If you run a website where you need to make regular changes to the content then a Content Management System (CMS) is the most cost-effective solution. And the ever growing WordPress market share shows that it is a dominant player in crowded open source CMS market Why use a Content Management System? We often bandy…
Web design is a surprisingly controversial subject and web design trends can provoke much debate. While a piece of code fulfils its purpose and works or doesn’t (although some may argue about speed and efficiency of achieving that purpose), web design trends can make a project slow down if stakeholders disagree about a colour shade…
It can get overlooked with the rise of other communication methods, but email remains a significant part of how you and your staff communicate. Therefore your email hosting is a significant part of your business and one you should get right, working closely with your web hosting company and IT contractor. Here are a just…
In the annals of web hosting history, this particular TITSUP (Total Inability To Support Usual Performance) is right up there with the best. On the morning of Saturday 16 April 19, 2016, someone at the 123-Reg hosting provider ran a script that had a catastrophic error resulting in it deleting the servers and websites of…
The latest WordPress version 4.5 ‘Coleman’ is now available for download. Named in honour of jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, WordPress 4.5 has several new features that help you streamline your workflow, whether you’re writing or building your site. The most obvious improvement is the new inline editing of links feature. Simply highlight a piece of text,…
As we have discussed in past blog posts, Search Engine Optimisation or SEO should be integrated early into your new web design project. If it is bolted on as an afterthought, then this could result in the unpicking of work already done which could increase your costs unnecessarily. There are many factors that should be…