Sometimes there are tasks you need to do with a WordPress website that either require or would be much easier to do via FTP. In this short tutorial I'll explain how to do just that. In this case I'm going to upload a plugin. 1. First you'll need some FTP software,...
5 WordPress cake shop website templates
1 . Cake WordPress Theme - Cake Art More information & downloads 2. Cake Bakery WordPress Theme - Justshop More information & downloads 3. Bellaria - A Delicious Cakes and Bakery WordPress Theme More information & downloads 4. Piece of...
Uploading a new theme to WordPress
One of the great things about WordPress is the number of themes you can use to completely change the look at feel of the website. Within WordPress there are a huge number of free themes that you can install with just a couple of clicks. The problem with free themes is...
Securing the WordPress admin user.
Hands up if you have a WordPress website? OK now hands up if you have an administrator on your site with the username admin? How did I guess? Well the simple fact is, that's the default, but to understand why this can be a problem you need to understand how many...
Editing WordPress images
I've been asked a couple of times recently about how to crop images for the WordPress websites, and while for many jobs I'll tend to recommend Adobe Photoshop or GIMP the fact is the image editor in WordPress itself is perfectly capable if not a little bit hidden...
Creating animated gifs from video
I was asked the other day about hosting video for a website, not an uncommon request and normally I would recommend YouTube for hosting video, however in this case my advice was different. When the video was sent to me I discovered that it was only a few seconds long,...
What is UX Design?
You may have heard the term UX design but do you know what it means? and how does it related to websites. Well, UX Stands for User Experience, Why it's not UE I have no idea, probably didn't sound cool enough but I digress. UX design is about understanding your...
How much does a website cost?
The car metaphor The first question most people ask when it comes to purchasing a website is "how much does it cost?" a not entirely unreasonable question but one for which the answer can be quite complicated. The traditional response is "well how much does a car...
Websites are not for everybody
I had a meeting with a potential client on Monday evening, a client that had been referred to me and was looking to instruct someone to build a website. From a sales point of view it was about as good a lead as you can get. So we had a chat about what he thought he...