What does “affordable web design” mean? Affordable: something that can be afforded low-cost: that you have the financial means for; that can be afforded; believed to be within one’s financial means So, affordable web design means a web design that is within one’s financial means. Right? I think that what people normally mean by affordable is “cheap”. After all, how can anyone else know…
As a web designer living in East London I recently decided to take a look around at the local scene. A Google search for ‘web design east london’ returns lots of hits and as always the style and quality of the sites varies dramatically. Just for fun I’ve decided to rate the first five entries…
I have decided that it is time to raise my daily rate from £110 to £140 (£17.50/hr). This is the first increase since I started Keith Devon Web Development. This rate applies only to private freelancing jobs. Sub-contract work will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. The increase in rates reflects my improved and expanded…
I’m pleased to announce the launch of the new Shaun West website. Shaun contacted me in mid September about designing a new website. He already had a site but wanted a more professional look. He also wanted the site to be managed using WordPress. I set out a proposal and project timetable and we got…
I am pleased to announce that I have secured a contract to build the new website for a security and close protection specialist. The site will be based on WordPress, giving the client an easy way to edit and update content. I will be incorporating a blog section that will allow my client to write…
The excerpt function that is so useful in WordPress posts, does not come as standard on pages. Luckily, the fix is easy. Add the following code to your functions.php file and voila! Excerpts on wordpress pages. // add excerpts to pages function add_page_excerpt_meta_box() { add_meta_box( ‘postexcerpt’, __(‘Excerpt’), ‘post_excerpt_meta_box’, ‘page’, ‘normal’, ‘core’ ); } add_action( ‘admin_menu’,…
A client recently requested that their ‘Members’ page be sorted by surname and not first name. The lists were generated using the follwing code: <?php$cat_args = array( ‘sort_column’ => ‘post_title’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘parent’ => 12); $categories = get_categories($cat_args); foreach($categories as $category) { echo ‘<ul id=”member”><li><h3>’ . $category->name.'</h3></li>’; $post_args = array( ‘numberposts’ => 50,…
Having recently designed the Royal Ulster Academy website, I am now looking to use my experience in this area to work on other art gallery websites. Why are websites important to galleries? The internet has become the ‘go-to’ place for information. Customers will go to a company’s website for contact details, directions, information on history…
A web host is a company that stores website data and makes it available to the World Wide Web. Web hosts come in many shapes and sizes, from ISPs providing a single page to business servers hosting thousands of pages and applications. Choosing a web host involves balancing what is important to the success of…
In laymans terms a domain name is the web address of a site. The domain name of The BBC website is www.bbc.co.uk. There are an unlimited number of options available for domain names. Getting it right is important. This article will help you do just that.
A content management system (CMS) allows web site owners to add, edit and remove text, images and other media on a web page, without needing to know any web coding. There are many different CMSs available, from commercial versions to open source (free). The most popular CMS today is the open source platform WordPress.
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