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If you’ve blogged for a while, you will have a great bank of content waiting to be discovered and read by new readers. Especially evergreen content – content that doesn’t go out of date. Using social media automation is a good way to manage this. I’ve used Buffer and Coschedule’s social sharing tools to good […]
Design is constantly changing and evolving as new trends come and go yearly. That couldn’t be more true in the web design field where the ease of sharing and iterating makes design change move exponentially faster. Every year it’s fun to take a look at what happened with design in the previous year, and what’s […]
I was considering business events which I’ve attended in the past few months, and ones I’m due to go to in the near future. I thought to myself, “What makes a good business event?” As an attendee, what did I enjoy, and what could be done better? There are a few types of event I’ve been […]
Updated 14 May 2018. WordPress is designed to be flexible and customizable as a platform. Being able to switch your website’s theme and change the look of your website is one of the big attractions. So when you decide on a new theme, in theory, it’s simple: go to Appearance > Themes in the Dashboard, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
