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Whether you’re building your own website for the first time or you’ve created hundreds of websites from scratch, you’ll find these guides and tips invaluable for making your website the best it can be.
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Tips for grabbing the perfect .com domain name
Looking for the perfect .com domain name? You’re in the right place! Below we’ll share our best tips to help you grab a name that’s memorable, easy, and SEO-friendly — something you’ll be proud of and that Google (and AIs like ChatGPT) will love too. 1. Keep it short...
How to remove the “Powered by Shopify” footer credit
Are you wanting to get rid of that pesky "powered by Shopify" in your store’s footer? One of the quickest and easiest customisations you can make is removing the default “Powered by Shopify” text. It’s super simple to do, and gives your store a more polished feel. Why...
Remove ‘Protected’ from Page Title in WordPress
As you probably already know, if you set your Wordpress page or post to "Password Protected", then the word "Protected" will show before the default page title on the front of your website. A lot of people want to get rid of this - fortunately it's nice and easy!!...
Is WordPress 5.5 breaking your website? Here’s how to fix this jQuery problem.
WordPress 5.5 (aka "Eckstine") came out a couple of weeks ago, and websites have been breaking all over the show. But it's not a problem with WordPress - these changes have been planned for a long time. Yet despite warning developers to update and test their code,...
8 Must-Do Things When Launching a New Website
So you're ready to launch your new website? That's awesome! When launching your website, there's a lot of things you MUST do in order to give your website the best chance of success. Some of these things will help your SEO, others will help you manage your website....
Use Email Address as WordPress Username for WooCommerce Customers
It bugs me that users are automatically given a random username when registering for WordPress through WooCommerce - surely their username should just be their email address, right? Why have two separate details? Well, thankfully it's easy to automatically set their...
Remove ‘Projects’ post type in Divi
Divi is great, but you don't always need all the features. I often find myself not using the "Projects" post type, and prefer to hide it to keep the back end simple for my clients. It's easy to do, just add the following code to the end of your functions.php file: //...
Remove Website URL Field from WordPress Comment Form
Making your website easy to use is important, so I like to remove unnecessary fields from forms - that way, it's easier for people to get in touch with you. One of those annoying fields is the "Website URL" field in the Wordpress Comment form. It is also often used...