Home Page Design – Why Does Your Home Page Exist?

Before you do anything else... before you chose your colors, before you choose your images, before you write your copy... you need to know what the purpose of your landing page is. Without knowing your home page's purpose you run the risk of Having too many calls to action Not having a call to action at all Being cluttered and … [Read more...]

Developing a WordPress Site for Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketers are constantly in search of the most effective development and marketing platform. From ultra-effective HTML and CSS websites to WordPress powered affiliate product shops and commission shopping databases, the range of affiliate websites built using different programming languages and content management systems is truly … [Read more...]

The Difference between a Landing Page and a Web Page

A landing page is a special type of web page, but it's purpose is different than the pages of your website. When we think of a web page, we think of it as an information page within a small business website. A landing page, however, is not usually used to provide information. What is a landing page? First let's start by defining what a landing … [Read more...]

Building your First Website – Where To Start

When you're learning how to build your first website, it can be very overwhelming  with information overload but its not as difficult as you think  With my post I aim to give you  the guidelines to help you get started. Below are some guidelines to help you get a head start.  Choose which ones are most important but don't crowd your website … [Read more...]

6 Top Tips For Choosing a Domain Name

Your domain name is internet identity. So what should you take into consideration when choosing your business name that will also represent you on the net.  Keep it short Although some places allow you to register a name with up to 63 characters, you have to keep in mind that people need to be able to remember it, and easily type it into … [Read more...]

Your website maintenance ensures the smooth functioning of your site.

Your website maintenance is an important part of keeping your site running properly and up to date.  Believe it or not some business owners allow their sites to go stale or perhaps they don't realise the benefits of maintainenace their site. Website maintenance ensures the smooth functioning of your  site.  If your website is not … [Read more...]

Preparing for your Website Design

When it comes down to using your website as a business tool, all the the bells and whistle in the world won’t necessary keep money coming in. Surprisingly enough, many business owners want a website but they have no idea of what they want the website to say. It's not unusual for business owners to have a basic vision of what their site is going … [Read more...]

Communicating Your WordPress Website Needs

So you've decided to use an expert to build your wordpress website, and communicating with your designer can be one the challenging parts of the hiring process. We firstly ask our clients to keep an open mind about things. Your website expert can help you make informed decisions, by giving you some input on your site ideas as it’s part of our job … [Read more...]

How to remove the default home page in WordPress

How to remove the default home page in WordPress. I remember when I was a WordPress newbie, I would have two home pages,  this was an area that had me scratching my head :-).   A few wordpress newbie friends of mine wanted to know how to do this and here  it is You will need to edit the header php file of your theme and remove this piece of … [Read more...]

8 Top Web Writing Tips

Three stumbling blocks many first-time website owners face are: The discovery that a website, for it to be effective, requires writing. The Web is read differently than books, manuals or other print mediums, and therefore requires a different style. Umm, I'm not a good writer. With that, lots of people struggle to write for their site. … [Read more...]