Blog
I don’t write a blog for this site any longer, but the business itself is up and running.
I keep old posts available here as I’ve used them as resources for lessons and workshops and shared the links.
- WordPress for Beginners – online course
Starting on 24 September 2020 I taught a 10-week course for Hills Road Sixth Form College and will be offering this online for the foreseeable … - You need to take orders online… and you’re not readySmall local shops are facing challenges like never before during the Covid-19 pandemic. So are the big ones, but they have marketing departments and other …
- Useful links for planningWhen planning your site here are some useful links for you to check out. Comparing the hosted options Make a Website Hub reviews the choices …
- Technical optionsBasic overview For a website you need four main things: the content for your site – images, text, etc hosting: a place (on a server) …
- Site structure and content planningWho will be managing your site? At the planning stage it’s crucial to consider who will be managing your site. Think about what staff/time resources …
- Website planningDo you even need a site? Maybe your client group’s online communication takes place almost exclusively via a couple of specific apps or social media …
- Gutenberg ResourcesIn December 2018 Gutenberg – the new WordPress – editor finally launched and changed how we edit WordPress sites. It is intended to make the …
- Free Google MapGoogle has now started charging, or at the least taking credit card details, in order to let you use their API key to add their …
- Separating two blocksSometimes you want a gap between two blocks. When you have an image that has text from a particular paragraph block wrapped around it you …
- Gutenberg Blocks Wish ListWordPress users like Gutenberg Gutenberg, the new ‘block’ editor, is a great development for WordPress.org. Editing content is more intuitive, especially for beginners. I have …
- Sidebars, footers, main content – what does it all mean?In a WordPress website you have several areas – sidebars, footers, etc – which get edited and managed in different ways. Once you know what …
- Options for images on your websiteWhen it comes to finding images for your site there are a lot of options around. You have a choice of sources for your photos …
