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Do you do these 10 things during website maintenance?
You already know that it is essential to keep your website maintained so I won’t go into depth here about why website maintenance is important. What you may not know however is what kind of activities you should be carrying out when you maintain your site. My name is Paul Edwards, I am a Web…
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Why you need a website maintenance plan for your WordPress site
WordPress typically makes it incredibly fast and straightforward to launch and manage a website, whether you are creating an internet portfolio, an e-commerce website, or using WordPress to build sites for your clients, the WordPress platform and the huge community that use and support it, has got your back. There are very good reasons for…
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9 Days of #GDPRtips
Blog Audio: Read/listen time: 34 seconds It’s nearly here! 24 hours until GDPR Over the last 9 days, I have posted some tips about GDPR to Twitter. For all of you that may have missed one or all of them, here they are! Naturally there is a lot more to do to achieve GDPR than…
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A review of WordPress 4.9.6 ‘the GDPR update’
Blog Audio: Read/listen time: 6 minutes So you’re probably asking yourself “whats so special about this update that it requires a blog post?” So if you’re in Europe, or if you are outside of Europe but service EU residents via your website, you may have heard about this little thing called GDPR. GDPR is a…
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Website GDPR Compliance & Auditing
GDPR puts additional requirements on those that run websites that collect personal data from any EU citizen. I can help you make sense of how GDPR applies to your website and give you a plan to help you become compliant. If you want to read about other elements of website consultancy or give me a…![Wordcamp London 2018 hall]()
Wordcamp London 2018 – Links to presentation slides
Blog Audio: Read/listen time: 1 minute I had the privilege to attend Wordcamp London 2018 over the weekend of 14-15th April 2018. Without a doubt it was the best organised and most inclusive ‘camp’ I have been to so far for any product or platform. I love going to these events and having the opportunity…
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Win a 3-Month Premium Website Care Package worth £897
** COMPETITION CLOSED ** Blog Audio: Read/listen time: 2 minutes I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the New Year than giving your website a fresh start We both know that your website is likely the single most important tool your business has for reaching new customers and generating enquiries and sales. For…
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Time management tips that you can use TODAY
Blog Audio: Read/listen time: 8 minutes If you run a small business, are self employed or work on your own you may be asking yourself: How can I stay productive and make the most out of every day, regardless of my state of mind? Fortunately the answer to your question is pretty straight forward and…
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Why does a WordPress website require maintenance?
Content management systems make managing our websites and their content much easier. These content management systems are continuously updated to add new features, make them faster, remove bugs and improve security when vulnerabilities are found. By maintaining your WordPress website and its plugins updated you remove known vulnerabilities which make it harder for people to…
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12 Simple Steps to Bulletproof WordPress Backups
Blog Audio: Read/listen time: 22 minutes I think you’ll agree with me when I say: It’s very hard to have 100% confidence in your wordpress backups. To know absolutely that if anything goes wrong, at any time, that your safe. But it doesn’t have to be that way. This guide gives you 12 simple steps…
