WordPress tips
Five of the best WordPress plugins for accessibility, but are they a magic fix?
A whopping 20% of the population have a disability of some kind or another. Some may use screen readers, some may need specific colour contrast between different elements of the page. Others will have cognitive disabilities or mobility disabilities. Whatever their need, you do not want to alienate One in Five of your target audience…
Read MoreAre Your Usernames Just As Important As Passwords – Or More So?
Each time you set up a new account, you probably spend some time coming up with a strong password for it (or use a password generator). But how much thought do you dedicate to your username? Chances are, you’ve been using the same one for years. Some kind of nickname or a combination of your…
Read MoreHow to Make Sticky Posts in WordPress
Sticky Posts Did you know that WordPress allows you to feature a post by using ‘sticky posts’, one of the least known features of WordPress, though it is a standard part of the posting process? This is a feature that places a chosen post at the top of your blog, keeping it there for as…
Read MoreHow to check your WordPress site for plugin conflicts
So there you are one day trying to add your latest funky photo to your beautiful new WordPress website, and something weird’s happened. Try checking for plugin conflicts as your first step to fixing any odd problem on your site.
Read MoreHow to move from wordpress.com to self-hosted WordPress
The basic wordpress.com package is free but often new website owners rapidly find out that they want to do more than this package allows. At this point, the question then becomes: Should I upgrade and stay with wordpress.com, or should I move to self-hosted WordPress?
Read MoreMoving to a Self-Hosted WordPress site
By Nathan Platt of Solidblueliquid Okay so this post is all about self-hosting WordPress, but before we begin telling you all the wonderful benefits let me sort out a few common misconceptions. WordPress.org, wordpress.com and self-hosting Across forums and the internet everyone gets confused with the differences between them all, so let’s address them all…
Read MoreI deleted a blog post accidentally – how do I get it back?
One of the things I like best about WordPress is that it’s actually quite hard to make a total mess of things. Every change you do to a post or page is stored so you can easily go back to previous revisions, but did you know that it also uses a recycle bin? If you…
Read MoreWhat is Alt Text and why does it matter?
What is ‘alt text’? ‘Alt text’ is an extra little bit of information that can be added to media items like images. It’s there for use by screen readers, which are used by people who have vision problems. When the screen reader comes across an image it will read the alt text, so the more…
Read MoreAre blog post titles important for SEO?
Yes, they are, which is why when you’re writing a new blog post you need to choose the title carefully. If you’re blogging to improve your SEO then the title of the post is possibly the most important bit of text in the whole post. Try to incorporate one of your target keyword phrases, but…
Read MoreDoes duplicate content affect my site’s SEO?
You may have heard that copying content either within your own site, or from someone else’s site, can cause your site to lose Google points. Is that true? Well, yes and no. If it’s done maliciously (like you copy a whole site because you can’t be bothered to create your own and want to steal…
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