choosing the best image format for your website is an important component of web design. Images can add visual appeal to your website and help to communicate your message effectively to your audience. However, it is important to choose the right type of image for...
It is important to keep your site updated in order to ensure that it is secure, stable, and running efficiently. In addition, updating your site also gives you access to new features and improvements. Updating a WordPress site is a relatively simple process that can...
You’ve registered your domain name, and finished installing WordPress but now you’re looking at your website and it looks nothing like you want it to be. You’re expecting to see more than just some black text on a white background and now directions on how to...
When you decide that you’re going to use WordPress to build your website, the first question is “Where do I start?” and “How do I install WordPress?”. With many sources to get detailed instructions, such as the WordPress Codex (the home of WordPress knowledge) it can...
What is a WordPress Theme? “WordPress themes are files that work together to create the design and functionality of a WordPress site. Each theme may be different, offering many choices for site owners to instantly change their website look.” –...
You’ve spent a lot of time building, tweaking and updating your website. Now it’s time to think about how you’re going to protect it in case something goes wrong and you lose all your hard work. There are several ways that your site can break and it might be something...
Find out how CSS can be used for styling all parts of a web page to create very complex results, such as animation, and hover effects. CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets and along with HTML, are the two core elements of a webpage. HTML is the part that provides the...
A regular quest we hear from customers is “Do I need a contact form on my website?” and 99% of the time the answer is Yes! There are very few cases where a website is published that will not offer (or require) users a method to contact the site owners....
When it comes to speed, your website it’s going to load at different rates for different users, depending on several factors, such as the quality of their internet connection. So, how do you find out if your website is loading slowly for everyone and why should you be...
As we use websites more and more for private and personal communications, making users feel safe when their using your website is paramount. One of the easiest ways to do this is to have an SSL certificate, and here’s what they do, and how to get one…...
Here’s how to change your router’s default DNS settings to use Google’s public DNS service, using an Eir router Even though we are using an Eir router in this example, the process should be similar for other providers and you will need to locate your...
