One of the points that I didn’t mention in my Child Themes blog article was the fact that, if you create a child theme any alterations you make aren’t overwritten if the parent theme is updated by the author or by WordPress. This is a danger if you make any alterations solely to the parent […]
The latest news from the BBC and their technical editor Rory Cellan-Jones:- Analysis: Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC technology editor The company first indicated that the “sustained” attack was a DDoS, a distributed denial of service attack where a website is bombarded with waves of traffic. That did not seem to explain the loss of data, and […]
As you gain experience and confidence in using WordPress you may want to try new techniques such as theme design and plugin development. Theme design is probaby the one you will start with. You can learn how to create a theme from the ground up but there is a method that has a lower learning […]
You’re aware of the April deadline by Google where they said that after the 21st their rankings would take into account whether your website was mobile friendly or not and if it wasn’t they would downgrade your site. Unfortunately there are still designers who are providing new sites that don’t pass Google’s test. Make sure […]
Have you noticed how many sentences involving websites include the word ‘but’ somewhere near the middle of the sentence? Well, just as other people collect butterflies I collect these ‘buts’, deal with them humanely then mount them on a pin and add them to my collection. Here are a few examples:- “I like my website […]
With every wetherbyweb website you will receive free business advice. How can I offer this? Simple! Before becoming a full-time web designer I clocked up more than four decades as an export sales and marketing manager with more than a dozen companies. I left each one with higher profits or or higher turnover (or both) […]
Are you planning a new beer festival and looking for a winning formula? wetherbyweb can offer an integrated package comprising a CMS website, Facebook page and Twitter account that combine to attract sponsors prior to the event and visitors on the day. The CMS (Content Management System) uses WordPress to provide a website that can […]
That’s the nickname given to Google’s latest update of its search algorithm whereby mobile friendliness of a website is assessed as part of its search page rankings. It has been well publicised ahead of Google’s recently passed deadline of 21st April for taking mobile friendliness (or rather lack of it) into account. The move has […]
Have you ever struggled to solve a problem and then sought help from someone else. In explaining the problem to that person the solution becomes obvious to you. You might as well have explained the problem to a teddy bear as the other person. That’s the teddy bear syndrome!
It all started when the refuse collectors trashed my wheelie bin and it got swallowed by their compactor. They don’t tell you they’ve done it. They just slope off and leave you to find out. So I rang the council and they said they would deliver another bin in four weeks time (four weeks! – […]