Blog Posts
Stuff I’ve learned whilst designing, maintaining and hosting websites
Content Delivery Network Full Page Cache
New features for existing customers I don’t just offer new customers excellent service levels. My existing customers also benefit from the improvements and upgrades I implement as part of my continuous improvement process. Striving to offer the best web design,...
You’ve been Hacked
Why Would Anyone Hack My Site? Before we discuss how to fix the issue of a WordPress site being hacked, let’s discuss why anyone would want to hack your website in the first place — especially if you are a small business or charity. Don't worry, It's not you. (More...
Website Maintenance Packages
So why is a Website Maintenance Package so important? Owning a website has responsibilities. You can’t just upload it and forget it. Website Backups Certainly, the most critical tasks when running a website is regular restorable backups. Whilst is having a...
Backups
Why do you need backups of your Website? Your new website is live! You are going in making blog posts, updating and moving site content, and OOPS! You have accidentally erased a file or changed something you can’t figure out how to change back. No worries, you...
WordPress
Why do I use Wordpress? WordPress is the most popular open source Content Management System (CMS) and is used on over 73 million websites. It is free to install, deploy, and upgrade. Thousands of plugins and templates power a flexible and simple interface, which...
Uptime Monitoring
When you want to access a certain site on the internet there is nothing more infuriating than receiving the "Page cannot be displayed" message or even no message at all. You need to access that site there and then, otherwise, you'll move on to somewhere else. Spin...
Passwords. The good, the bad, the ugly.
Passwords have been used since the early ages when Sentry Guards would challenge those approaching to supply a password. In modern times, username and passwords are commonly used to provide access control to protected computer systems. Despite the name, there is no...
So here we go
Hey, My name is Matt, I'm not much of a writer... honestly. This completely goes against my grain, but I thought heck who cares, let's give it a go. My main aim for this blog is to pass on useful advice, tools and things I learned whilst I starting my own Web Design...