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Welcome to Campfire, here we talk about what’s happening in the world of WordPress websites and digital strategy in a clear, simple language that will make sense to busy business people such as yourselves.
How to play to the strengths of WordPress when designing your website. This article is part of our series on planning your WordPress site. In the first article, we looked at the basics of creating a visual sitemap diagram. And…
The heart of your website is very much its ‘content‘: the words, pictures, audio, video, infographics etc that help convey your message. Hopefully converting anonymous website visitors into qualified contacts & leads for you to work with. But who creates…
In this article, we share some learnings from the countless WordPress sites we’ve migrated over the years…. Freeze Period At some point during the migration from old hosting to new, you’re going to want to take a copy of the…
We are on the lookout for one or more WordPress developers to join the Glass Mountains team. Est in 2001, we have a core flexible team of 6 servicing WordPress clients in the UK and the US. This will either…
On the April 2021 show, we had our Chief Joel Hughes and Lead Tech Developer Ben telling us all about Plugins! Here are the show notes: 3:30 The code of a plugin – what happens when a code is updated!…
On the March 2021 show, we had Rick Hurst telling us all things ‘WordPress’ Here are the show notes: 0:50 Background of Rick Hurst 7:05 The Beginning of WordPress (2003) 8:13 Introduction to WordPress/Automatic 15:48 WordPress VIP (explained) 21:30 Page…
On the Feb 2021 show, we had Andy Davies, telling us all about ‘Site Speed’: Here are the show notes: 1:40 Introduction to Andy’s job role 5:07 How speed affects visitors behaviour to your site. 8:00 Core Web Vitals 13:27…
In the previous, opening article of our ‘Planning your WordPress website‘ series, we looked at what are visual sitemaps, and how they can help. In this article, we’re going to look at what ‘wireframes‘ are how they can help plan…
On the Jan 2021 show, we had Leona Storet Slythe on from Reddico telling us all about ‘SEO Keyword Research‘: Leona does a fantastic, well-rounded talk on many key aspects of SEO & keyword research. Here are the show notes:…
Taking time to plan your website structure is critical to the success of your online offering. Planning allows us to bake in a positive user experience for our online visitors. Allowing them to get to the content they need, and…
If you are a student (18+), then you may be interested in working with us on a part-time basis. The role will be a few hours a week only and we’ll be able to be flexible around your studies (your…
In a previous article about the differences between website, DNS, email etc we said Cloudflare plays an important part in how we secure and make steadfast our client’s WordPress websites. In this article, I would like to drill into some…