Exchange Leith in the north of Edinburgh. The event was organised by Fin Wycherley of Supersize Media, a social media and digital marketing consultancy. I’d heard Fin speak about social media strategy a couple of months before, so trusted […]
How To Get More Visible Online With A WordPress Avatar Image
If you own a WordPress blog, you will want to build your brand online by regularly blogging about the latest and greatest topics in your niche. Allowing comments on your own blog and commenting on other people’s blogs is part of this process – it says: Hey! I’m a social, helpful person and I like […]
The WordPress Twenty Sixteen theme: Good, Bad or Ugly?
The Twenty Sixteen theme has actually been out for four months. For most users, though, their first encounter with it came with the release of WordPress 4.4 in December 2015. It’s already been installed on over 300,000 sites. I’ve delved into the theme and here is what I think. You might want to read my review of Twenty Fifteen, as there […]