Three Reasons to Use Elementor (And Three Reasons Not To)

Elementor

For many years, this website used the popular WordPress theme Genesis by StudioPress. It remains one of my favourite WordPress frameworks, but in early 2020 I wanted to try something different and opted for the lightweight WordPress design GeneratePress. I can’t speak highly enough about GeneratePress. It’s one of the easiest WordPress themes to optimise … Read more

Restarting the Blogging Engine

Restarting the Blogging Engine

Maintaining a successful blog is a lot like driving a steam train. It takes a lot of energy to get it going, but even when you’re on the right track, you need to keep adding fuel to the fire or it will eventually grind to a halt. Failure to follow the principle of publishing good … Read more

11 Website Builders to Help You Create the Perfect Website

Website Builders

Website builders help you create professional websites in minutes. They can be used to create blogs, business websites, resumes, online portfolios, eCommerce stores and more. All you have to do is select a pre-made website design, move things around using a drag and drop page builder and then add your content. That’s all there is … Read more

Building an Online Community with WordPress

Building an Online Community with WordPress

It should be no surprise that WordPress is one of the most popular platforms for online communities. With a built-in user system, simple publishing options and website design customiser, the core version of WordPress is a great starting point for a community. All you need to do is choose one of the many community WordPress … Read more

5 Affiliate Programs That Make Me Money

Affiliate Programs

To say that 2020 has been a crazy year for everyone would be an understatement. Few of us were prepared for Covid or a world where no one knew how to deal with it. Like everyone else, I’ve had many few ups and downs myself this year. I’ve sadly lost a family member, caught covid … Read more

Migrating to the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)

WordPress

The WordPress block editor officially became the default editor of WordPress when WordPress 5.0 was released on 6 December 2018. It is a user-friendly drag and drop editor that lets you easily create custom layouts and style your content. The block editor is also known as Gutenberg and before it was built into the WordPress … Read more

Convesio – A WordPress Hosting Company That is Changing the Game

Convesio

Convesio is a new managed WordPress hosting company that boasts a fast and reliable cloud hosting infrastructure. At the time of writing, the service is still operating in beta, however they are planning to launch officially in the second quarter of 2020. Therefore, you might see their website design and marketing material change a little … Read more

Modern Events Calendar – A Professional Event Management Solution for WordPress

Modern Events Calendar is an advanced events calendar solution for WordPress that simplifies the task of managing events, publicising events, and taking bookings. A lite version of the WordPress plugin has over 20,000 installations and counting. This is no surprise given how much functionality is included with it. Whilst it is easy to recommend the … Read more