Should I hit the facebook boost button?
As a small business owner, i’m pretty sure that you’ve seen those prompts from Facebook suggesting that your post is…
Our insights into the world of web.
This is our little corner of the internet to share with you insights into our work, some of our thoughts on tech and a few tips and tricks here and there to help you build your brand online.
Instagram reels, story or post – Which one to choose?
In August 2020, Instagram launched another new feature, Reels. Prior to this, we had use of feed posts and story…
How to keep in touch with your clients in 2021
2021 is gearing up to be just as challenging a year for many businesses as 2020. With many businesses unfortunately…
Require a minimum order value in WooCommerce
This is a useful snippet I picked up when building The Barn Little London‘s online store, due to the nature…
Add a Warning notice to the WordPress Admin
This is a useful snippet that has a number of uses. I’ve used it in the past to remind clients…
Add a percentage donation or surcharge to WooCommerce orders
More and more online stores are helping to fulfil their Corporate Social Responsibility by asking their customers to add on…
Loop over WordPress child posts and link to the next post in a hierarchical sequence
Following on from our previous code snippet which showed us how to detect if a WordPress post is a child…
How to detect if a WordPress post is a child or parent post
I recently created an online course platform for a client. Usually I would turn to a dedicated course plugin to…
Disable the WordPress Block Editor for specific post types using code
I feel like I’m in the minority here, but I’m actually a big fan of the new WordPress (formally Gutenberg)…
Prevent Contact Form 7 from loading on every page
This one is all about performance. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably a little obsessed with site-speed; Not only…
Set a randomised & unique slug for posts in WordPress
When working on The Luminous I needed a way to automatically generate an entirely random and unique slug for posts…
How to modify the default WordPress query using pre_get_posts()
For the longest time whenever I needed to customise the WordPress loop my go to would be to use the…
Get posts published within the past month using WP_Query
I recently had to create a “What’s new?” Dashboard area for members of The Luminous that returned all posts (or…
Understanding Differences Between Google Analytics & Facebook Pixel Tracking Data
If you’re going round and round in circles, not knowing why your Google Analytics and Facebook Data don’t match up,…
Finding the right web team for you and your business
Too often, we speak to clients who have made a mistake in choosing the wrong web team and as a…
How to backup your WordPress website
Backing up your website is easy when you know how. Simple it may be, it is frightening how many people…
Mobile first design and why your website is falling behind.
Not having a website optimised for mobile causes thousands of business owners to lose out on up to 50% of…
Should I stop marketing during the Coronavirus outbreak?
Many businesses are confused, worried or panicking about the impact of Coronavirus on sales. Many places are closing, cancelling events…
How to add dark mode to your website
UPDATE So after writing this post explaining why we added dark-mode to our website (and why you should too), we’ve…
Measuring Success With Website Conversion Tracking
Are your ad campaigns worth the money? On the face of it, it seems fairly straightforward to set up an…
Dark Patterns and how they trick us online
Dark Patterns are the tricks that websites and apps use to push you into doing something that you didn’t mean to. Here’s how they do it.
What is an SSL and why do you need one for your website?
There’s been a huge shift over the past years, with websites now being all-but-required to install what’s known as an…
Meta keywords are dead – here’s why you should ditch them in your SEO strategy
Anybody who has read anything about SEO, has probably heard about Meta Data. But what is it, and what should…
Top tips to protect your website from hackers
Many website owners don’t even think about website security until it is too late. Only when the hackers come knocking…