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On average images comprise over 2/3rds of the size of a page request - here I look at how to optimise images to speed up your website.

January 19, 2017

I often receive briefs that have a blog listed as a requirement. As I predominately use WordPress then adding a blog to a website is fairly simple as out-of-the-box WordPress is ready go. Do you need a blog? Not every website, however, should have a blog…

September 28, 2016

I try and blog every month but with a busy summer both in my personal life and with work I haven’t had the chance to put pen to paper, so to speak. I do have a few topics I would like to write about when I…

June 15, 2016

I’m excited to announce that, in partnership with School of Tech, I’ll be running an Introduction to WordPress Theming course on the 31st August. The 1 day course will be ran from Campus North in Newcastle upon Tyne. Perfect for those who are already confident with…

March 26, 2016

There are a number of Lazy Loading plugins for WordPress however, as usual, I am always looking for the most simple solution. It’s likely that you’ve implemented lazy load in some shape or form before and it’s equally as likely that you’ve encountered issues with this technique….

February 8, 2016

When you submit information to a website, unless it’s encrypted, there’s potential for this data to be intercepted between the client (you) and the server (the website). For e-commerce transactions where credit card details are exchanged this is a no brainer and is a requirement…

January 29, 2016

My first conference of 2016 was A Day of REST conference in London. It was the first event I’ve been to in a while that wasn’t a WordCamp and focused specifically on the WordPress REST API. As my experience and expertise has increased in web…

November 29, 2015

In the summer I devised a talk on optimising images. I use talks in order to learn more about a given subject; having the added pressure of speaking on a topic means you need to know your subject inside out. I’m always interested in learning…

October 31, 2015

By default the editor in WordPress is not, as some people describe it, a WYSIWYG editor. Often there is a huge disconnect between the front-end of the site and the admin which results in a poor experience and more support requests. Attempts have been taken to improve…