I received the following question via our Facebook page and I thought it would be a good one to address publically I had an HTML membership site that was made in Dreamweaver and someone told me I should revamp and use wordpress. They signed me up to Wpengine and got a premium woo theme as […]
Website Design and Development Environments For WordPress
Website Design and Development is a lot more than just creating a website design and putting it out there. Not only do you have to scope the client requirement and manage expectations, you have to ensure that what you develop is Cross Browser compatible and meets W3C accessibility standards. In addition, there are issues like […]
Comment Spam: The Bloggers Bane
Comment Spam is the bane of many bloggers and website owners existence. Comment Spam is classed as a comment on your site that targets your readers in an attempt to get them to buy a product or service (obviously not yours!). Essentially, someone who writes comment spam does so in an attempt to get free […]
Wordcamp Sydney 2012 – #wcsyd
Wordcamp Sydney 2012 has been and gone – and what a weekend it was! Firstly, kudos to Dee, Alison, Tracey and Pete for a fabulously run weekend. Having run events myself, I know just how much effort goes into getting it together and running smoothly and I’m in awe at the great job these guys […]
WordPress, Wordcamp Sydney 2012 & My “Take Away” points…
WordPress – anyone who reads my articles or knows me will know that I love WordPress…. and I’m having the time of life at Wordcamp 2012 Sydney! What a full on weekend it has turned out to be – and we’re only half way through it. Yesterday was the first day of Wordcamp Sydney 2012 […]
WordPress: How To Change A Page or Post Name
Sometimes you may want to change the name or title, and the permalink (url), of a WordPress page or a post. This short video demonstrates how you can do this …. but please exercise care! If your page or post is already published, it may well be indexed (listed) by the Search Engines or have […]
Podcast: Where Has The Comments Box Gone In The Edit Post Window?
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been asked by clients why they can’t see certain ‘boxes’ in the post (or page) editing window of WordPress. One client couldn’t see the comments that had been made against a post, another couldn’t see a box that allowed them define a video to display on the post. This […]
What Comes First – Theme, Logo or Design?
WordPress is a great platform to build your website on. Yes, it started out as a blogging platform however with the fantastic developer community that has grown up around it, WordPress is so much more. Once question that I have been asked about using WordPress recently was: What is the best way forward – buy […]
Seven More Great WordPress Plugins
A few days ago, I shared seven of my favorite WordPress Plugins and promised I would be sharing more… so, true to word, here are seven more of my fave WordPress Plugins: Page Links To An excellent way to set up pages on your website and redirect to ‘other’ locations. I’ve found this plugin extremely […]