This is Day 10 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 9’s post here. I wrote previously about customizing a WordPress theme. If you like your theme layout but want to have make more changes to the way it displays, a child theme is the way to go. What’s a Child Theme? A child theme […]
30 day blogging challenge
Starting out with Dashlane Password Manager
This is Day 9 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 8’s post here. The need for a password manager I’ve been meaning to get using a password manager for a while, as I have so many of them! I have a a few email accounts, social media logins, and plenty of logins […]
Blogging Challenge Round-Up: Days 1 to 7
This is Day 8 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 7’s post here. I’m now one week into the 30 day blogging challenge. Technically I’m one day behind, but we won’t dwell on that. If you’re just joining me now, here’s what I wrote about in the first 7 days: Day 1 I […]
WordCamp Birmingham 2015: Day 2
This is Day 7 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 6’s post here. Morning There must have been a few sore heads after Saturday’s night out, because the main room was practically deserted five minutes before the introduction. (To be fair, a number of people were partaking of tea and coffee in […]
WordCamp Birmingham 2015: Day 1
This is Day 6 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 5’s post here. What’s a WordCamp? For the uninitiated, WordCamps are conferences based around all things WordPress. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read this post on why I love WordPress. I love WordCamps too – they’re a great get-together […]
Why I can’t live without free wi-fi
This is Day 5 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 4’s post here. I’ve got so used to having free wi-fi available that it comes as a surprise when I have to do without it. I found myself on a Virgin Train today, wanting to connect to their service on my MacBook. […]
10 Sources of Free Stock Photos For Your Website or Blog
This is Day 4 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 3’s post here. Everyone knows it brightens up a web page to have a photo or two. It’s obviously fine to use your own photos, but you may not be a whiz with a camera, or may sometimes want to use a photo of […]
How You Can Customize Your WordPress Theme
This is Day 3 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 2’s post here. So you’ve searched for a WordPress theme and found one you like, but there’s one little thing about it that you want to change. Maybe the font is too big, or you want a different link colour. How can you […]
WordPress security basics: how to keep your site safe
This is Day 2 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 1’s post here. With WordPress sites accounting for around a fifth of all websites, it comes as no surprise that WordPress has also become the target of hackers, spammers and other nefarious characters due to its popularity. If you run your own self-hosted […]
Why I am taking part in the 30 Day Business Blogging Challenge
This is Day 1 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. I shared a tweet the other day about Sarah Arrow’s ebook, Zero to Blogger in 30 days, being given away free for a couple of days. I actually had a copy of the book from a previous giveaway and had not got round to reading […]