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How To Create Great Viral Quizzes With Riddle

Posted: February 19, 2016 Updated: July 29, 2019 by Claire Brotherton
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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 […]

Category: Websites Tags: opinion poll, personality test, quiz, survey

How Do I Make My Missing MailChimp Subscribe Button Show?

Posted: December 18, 2015 Updated: January 4, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Missing MailChimp Subscribe Button? That’s not good… I worked on a WordPress site recently where there was a problem with an embedded MailChimp form. The form had been created and added to the site, but the Subscribe button wasn’t showing up. While the form could still be completed and submitted by clicking the Enter button, it […]

Category: Websites Tags: email marketing, forms, mailchimp

Why Fixing Broken Links Is Important For Your Website

Posted: September 25, 2015 Updated: June 29, 2023 by Claire Brotherton
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The web is built on hyperlinks. When all is well and good, every link on our site will lead exactly to the right place. But sometimes links go bad.

Category: Websites Tags: 301 redirect, 404, links, plugin

7 Important Things To Look For In A Web Host

Posted: June 26, 2015 Updated: January 17, 2019 by Claire Brotherton
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Updated 17 January 2019. If you are setting up a new website, as well as a domain name (your web address) you will need to find a web host. Think of hosting like renting an unfurnished flat. You rent out your own piece of Web real estate, paying monthly or annually, and furnish it with your […]

Category: Websites Tags: backup, hosting, service, tech support

Are your site visitors fake? The pain of referrer spam

Posted: May 29, 2015 Updated: January 4, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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I use Google Analytics to track my website visitors. I recently noticed that my Google Analytics were showing spikes in recent visits. Typically lately I’ve been getting 50-100 user visits a day, but the stats were showing nearly 200 on some days. My first thought was “Great! My traffic is going up!” But then I dug […]

Category: Websites Tags: google analytics, htaccess, referrals, referrer spam, SEO

My Google Analytics Metrics: What Do They Mean?

Posted: March 4, 2015 Updated: June 12, 2019 by Claire Brotherton
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Updated 12 June 2019. This is Day 28 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 27’s post here. I’ve been checking my Google Analytics as I’ve been blogging for the last month, and it’s interesting to see what difference my increased frequency of blogging has made. I thought I would share some of […]

Category: Websites Tags: 30 day blogging challenge, blogging, google analytics

10 web design features that are largely redundant

Posted: March 3, 2015 Updated: July 12, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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This is Day 27 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 26’s post here. I got my first taste of the Web in the mid-90s. Web design has moved on a lot since those days. Here’s a list of features that used to be commonplace that are thankfully now rare, for very good […]

Category: Websites Tags: 30 day blogging challenge, usability, website

Registering a Domain Name with GoDaddy – Step by Step

Posted: February 24, 2015 Updated: June 27, 2019 by Claire Brotherton
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This is Day 21 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 20’s post here. What is a Domain Name? A domain name is an essential for a website. This is the human-readable address of your site – without one, your website would just be found by a string of numbers representing the computer […]

Category: Websites Tags: 30 day blogging challenge, domain name, GoDaddy, registrar, website

5 quotes from top web designers to inspire you

Posted: February 21, 2015 Updated: January 4, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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This is Day 19 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 18’s post here. Today I trawled the web for inspiring quotes from some big names in the web design industry. Enjoy! As good advertising comes from the product, and good filmmaking begins with a riveting story, good web design starts with content. […]

Category: Websites Tags: 30 day blogging challenge, web design

CSS Puns – My Collection

Posted: February 18, 2015 Updated: January 4, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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This is Day 16 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 15’s post here. This post is inspired by Saijo George’s site, CSS Puns, a jokey collection of CSS rules that may bear some resemblance to real life. Check out the original post above and my versions below. #driver .uk { float: left; […]

Category: Websites Tags: 30 day blogging challenge, CSS, fun

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