Useful Tips, Info and Advice

Guide to Making Engineering Diagrams
Are all your plans and diagrams on paper? Wouldn’t it be useful to display them online so that they’re available for all customers and engineers, no matter where they’re located? Sharing your engineering diagrams with clients, customers and visitors to

Speed Optimisation and Good Hosting makes a Fast Website
Why speed is important for a website In this fast-paced world nobody likes waiting, which is why page speed is so important. Evidence suggests that having a slow website can negatively affect search engine rankings, sales, usability, and user experience. There are

How great hosting makes your website faster
There are several ways to host your website. The most common are shared hosting or VPS hosting (often offered by developers like me). The biggest difference between a shared and VPS hosting is how server resources are allocated. With shared

My website works – why would I need a new one?
When to redesign or rebuild your website If your website is more than three years old, chances are it’s out of date and sending the wrong message to your customers and search engines. We tend to think websites are like

Do I Need A Designer? Why Not Just use Wix or Weebly?
I can’t compete with Wix or Weebly on price and I don’t try to, because they provide a service to a different market than me. These types of website builders give you the tools you need to design and build

Why combining your web and email hosting is not a good idea
Up until recently when we purchased a domain name and a hosting plan, branded email accounts were something just tacked on for free. Hosting account = email account. But combining your hosting and email in the same account is not

Search Personalisation – how this affects what you see in Google
Years ago everyone saw exactly the same search results. Today no-one sees exactly the same search results. Everyone gets a personalised experience to some degree, even in private browsing windows. The reason behind this is that Google wants to give

Websites for non profit animal care and wildlife rescue organisations
Non-profits and charity organisations have turned to the web to get their message to the public and share the news about the work they do. Of course this means they need websites to display information, share news, ask for workers

Some thoughts on building your own website (as a non-developer)
Recently I watched a video by a guy who was venting his frustration because he was experiencing a problem with a plugin on his WordPress website. It peaked my interest because the he reminded me that sometimes we forget how

5 Custom Solutions for Manufacturing Websites
This article highlights a selection of advanced solutions that you can include in your custom manufacturing or industrial website to make it a useful resource for visitors and increase potential customer’s trust in you and your company. To make sure

What makes a great manufacturing website?
This post highlights the elements that a well built and nicely designed manufacturing or industrial website includes to ensure that it’s a success and attracts more customers. Your company’s website is a sales tool. Most business owners are now aware

Websites based on a MVP to ensure a return on investment… today
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) The first version of a product is often referred to as a Minimum Viable Product, or in other words, a product that has just the core features that make the product work. In other words, it’s