Where Where do inline styles come from? When redesigning websites one of the problems I have to deal with is how to handle importing old content that has inline styles embedded. A lot of the culprits are webpages that were originally written using a word processing program such as Microsoft Word. These programs make it…
Getting Started with Google Analytics
Google’s Analytics offers a powerful set of statistical reporting tools to gather information about just about anything to do with your websites performance. With it you can find out where visitors are coming from, which pages they arrive at, how long they spend on those pages, and which pages they leave from. For the first…
What’s the difference between WordPress Categories and Tags?
Most people getting started with WordPress have some difficulty understanding the difference between the categories and tags taxonomies. You know the feeling, you’ve written a great post, now which category box to tick? Do I need to tag this? If you’re working with a completely empty blog then you can try to work out all your categories and/or…
Test drive a CMS
We love using open source content management systems, the good ones are well documented, pretty secure, flexible and scalable. WordPress has definitely come out on top as our favourite, but we thought we’d give you the opportunity to look around a few of our favourites. Bear in mind that these are default installations, so very…
Marketing a Start-up Business
If your business is just starting up you’ve got some decisions to make that the established businesses have already made. These existing businesses have an image to build on, but you’ve got a blank sheet. So this is the ideal opportunity to get your story right. Before sending out your marketing messages, have answers to…
Welcome To Our Website
It’s tempting isn’t it? After all good manners cost nothing and a little politeness goes a long way. But before you title the main page of your website “Welcome to our website” have a look at all the competing (in a polite way of course) websites. I’ve just done a google search for “intitle:welcome to…
I want a website – part 2
Turning your ideas into a website. So you have some ideas of what you’d like your website to achieve, some of the functions it needs to perform, and some ideas about how you’d like it to look once finished. When it comes to turning your website ideas into reality your first decision is whether to…
I want a website – part 1
I want a website – but I don’t know where to start. but I don’t know where to start.The web makes information about you, your range of products and services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No other form of advertising offers such a cost effective method of reaching potential customers. Ask…
Benefits of a website
Do I need a website? With so many people searching online for products and services these days it’s difficult to ignore the benefits that come from having a well designed website. Many people think that their product or service can’t be sold on the internet – so there’s no reason to invest in a website.…