Tweet Blender is a great plug-in for WordPress that allows to show relevant tweets that can be searched by user name, #hastags or keywords. Apart from the widgets that can add twitter feeds to the sidebar there is an interesting … Continue reading
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The myth around cheap WordPress based websites
WordPress is free and simple. That means that if you are tech savvy, have a webserver with both PHP and MySQL enabled and understand how to set the whole thing up you can have an online presence within minutes. I … Continue reading
The new EU cookie law
It’s likely that your computer accepts cookies when visiting websites. Website designers can use cookies to trace and store important information about your log-in details or last time you logged in on a particular site. The EU has recently passed … Continue reading
Subpage highlight in WordPress
When you have a set of pages that are subpages of a main page (e.g. the case of this website for a complementary health clinic) you may want an automated system that creates a highlight among its subpages. We used … Continue reading
Subpages directory in WordPress
When you have a set of pages that are subpages of a main page (e.g. the case of this website for a complementary health clinic) you may want an automated system that creates a list (or directory) of subpages and … Continue reading
The myth around selected Twitter followers
I find it kind of amusing when I meet self-defined “experts” in social media who declare to have a (usually small) selected numbers of followers on Twitter. This post is about explaining why this is merely a myth and should … Continue reading
Here comes the responsive website
This post introduces the concept of responsive websites and why you should ask for a responsive design when you next decide to update or redesign your company’s website. Once upon a time, during the prehistoric web-age, websites were optimised for … Continue reading
The unfit personal trainer
We live in a highly competitive world where most businesses are trying their best to be the best and succeed. I find it amusing if not grotesque to see many business owners not able to give the appropriate first impression. … Continue reading
Content Management Systems: the case against DIY
I see a large number of freelance developers and small agencies selling website designs based on bespoke, homemade, Content Management Systems (CMS). In this post I am going to explain why buying one of these websites is, in principle, a … Continue reading
Have a decent email address
This post is for people who run a small business or are about to start one and are unsure whether their current hotmail, gmail, yahoo or other generic Email address is OK to be used on their business card. It is … Continue reading
