I’ve recently put the finishing touches to the design and build of a website and blog for a fellow LayMyHatter who owns and runs Basse Copette. Thomas knows a fair bit about Wordpress having been using it on Wordpress.com, but decided that he needed a professional website design & build with a luxury feel to fully complement his luxury gite business. Read More
A conversation cropped up in a forum recently about the issues surrounding domains and server locations when it comes to search. There is a lot of confusion out there about how Google et al decide which ‘local’ search your site should feature in.
Here’s a quick explanation: Read More
About 2 months ago, I had a hosting nightmare. 8 of my sites were hosted with a 3rd party and their servers went down.
For a week.
And for all of that week, there was a real risk that I would lose all the data from all of the sites. Understandably, when the sites came back online, having breathed a huge sigh of relief, I did two things. Read More
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Using Flickr photos for free on your website
Quite often when it comes to building your website, your focus is on photos of the property you’re trying to rent out. However, if you’ve bought the property mid winter, or are mid refurbishment, sometimes you can find your website looking a bit sparse.
When I’m building a website for a client, I always encourage them to include photos from around the region, as well as more ‘atmospheric’ photos which will add to their overall brand impact. And whereas it usually costs a fortune to source quality images of this type, there is a free source which often gets overlooked. Read More »