In the digital world, speed is the name of the game. Website visitors have become increasingly impatient, and even a few seconds of delay can lead to lost opportunities and dissatisfied users. That’s why choosing the right web hosting provider is crucial. In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of web hosting speed and […]

Refreshing your website design is crucial to keep up with the evolving digital landscape. Follow these ten essential steps to ensure a successful website design refresh that enhances user experience and boosts engagement. Step 1: Set Clear Goals Define the purpose and objectives of your website refresh. Identify the key areas that need improvement, such […]

Introduction:In today’s digital era, a successful digital marketing campaign holds immense potential for business growth. However, before taking the plunge into the world of digital marketing, it is crucial to be aware of several key factors. In this article, we will discuss six essential considerations that you need to keep in mind before embarking on […]

Introduction:The world of web development is constantly changing, bringing new technologies and trends that shape how we use websites and online applications. In this article, we’ll take a look at the exciting future of web development, highlighting the emerging technologies and trends that are revolutionising the industry. From user-friendly progressive web apps and smart AI […]

What is Website Design and Development? Website design and development is the process of creating a website. A website can be anything from a simple brochure site to an e-commerce store with thousands of products and multiple payment gateways. The key elements of website design that we focus on are: The Benefits of Using Firth […]

The Oxygen slider element is a great easy to use tool for creating a simple slider. You can add any content to a slide but you will run into problems if you try to animate text independently from the rest of the slide. So here is an example of what we are trying to achieve […]

Recently I was asked by a customer of mine if I could set up an area that was only available to their clients for viewing training videos and other sensitive content for their clients eyes only. Basically they wanted a simple way that they could just manually add a user and allow that user to […]

Is your email ending up in your clients spam folders? There are a few things you can do to limit this as detailed in Jake Burnett’s article here. His article amongst other things gives three main things you can do to limit the number of false positives attributed to your G Suite email. The biggest […]

Recently I was asked by a client to change the default wording of a WordPress registration error. The website had a popup login/registration plugin installed and the error message “Error: This email is already registered, please choose another one.” was displayed when an existing customer entered their email address on the “New Account (new customers)” […]

Oxygen Builder and Advanced Custom Fields is a great combination that allows you to create any type of content you like and display it beautifully. Unfortunately by default WordPress will sort your custom posts according to the published date in reverse chronological order. But what if you don’t want them sorted by published date and […]

Have you ever created a smooth scroll to anchor id in Oxygen Builder and had some of the content hidden behind the header? Well this tutorial will demonstrate how to create an offset on the anchor to compensate for the sticky header. With Oxygen Builder, it is a simple process to be able to get […]

The over all effect we are looking for is a semi opaque overlay with a centred Font Awesome icon on hover similar to the image below. How do we accomplish this in Oxygen builder? The first thing we need to do is make the required Font Awesome icon available for use in the front end […]

Oxygen Builder is a great page builder but sometimes other plugins don’t play very well with it. I ran into problems with WPC Fly Cart which is an excellent plugin for displaying a mini cart for WooCommerce. No matter what I did I couldn’t get the cart icon to display after the menu by using the default method, that of selecting the menu you want to apply it to in the settings.

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Just like any software, your website requires updating to keep the site working properly and in tip top performance. Avoiding website maintenance is like never servicing your car. Sooner or later you are going to run into problems. Your website should always be live, ready for customers and presenting your business at its finest. WordPress […]

In this tutorial I will show you a step by step guide on how to add a font awesome icon to a button object in Oxygen Builder using the CSS pseudo-element :before. As a matter of fact this procedure can be used to add icon fonts from other collections as well as we will be […]

Sometimes you might want to greatly increase the length of time before the sessions timeout on your website/web application. I recently came across this issue when one of my clients logged into his web application, then went away for an hour or two and then came back and had to log on again. He was annoyed when he always had to log back in again if he left his PC for longer than 24 minutes which is the default session timeout value.

All of us want better rankings in Google, here are 13 items every page on your website must have that the experts don’t tell you… ONE focus. Whether it be a category of products (or service) you offer; a specific product or service or a helpful blog or update for your reader, you must have […]

“How much does Google AdWords cost?” It’s a reasonable question, and one we hear all the time, especially from newcomers to paid search. After all, those new to PPC are probably most interested in how much they’ll be expected to shell out to advertise on Google, and whether they can even afford it! Unfortunately, there’s […]

I recently came across the situation where a client wanted the flat rate shipping method removed if the free shipping method was available in the WooCommerce shipping cart, something that I would have thought would be standard behaviour in WooCommerce. Apparently it isn’t.