Squarespace is one of the more popular solutions on the market at the moment for individuals who wants to create a website, whether you are looking to create a business website or something for personal use. It is a solution that contains everything that you need in one package to build a website, from analytics […]
Category: Website Design
Looking for Wix Alternatives?
In an age where many of us are glued to laptops, tablets, and smartphones, there’s nothing more important for a business trying to attract new customers than having a strong online presence. If you’re on a mission to build a new website, you’re keen to improve your existing site, or you want to make a […]
The Pros and Cons of Template Web Design vs Bespoke Design
You appreciate the importance of an online presence but are struggling with the choice between template or bespoke design. You’re not alone. This is a common conundrum business owners face. An important element in your site’s design has to be uniqueness but does a template design mean it’s going to be a carbon copy of […]
The Best Easter Eggs Online
To some, an Easter egg is simply a chocolatey gift you give friends and family in March or April. However, to others, Easter eggs are little nuggets that are subtly littered throughout movie franchises, TV series’ and even online, where they link to another movie, TV show or part of the internet. These can be […]
What’s the difference between a Web Designer and a Developer?
It’s important to bear in mind that the line separating designers from developers is very blurred. For example I work alongside many ‘web designers’ who posses impressive ‘development’ skills and also ‘website developers’ who can hold their own with their design skills. So let’s start to distinguish and clarify the difference in roles, by breaking […]
What is a robots.txt file & How To Use It?
Ever wondered what the purpose of a robots.txt file is? We are going to share the common rules that you might want to use to communicate with search engine robots like googlebot. The primary purpose of a Robots.txt file is to restrict access to your website design by search engine robots or ‘bots’. The file is quite […]
Using WordPress taxonomies
So today I thought I’d share a few web design tips I’ve picked up whilst using WordPress when it comes to custom Taxonomies. The main scenario when these are going to be used is when you’re using WordPress as a CMS. Now, I’m not going to go into the whole building a CMS process, that’s […]
WordPress Custom/CMS Menus Tutorial
Lets take a look at how you can use WordPress’ built-in Menu feature to create your own custom menus. WordPress menus allow you to customise and overwrite the default navigation bar that simply displays all CMS pages in alphabetical order. Assuming your theme supports WordPress Menus, you have the ability to: Change the order of […]
How to reset custom WordPress queries
So today I wanted to go over a good little tip, which I always tend to use and would definitely recommend for any bespoke WordPress development you may be doing. When developing your website design, you might come across the need to use one of the following techniques. Getting Started There’s a couple of different […]
Using the WordPress Import / Export tool
The WordPress Import / Export tool is a great feature already integrated into WordPress that has been around for quite a while now. If you are not already aware of it’s capability, or even that it exists, then read on! The Import / Export Tool is a great way of importing from existing WordPress sites, […]