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Here you will find articles relating to a wide variety of web design and development topics. If there is anything I think people will find interesting or beneficial, then I will add it here. The articles aren’t targeted at one particular type of user, there will be some more suited to fellow web developers and some that will be of more relevance to business owners. If there is a specific topic you would like my thoughts on then please submit details using the contact form here and I will take a look.

WordPress Structure

Your business's WordPress site is more like the car on your driveway than you might realise!Most of us understand how a car works. It needs an engine, bodywork, gadgets, storage and somewhere to park. A WordPress website is surprisingly similar. By thinking of your...

Building Digital Resilience

Your business needs more than just social mediaImagine waking up to find your business page vanished from Facebook overnight. No warning. No explanation. Just gone. If your entire online presence depends on social media, this isn't just a nightmare, it's a real...

Email Sending Issues

A real-world troubleshooting guide for independent professionalsWhen a client's business email suddenly stopped sending messages just as they were trying to reach urgent contacts, they were understandably panicked. They didn't want to resort to using a Hotmail account...

WordPress Plugins

Taking Control of Your WordPress Plugin UpdatesIf you run a WordPress website, you're in good company. WordPress powers over 43% of all websites globally, that's a staggering 541 million sites. If your site is one of the 541 million then you’ll already appreciate the...

WhatsApp Business

A guide to using WhatsApp Business as a live chat tool on your websiteI’m sure you will have heard and probably used WhatsApp Messenger. It is perhaps the most popular instant messaging tool. Most smart phone owners use WhatsApp to message friends and family on a...

On-page technical SEO

Is SEO relevant in 2023?Since Chat GPT burst onto the scene at the end of 2022 and with other AI tools such as Google's Bard starting to launch, there has been a lot of talk that how people search online is about to change forever and as such that search engines as we...