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What could possibly go wrong with WordPress?
With so many users on the world’s most popular leading open source CMS, what are the risks and how can you prevent them? Our guest author, Simon Keller, outlines ALL that can possibly go wrong.
When is it the right time for you to upgrade from a theme/template website to a bespoke website?
It depends on many factors – most notably how you honestly feel about your website.
Going for a WordPress theme site? This will help you make better choices!
While we specialise bespoke designed WordPress sites, occasionally, we are asked to use a WordPress theme. Themes are available from a lot of different sources, at varying degrees of quality, but I admit there are a few nice ones out there. It’s less expensive as they are pre-designed and the HTML is already built.So, sometimes it’s what’s best for a client, at that point in their business. But sometimes we find them to be slow to load and overly complex – they come with far too many things in them.
Think bespoke websites are a waste of money? Here are 5 important things to consider so you don’t suffer from “Embarrassing Website Shame”.
We know what you’re thinking, why pay more for a custom, bespoke website when you can purchase a theme for quite a lot less?
Do you really need a blog? (here’s 11 reasons you’ll want one)
This is the part of your site which changes regularly, and is meant to.
It’s much more interesting to say on your social networks, “read my new post” (with a great headline) than “I just added a new service on my website’s services page!
Reinforce your key messages
You may have (if you’re smart) introduced key messages elsewhere in your site but by finding clever ways to blog about these things you can reinforce that you really stand by them
Some things you should know about WordPress (which I know, and I am not a coder either)
As the CEO/Owner/Director/Founder/Other fancy title of Top Left Design, I know a lot of things, but not everything! I come from a design background, not a coding background so I woudn’t claim to be especially technical – though I suppose compared to many I am.
But even though I am not strictly technical, I like it when technology just works – and makes life easier. A few years ago, when we started using WordPress for blogging, I saw this was different from other systems – I liked it – it’s easier to use and more flexible. And our two in house coders, Kevin and JP (previously featured on our post on Geek Appreciation Day) are specialists in WordPress sites. It’s our system of choice, and I wanted to let you know why – and some useful facts about it – so we share the joy of WordPress!
Things that I’ve learnt at Top Left Design that I didn’t know before (by Olivia Collins – intern – September-November 2012)
When I came for the interview at Top Left Design I was excited, but not particularly optimistic about my chances of being selected to intern here. As an advertising and brand management graduate I knew little about web or graphic design and had always considered myself to be computer illiterate. However, I was eager to learn and the always friendly and helpful team at Top Left Design took the time to teach. So here are the seven most important things I’ve learnt:
Some feedback from our recent seminars
Read on to find out how people felt about our last 2 seminar held on the 20th and 26th of January – all about Blogging, Twitter and LinkedIn for business. You will feel like you were there!
And our next seminar, in case you are interested, is on Social Media for Business – on February 17th
The strangeness of blog comments
Many of the commments we get on our blog are sadly the work of folk who want “back links” to their sites – it’s a search engine trick.
While going through some of the latest, I thought I just HAD to share some of the odd and irrelevant comments we have gotten. I have divided this into 3 main topics so far!
Free and Useful
What Every Website Needs to Be, Do and Have
