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WordCamp London 2016
At Route22 we think it’s important to stay up to date with technology and maintain links with the people and organisations who know most about it. In the case of WordPress, there is no better way to achieve this than by attending the excellent WordPress community...
Poorly maintained websites and the fall of world leaders
This week’s big news story has been the so called "Panama Papers" and the resultant resignation of at least one world leader, the Icelandic Prime Minister. Our own prime minister, David Cameron, has not been immune from this controversy, nor has Russian President...
Blogging in no time
On Tuesday 5th April 2016 I was honoured to substitute for Matthew Baker of Local Link Publishing, publishers of the Caterham Link magazine, at the Caterham chapter of BNI. Here are the notes and a recording of my one minute presentation. Nice to see you all again....
Content for Search Engine Optimisation
Almost every client I talk to about websites asks me what I will do about Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). And almost every one of them takes no notice of my response. Search Engines like Google, search and index text. They decide mainly on the basis of words...
Windows 10
Having taken a deep breath and clicked the little white Windows symbol that had appeared near the clock in the bottom right of my screen, I expected this to initiate the upgrade, but I just got back a message telling me I’d be informed when the upgrade was ready. After 3-4 days, I received a message to say this was now the case. So I clicked the button to start the upgrade.
WordPress Development Spectrum
WordPress originated is a blogging tool for non-technical users but it has since grown into a powerful content management system (CMS) and website development tool. This article sets out to describe, very briefly and simply, the full spectrum of levels of involvement...
Content First Web Design
My one minute talk, given at CRX meeting on 28th November 2014 listen to ‘Content first Web design’ on audioBoom When I begin a web project, it is common for my client to want to discuss the design of the site: colours, logos, layout, etc. But, from a business...
This is excellent news!
For many months CryptoLocker has been a major and very frightening threat to everyone using email. Merely opening an attachment could cause all of you files to become encrypted, and your only way out would be to use your credit card (or bitcoins) to pay the criminal...
Clear, Simple & Easy to Use
listen to ‘Clear, simple and easy to use websites’ on Audioboo I went to Butlins with the grandkids last week. The kids loved it; including this big kid, but it did remind me of a few key points about Web design. In nearly all cases it's best to keep Web pages clear...
Good web design and profitable web design are not mutually exclusive
A client of mine recently showed me an “Internet Success Strategy” from a marketing expert. This expert made many good observations about good web design such as:- “design of your website is absolutely critical” “combine good design skills, with good online marketing...
