Building your own website can be… challenging. Sometimes it downright sucks. Like if you choose the wrong platform to build your site on and then can’t figure out how to actually build the thing. Or do something as simple as updating the text or adding in a new image. So you abandon it and then …
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How to add an About Me bio to your blog sidebar
Have you ever wanted to add an About Me bio to your blog sidebar? Today I’ll show you how easy it is. Your blog sidebar is an important area of your site but it’s often overlooked. If you’ve left the default WordPress widgets there, there’s a lot of unnecessary info in your sidebar. Your readers …
How to prepare images for your website
When someone’s having problems with their website loading slowly or issues laying out the content on their page, one of the most common causes I see is their images. You see, if you upload an image straight from your camera to your site, it’s huuuge! And that’s using up resources on your server …
How to change the post author in WordPress
Have you ever wanted to change the author of a post on your WordPress site? Most themes give you the option to display the author, and this is a great feature to use if your blog has or might start having multiple contributors. It gives your readers another way to sort your posts, as by clicking …
How to use & customise Click To Tweet
Twitter is a valuable source of website traffic for many businesses, but is it working for you? If you could get your content shared more on Twitter and increase your traffic, you could also see a rise in conversions, whether that's more people enquiring about your services, buying your products, …
How to create your own Christmas cards when you’re short on time
The festive season is fast approaching so it’s time to get organised. That means making sure you’re up to date with all your projects and client work, keeping your schedule filled with a steady stream of new work and making sure you don’t forget things like admin and marketing. And don’t forget the …
8 Quick InDesign tips to save you time
InDesign is an awesome bit of software and it’s one I use pretty much every day. It’s incredibly powerful, especially for creating multiple–page documents. But with so many features and settings, it can seem mind-bogglingly complicated, especially if you’re a new user. Don’t worry though, today …
Are you too available? How to set boundaries with your clients
Are you too available to your clients? I sure am. Or rather I have been; I’m working on fixing that. Being available for your clients and making it easy for them to contact you is a good thing, obviously. But you can take it too far and make yourself way too available. Being available to …
Speed up your WordPress website – 5 quick and easy tips
Creating a great first impression with your website is super-important, and you only have a few seconds to impress your visitors. So you need to make the most of those few seconds and make your visitors want to stick around rather than going elsewhere. But if your site is slow to load you’re …