If like me you’ve been using WordPress since the beginning – or at least prior to December 2012, you might remember the old WordPress Links Manager (sometimes also known as Blogroll). However, this functionality was removed by default from WordPress version 3.5 onward. Yes, on the one-hand, links like that are a bit old-fashioned, however, … Continue Reading
5 Popular Expressions – Where We Got Them and What They Mean
Ever wondered where we got the phrase ‘ants in your pants’ or ‘the cat’s pyjamas’? No doubt you’ve heard people use them, maybe you even use them yourself, but have you ever stopped to think about where they come from? I got stuck in to a great little book over the weekend by Judy Parkinson called ‘Spilling the … Continue Reading
Microsoft Outlook email signature locations
Editing and updating your Microsoft Outlook email signature using the in-built signature editor can be fiddly, especially if you want to add anything other than plain-text. Also you may need to backup your signatures once in a while, for example, if you’re changing computers or reinstalling Outlook, and that’s also not-so-easy. Therefore, this article shows … Continue Reading
Bored at home? Here are some amazing places you can still explore without leaving your sofa
Here are 6 amazing places in & around Sheffield you probably didn’t even know existed! Pubs, restaurants, shops, cinemas, & cafes are all closed so what do we do now? There’s only so many times we can jog round the block before it becomes a bit… monotonous. However, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, … Continue Reading
Protected: Setting up POP and IMAP email on MAC
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Website hosting explained – how to choose your website hosting
It’s a fact that all websites need allocated space on a high-spec computer connected to the internet – a web server – along with the associated software. However, all hosting is not the same. There are a huge number of different factors involved and these affect not only how your site performs, but also how … Continue Reading
A definitions for common online advertising & SEO jargon
If you work in the field of web design and search engine optimisation, you simply can’t avoid a whole host of acronyms, abbreviations, and general jargon. However, I’m also conscious that what is familiar and perfectly clear to me, is not necessarily also that clear to everyone else. Therefore, this quick post simply defines some … Continue Reading
How to get Contact Form 7 check-boxes and buttons on new lines
If you’re using Contact Form 7 on your WordPress site for the contact form, you may have come across an annoying little problem when you add checkboxes or radio buttons and they all appear one after another on one line. Unfortunately there isn’t currently an easy or quick fix for this as the best solution … Continue Reading
Need to change your WordPress login password in the database? Here’s how
Sometimes you just can’t reset your WordPress password. Maybe you don’t have access to the associated email address or maybe the site isn’t able to relay reminder emails. Whatever the reason, it’s possible to change manage WordPress users and your username and password directly in the database. However, before you start, firstly, make sure you’ve … Continue Reading
Microsoft Exchange vs POP email vs free email
For virtually all of us, email is now a fact of life, however, not all email services were created equal. Within my career I’ve seen the first wide-scale early adoption use of business email back in the 90’s, all the way to smart phone with voice assistant here in the 20’s so I’ve certainly seen … Continue Reading