If you are thinking of starting a website or blog, then one of the first things you need to do is go and register a domain name for your site. Now, before you go and jump in with both feet, here are some domain name registration tips that will help […]
Web Design 101 – Web Design Tips For Beginners
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Following on from our last post ‘Beginners guide on how to create a website’, I thought it would be good to take a look at some web design tips when starting your new site. I’ve actually been thinking about this topic for a while now as I have been working […]
Website Visitors Feeling Lost? Improve Your Site Navigation
This post is a bit of a spontaneous one as I have just visited a website that makes it really difficult for people to find what they are looking for. As you can imagine, I didn’t stick around for long on their site. This can be so frustrating and unfortunately […]
To Lightbox Or Not To Lightbox, That Is The Blogging Question
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You will have seen many of them and probably filled in a few yourselves whilst browsing online, but one question that always crops up in blogging circles is whether or not you should include one on your own site. What am I talking about? Lightbox subscription forms of course! What […]
The Softly, Softly, Catchee Monkey Approach To Blogging
I’ve been doing this blogging malarkey for a while now and if there is one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that you have to be patient, especially when starting from scratch. I get lots of emails from people asking for help with their blog (which is fine, always happy to […]
3 Simple Yet Effective Ways To Keep Viewers On Your Site For Longer
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Getting to the top of a Google search page can set your website up for a large quantity of traffic, but what good will that do you in the event that each visitor only spends a few seconds on the site before leaving? Once you have a page that is […]
Picking A Preferred Domain (www or non-www) & Setup 301 ReDirect
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Probably THE most important part of your site is your domain. However, everyone seems to forget about this once they have bought it and then just concentrate on the site itself, but this is how people will come to know you and what they will type into the URL bar. […]
Why A Featured Image Is Important For Your Blog Posts
There are three important parts to every post; the post title, the content itself and the featured image! Whilst many bloggers concentrate on the content and title, a lot overlooked or forgot about the featured image. Every post needs one, as that helps to attract people to click on and […]
10 Top Free WordPress Plugins
It’s been a while since my last post about WordPress plugins, so I thought it was about time to write another as I have found a few gems for you to use. One of the reasons I love WordPress so much is because there are literally tens of thousands of great, […]
How To Display Mobile Friendly Responsive Videos
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I have said it before and I will say it again, the future is mobile! There is no getting away from it, more and more people are surfing the web via their mobile phones. That is why it is VITAL that your website is “mobile friendly” and responsive to your […]
CommentLuv vs Disqus – Why I Don’t Use CommentLuv!