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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…
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…
Hosting is a fundamental piece of the puzzle when providing a solid website experience to your online audience. In this article, we discuss some of the factors you need to consider. Files Our websites are, at the end of the…
I’ve just got back from being away with my kids in West Wales and, as usual, the brain never fully switches off from business, and I thought I’d come back and blog about what I’ve been mulling: the challenge for…
If you don’t keep a close eye on your website, over time, it’ll drift. Not a huge amount each day, and if you’re not paying attention, you won’t notice at first. But drifting it is. Why? With websites, what typically…
How much should you spend on a website? What is good value? In this article we walk through some examples to help reframe how you approach this important question. Our ideas about quality & value are funny old things. I…
Our Glass Mountains WordPress agency has been running since 2001, so you can imagine the number of website briefs businesses have sent over the years! In this article, I want to share with you some do’s and don’ts to help…
If you have decided that it is time to overhaul your website, then congratulations to you! Websites are very personal things to our businesses, and it takes time (and even a bit of courage) to admit when they are so…
A ‘theme‘ in WordPress controls the design & layout of how your website looks. It governs the visual styling of the site, setting the tone for how your brand is perceived online. The theme also makes fundamental decisions as to…
I saw a comment online the other day and it was something like ‘hey, do I need a website? Or is a ‘landing page’ better?“. Now I can kind of understand why the person asked this question, as the very…
WordPress has a lot going for it if you are looking to build a new website. In this article, I’ll dig into the top key reasons why many businesses choose WordPress for their website – and I’ll also highlight some…
In this article, I discuss what Custom Post Types are, and how they can help. The aim is to inspire you to use them to improve your WordPress website. WordPress, like any subject, comes with lots of fancy phrases which…