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
What is an ’email alias’?
An email address is made up of a recipient (e.g. your name) and a domain (e.g. your domain name) together to create a unique address (e.g. you@yourdomain.com) which are received in its own unique mailbox An email ‘alias’ is where you create a different recipient, but instead of the new address having its own mailbox, … Continue Reading
Extend the registration period of your domain name for better SEO
The website domain name is often overlooked in SEO terms as people focus on inbound links and optimised web copy, however, your domain name – or in this instance the information relating to it – is one of the important criteria used by Google when evaluating your website. We all know that new domain registrations … Continue Reading
How to reactivate the ‘edit theme’ option in WordPress
If the ‘theme edit’ option has disappeared from your WordPress dashboard and you’re unable to edit themes from the website back-end, try the following tutorial as it’s a common problem with (what is usually) a simple, quick fix. Being able to edit your site themes is useful, however, it can be a big security vulnerability … Continue Reading