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The Complexity of eCommerce Shops (and a Handy WordPress Plugin That Helps) 🔧

May 29, 2025 by Ilkeston Web Design

Video on how to plan your online shopping eCommerce store

Learn how a detailed product inventory spreadsheet is the key to getting a large eCommerce store up and running with less hassle, fewer headaches and in a fraction of the time.

Filed Under: Admin and maintenance, Content writing, eCommerce, Marketing, Planning, Search engines, Tips, Video, Web design, Web development, WordPress Tagged With: content, customers, data, keywords, problem solving, SEO, Strategy, UX, website

What Does a Serious Business Website Realistically Cost? 💷

March 25, 2024 by Ilkeston Web Design

True cost of a website?

Let’s sit down and discuss the time, skill, methods, knowledge and true fees involved for the build and launch of a business website that actually helps you sell.

Filed Under: Admin and maintenance, Article, eCommerce, Marketing, Planning, Search engines, Tips, Video, Web design, Web development, WordPress Tagged With: costs, website, WordPress

What Happens When Webhosting and WordPress Software Isn’t Kept Up-to-date? ⚠️

February 9, 2024 by Ilkeston Web Design

Presentation on WordPress core software and plugins

If you don’t maintain the webhosting PHP version and the software WordPress runs on, your website can malfunction, break or disappear from search engines.

Filed Under: Admin and maintenance, Article, Search engines, Security, Tips, Video, Web development, WordPress Tagged With: audit, business continuity, costs, derby, development, hacking, ilkeston, maintenance, nottingham, security, SEO, uptime, WAMP, website, WordPress

Websites Built on WordPress Vs Custom Build: What’s Best for Your Business? 🌗

December 13, 2023 by Ilkeston Web Design

Photo of two people planning a website on paper

Although WordPress powers half of all websites online, is free, open source, and perfect for small businesses, should you just skip it and go “custom” instead?

Filed Under: Admin and maintenance, Article, Audio, eCommerce, Planning, Tips, Web design, Web development, WordPress Tagged With: WordPress

It’s Complicated: Should Businesses Dump Crappy Instant Website Builders? ❤️‍🩹

August 8, 2017 by Ilkeston Web Design

Frustrated woman using laptop

If the claims are to be believed, are these instant online website builders really that bad, or are jealous “real” web designers just defending their turf?

Filed Under: Admin and maintenance, Article, Planning, Search engines, Tips, Web design, Web development Tagged With: design, development, marketing, website

The Website Pitstop: Why You MUST Develop and Test WordPress Websites Offline ⛽

September 27, 2016 by Ilkeston Web Design

Lego racing car pitstop

It’s easy to botch up a live WordPress website, which is why an offline “local” web server is essential for testing, developing and backing up your work.

Filed Under: Admin and maintenance, Tips, Video, Web development, WordPress Tagged With: derby, development, ilkeston, nottingham, Small business, WAMP, WordPress

JPG Vs PNG: What’s the Best Website Image File Format? 🗂️

February 20, 2015 by Ilkeston Web Design

JPG or PNG File Format

When it comes to choosing the best file format for websites, should you go for a bog standard trusty JPEG or plump for the power of PNG?

Filed Under: Graphic design, Tips, Video, Web design, Web development Tagged With: design

Website Planning & Development Spreadsheet – Free Download 📋

June 16, 2014 by Ilkeston Web Design

Website Planning Spreadsheet Advice

Use spreadsheets to properly plan website structure, record keyword themes and have an overview of page URLs, redirects, meta titles and descriptions.

Filed Under: Planning, Search engines, Tips, Video, Web development Tagged With: design, development, keywords, SEO, Strategy

A Clever Web Server Trick to Make It Easy for Customers to Write Google Reviews ✅

May 21, 2014 by Ilkeston Web Design

How to configure your web server to redirect a short URL to the long complicated Google review URL so customers can easily leave a review.

Filed Under: Marketing, Social media, Tips, Video, Web development Tagged With: .htaccess, derby, nottingham, reviews, Small business

Is Your Website Legal? An EU Data Protection Warning ☔

February 2, 2014 by Ilkeston Web Design

Cookie Consent and Privacy Policy

Websites operating in the EU must implement legally required data protect measures. In the event of a complaint regarding privacy your business could be audited.

Filed Under: Legal obligations, Tips, Video, Web development Tagged With: cookies, data protection, ICO, Small business

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