Most of the websites I have launched during my online career have been developed because of a passion or interest in a particular subject. Knowledge is power and sharing my knowledge of a subject has been the foundation of every success I have had. My latest passion is cars. I …
I remember the reaction of people many years when someone spoke of a friend using an online dating service. The general assumption by people was that they must have been desperate. It is funny how times change and things become socially acceptable. Online dating no longer has the stigma that …
WordPress remains the most popular platform for building websites. There are great alternatives available online, but I truly believe that when it comes to creating content, nothing beats WordPress and its revolutionary post type system. The introduction of the block editor has also improved the experience of creating content with …
Syntax highlighting is a common feature of Text Editors which uses multiple colours and fonts to help you read and analyse code more easily. They can help you view the structure of code, make comments stand out and quickly point out any errors you have made. It’s a feature that …
I have been using Cloudflare for many years for their domain name server functionality, their SSL certificates and their content delivery network (CDN). Cloudflare’s CDN perhaps does not boast as many configuration options as other CDN services, however it is free to use and their network boasts over 200 locations. …
Pretty Links is a fantastic link tracking WordPress plugin that gives you full control over the links on your website. Developed by Caseproof LLC, the plugin can be used to make your URLs look cleaner, track clicks and categorise links. If you actively use Pretty Links to track important URLs, …
SmartFrame is a versatile image toolkit that allows you to protect your images and improve delivery speed to website visitors. Using SmartFrame you can prevent others from stealing important images and deliver high quality versions of your image to website visitors on many different devices. The service is free to …
Modern Events Calendar is an advanced events calendar solution for WordPress that simplifies the task of managing events, publicising events, and taking bookings. A lite version of the WordPress plugin has over 20,000 installations and counting. This is no surprise given how much functionality is included with it. Whilst it …
There are many reasons why a 404 page is generated on your website. This includes content being removed, a permalink structure being changed, or a link to the page being incorrect. Whatever the reason, 404 error pages can reduce your website traffic since visitors are presented with an error page …
On 6 December 2018 Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 5.0. This was a significant milestone in the history of WordPress as it replaced the traditional WordPress editor with a new block editor called Gutenberg. Gutenberg is a minimal editor that allows you to create beautiful content using a …