Glass Mountains
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…
As part of our business, we run online events called #TheWPshow (‘The WordPress Show’). The show is aimed at non-techy businesses and website managers who want to stay current and improve their knowledge & their WordPress sites – we regularly…
As a WordPress development & support company, we tend to have access to lots of client’s website credentials, and we often need to send passwords to clients. In this article, we’ll explore how we do that as securely as possible….
Email forms are an essential aspect of any WordPress website. They enable our website visitors to make contact with us thereby fulfilling one of the fundamental reasons for having a website in the first place – helping convert anonymous website…
This is a slight departure from our usual topics but I stumbled across something a few days ago and I found it very interesting: QR Codes. Yes, you read that right. QR Codes? For those who don’t remember, a QR…
In the heady excitement of chatting to Helen Reynolds about Social Media last week I clean forgot to mention a couple of points about social media and WordPress, so I think I’ll rattle those off now…. Social Media Widgets It…
Setting up a new Facebook Group? You need to decide whether you want the privacy to be “private” or “public“. This short article helps you decide >> It used to be the case that you could change the privacy setting…
In today’s article, I want to show you how to put a free alert in place so that you know if your website goes down. The service we are using here is Uptime Robot, there are others (of course), this…
In this first of this series of articles, I’m going to start exploring what email automation is as well as delving into some examples of how we use it here at Glass Mountains. What is email automation? Email automation is…
Learn the basics of why you should use a password management system such as 1Password to store & securely share the password credentials for your business. It still surprises me how many people & businesses have only the flimsiest of…
Recently we ran our first WordPress Webinar – it’s a new venture for us and I was really happy that near 30 people joined on our romp through WordPress tips & ideas for businesses. We’ll certainly be doing more events…
Time blocking is a technique where you ringfence areas of your calendar so that you get can a certain task accomplished during that period. I find it a very useful technique indeed. I like to start my day with a…