For all of the websites that I launch I go through a Pre Launch Checklist to make sure that it is READY! By READY I don’t just mean looks nice and is responsive (even though this is of course important and part of the checklist). But it also needs to be able to be FOUND,… Read more »
8 simple way to improve your website
This blog post was adapted into a presentation for London Colney Business Network – as it was adapted it evolved into 12 points. If you would like to see the presentation please click here. You can also download my Website Audit Workbook here. A website is not just something that you create and then leave… Read more »
Maintain Your Website!
Like everything else technological, making sure that your website is kept up to date is hugely important and often overlooked. Once you have a website; either by paying someone or doing it yourself; it is easy to just leave it or go in every now and then and tweak some of the text. As I… Read more »
A little bit about the past year
So i haven’t written on my blog for quite a while and most of the things I do write are tips and links but this one is a bit different as its more about me. If you’ve been to my home page you’ve probably seen that I have been a web developer for quite a… Read more »
Useful sites when creating a theme from scratch
So I am revisiting creating themes from scratch. Of course there’s a huge amount of free and paid for themes out there and a lot are very good, but being a coder, I like to know the ins and outs of themes – which means building my own. For clients who want a quick site put together,… Read more »
Make sure an image shows when you link your site to facebook
I came across this as, when i updated my website, i noticed that an image was no longer showing. After looking through a few posts and using the facebook debugger – https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/ I realised my og:image was blank. Yoast seo solution If you use Yoast you can set the facebook image for each page.… Read more »
A few nice code snippet generators
I may add to this but here are a couple of nice code snippet websites. Generate Google maps html: http://embedgooglemaps.com/en/ Grid Generator: http://www.responsivegridsystem.com/calculator/
Prototyping & Wireframing
With the intention of becoming a freelancer, I am looking at things which i have previously missed – in this case wire-framing & prototyping – previously I have sat down with a client sketched out an idea and run with it but I’m certain there are smarter ways of doing this. Live prototyping makes sense… Read more »
Beautiful themes & Plugins
This is a list of themes & plugins that i really like and have used/want to use: The X Theme by themeco this is a great theme with the added benefit of having free cornerstone which makes creating beautiful layouts really easy: Cornerstone by themeco Here’s a great responsive slider: Slider Revolution Contact Form 7… Read more »
Google Fonts
Here’s a great plugin if you want to use Google fonts: easy-google-fonts