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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.
On this #TheWPshow I chat to my old friend, and seasoned web developer, Steve Kirtley. We talk about the future of websites, after chatting about how the web has evolved. How we used to build websites (tables/transparent gifs etc)…
I ordered some take out food recently, I was time-pressed with the kids and ordering beforehand, ready for pick up, just made sense. The online ordering experience was really, really poor. When I first started in the web, many things…
Sadly we had some audio issues at first, so I’ve needed to edit those bits out. We jump in with Alistair starting to talk about the meaty topic of GDPR…. I managed to salvage most of the presentation and we…
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…
In this article, we look at how you set up and configure your email to help minimise the chance of your emails accidentally going into spam folders (or worse still – getting blocked completely!). If you find yourself saying “having…
This is an edited replay of #TheWPshow (The WordPress Show) from the 4th of Sept 2020. Feel free to join our community on Facebook where future events are streamed. In the first #TheWPshow after the summer break, I dip into…
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…
You may not realise it at first, but your website is part of a delicate stack of hardware and software which all needs to play together nicely to avoid issues. Furthermore, this stack is constantly evolving – new versions of…
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…
Canonical URLs are something you don’t normally need to worry about; except in exceptional circumstances. However, they are worth knowing about all the same. What is a ‘Canonical URL’? It is the ‘definitive source’ of the information the page is…
As you know, WordPress is a continually shifting seascape of software with everything needing updating pretty regularly; whether that’s plugins, themes, or indeed the core of WordPress itself. WordPress 5.5 has just come out and you may have seen this…