The case for a great mobile website
It’s 2021 and by now you are most likely aware of the fact the mobile has become very important for website owners. In fact, mobile devices accounted for over 54% of the world’s website traffic in Q1 of this year. It is clear that mobile is no longer the afterthought it once was and therefore […]
Readability 101
An often-overlooked component of developing websites is creating the content for them. It seems easy enough on the surface: To start, throw a few words together to create some sentences Secondly, repeat the above step a few times to create some paragraphs And lastly, repeat steps 1 and 2 Clearly those steps are bit tongue […]
Is it time for a content clean?
Keeping your website’s content up-to-date and fresh can often fall in the too-hard basket. I get it, you have more pressing issues or tasks to deal with and changing a few words or images on your website doesn’t seem worth the time. Well, simply put… it is. But why? Why update your website’s content? A […]
5 Reasons It’s Time For a New Website
Websites take time, money and the right people. In the past just having a website was good enough regardless of how well it functioned or looked. But those days are long over and today’s users expect a certain quality when visiting websites. Anything less and they are quick to move on. With that in mind […]
Shutting the door on plugin vulnerabilities
Wordfence reports up to 90,000 attacks on WordPress sites every minute. That is clearly a problem. Both for me, as someone who maintains websites and for you, as someone who runs or owns a website. So what can we do about it? Well the first step to solving a problem is understanding it. And today, […]
Improving Your Online Store
The latest data from NZ Post’s eCommerce Spotlight suggests that the recent increase in online shopping may mark a long-term shift in the way consumers purchase their goods. Gone are the days of tentative online purchasing where shoppers have been reluctant to trust digital selling. Instead, we have seen shoppers grow more and more confident […]
Correctly sizing images for your website
Sizing images for your website can be a painful and complicated task. We know how tricky it can be so we have created a simple step-by-step guide to help you correctly size images for your website. NB. you can find out how to choose images for your website based on your brand in Jerome’s post […]
Automatic Updates: Too Good To Be True?
Plugin vulnerabilities represent 55.9% of the known entry points for website attacks. It is an unfortunate reality: the most common entry point for WordPress website attacks is via an out-of-date plugin. Unfortunate because keeping WordPress plugins up to date is a reasonably straightforward, albeit time-consuming exercise. Therefore the stat above does not just give us […]
What makes a good website?
Most people know that they need a website, but what is it that makes the website good? How do you know that you’re getting value for your investment? Establishing a website is more involved than “build it and they will come”, and there are several important things you can keep in mind when planning your […]
How to create a content marketing plan
Any brand can increase brand awareness and sales by the odd post here and there but those who are really successful have a plan and make smart strategic decisions. Without a strategy, success or failure is just luck. This guide will walk you through key steps to develop and execute your own content marketing plan […]
How to select images for your website
You don’t get long to make an impression on the web these days. Website visitors can be harsh critics. Quick to judge, they will not hesitate to navigate away from your website if given even the smallest excuse to do so. That is why it is important to give good thought to the images on […]