Writing a Blog Post using the Gutenberg Builder
Creating a new blank blog post To create a blog post you have two options, you can either navigate to posts – all posts, and click add new, as shown below: Or, simply choose from New on the top of the menu, and then select post. Starting to build your layout When a blank blog
Routine WordPress Maintenance
Once your site is up and running, there’s some routine maintenance that’s required to keep everything nice and secure. It’s not time consuming or difficult, but neglecting it can leave your site vulnerable to malware. Ignoring the infrastructure behind WordPress for now, your site is effectively made up from a combination of three different things:
Selling Gift Cards on your WordPress site
Gift cards are a fantastic way to drive sales on your website, not only for special occasions, but all year round! Whether it be physical gift cards or digital ones to use in your store, there’s a simple (and free) solution to sell them on your website using WooCommerce. Check out the video below to
How to stop your emails going to spam!
Get sick of sending emails just for them to end up in a clients spam folder? It can seem like a never ending problem, but it’s usually one easily solved! Normally this is down to one of two things: Incorrectly configured DNS Your mail server has been blacklisted as spam The first is easier to
A guide to analyzing the speed of your website
One of the most important things about your site, is how quickly it loads. But getting an accurate report can be confusing, there are so many metrics and tools to look at that it can be both confusing and daunting. So let’s break it down! Tools of choice My favourite tools for checking a site
How to prevent spam email from your contact form
It’s frustrating to receive a load of spam through your contact form isn’t it? It’s an issue as soon you have a site live with an easily found contact form! But there’s a simple way to prevent it using Google’s free ReCaptcha service! Here I go over setting it up on both Contact Form 7,
Automatically post WordPress blogs on Pinterest
If you’re anything like me, your Pinterest will be badly neglected! But what if I told you there was a really simple way to automate your board? By posting any of your blogs that you publish on WordPress to your Pinterest board? It’s really simple too, you just need a free Zapier account. Check out
How to “Fetch as Google”?
Just where has “Fetch as Google” gone? You know, that trusty option on Google Search console that let you tell Google you’ve made some changes and you need the page re-crawled? Without it, Google will re-crawl your page, but it’ll take it’s own sweet time to get around to it. It’s an essential tool right?
WordPress | How to schedule mini-sessions using WooCommerce
Selling mini-sessions on your site via WooCommerce WooCommerce offers a really easy, and cheap, way of selling mini-sessions on your site. There are a couple of approaches you can take, either a product per date. Or a product with multiple variables. The video below covers both of these scenarios. Any questions, just ask below!
WordPress | Adding a blog using Uncode WPBakery Page Builder
Adding a new blog post using WPBakery on Uncode Uncode is my favourite theme and used for almost all of my custom builds. Here we cover writing a blog post using the modules that come in WPBakery, giving you additional options for displaying galleries of images and creating page layouts.
WordPress | Adding a new blog post using the Classic Editor
Adding a new blog post using the classic editor Adding a new blog post using the Classic Editor in WordPress is often the easiest way to do so. Yes, using builders such as the Divi Builder mean you have lots more options layout wise, but if you ever change theme you run the risk of
Image Optimisation – Sizing images for web
Preparing images for use on your website can be confusing, not least because of a certain myth that is perpetuated by people who should know better! For most people, especially those working in any kind of creative industry, the balance of the quality of the image vs how long it takes the page to load