Keeping WordPress updated is very important. Why? Because this is what will help to keep your website safe and secure. I monitor and maintain all the websites that are hosted with me as part of my hosting package as standard. So its not something that my hosted clients need to worry about. But if you…
Making sure your images load in a reasonable amount of time within your website is important both for your users looking at the website and also for search engine reasons too. When you have the ability to add images to your website yourself, using software like WordPress as I choose to use for my websites,…
So I thought I’d write a blog post about the topic of ‘browser cache’ as it is something that crops up quite a lot in my daily life and so it makes sense to explain things and have a reference document to help anyone who hhasn’t heard of a ‘cache’. So here goes! We’ll start…
YES! Is the short answer! If you are a local business then having a Google My Business account is really important and every business should have one. It is free and just needs a bit of time to set up and then can work really well for you. What is it? So when you need…
What on earth is a digital asset I hear you ask! And a good question! So this is a term used to describe all the elements connected to a website, that you need to be aware of and know how to access. When you’re starting up a business there is a lot to set up…
When you first start your new business it can be a bit daunting! There are so many things to organise like bank accounts, marketing materials and it can even take a while to decide on the business name! When thinking specifically about websites, there are some steps to take to prepare and gather information. I…
So I’ve added a couple of articles here in the past about having a SSL but technology and time has moved on as usual and so an updated post is now required. So the big question(s) is do I need a SSL certificate and why and what is it? What is a SSL certificate? SSL…
Background to WordPress WordPress was first created in 2003 and is now used to power over 60 million websites throughout the world. It is open-source software that is free to use, but has a vast array of free and premium plugins (extra bits you can add to provide specific features eg galleries, shops, members systems…
A “climate emergency” is a term we are becoming more used to hearing in the news. But more often than not, we see this as something other people can take care of – what can one person or business do to make a change? Well, it’s all becoming a bit real and is not something…
So in my last post I mentioned about the forthcoming changes of the latest version of WordPress and why I was proceeding with caution when upgrading my clients websites. I have now started to filter some updating of the easiest websites to see how that proceeds and so far so good. However, you should be…