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03 Dec 2011

Forcing PDFs to download in WordPress

What a browser does with different files is very much up to the browser, and for the most part that’s exactly the way it should be. It’s up to the user how they deal with downloads, and you should really have users who know to right-click and choose “save file as…” or similar when they’re [...]

16 Sep 2011

How to buy your website, part VIII – more management

Wow – it’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? I’ve been off actually doing what I’ve been telling you all about – for the most part! Sometimes we all slip up, so I’ll tell you about that now. As ever, you can see all the previous parts of the series here. So last time [...]

04 Jul 2011

How to buy your website, part VII – managing a web project

Cripes. Seven whole parts. We’re in deadly sin territory, here… and today we’ll be discussing how not to sin with your project management! Ha ha ha ha I’m so clever. Anyway, if you’d like to see all the earlier parts, click here – and you can also sign up to the mailing list for future [...]

23 Jun 2011

How to buy your website, part VI – briefing your developer

Wow. Last of the Star Wars numbers… We’re up to part IV, Return of the Jedi. Or, if you’re not quite that geeky, we’re up to briefing your developer. I’ve now gathered all the previous parts of this series on to one page and you can also sign up to my mailing list for monthly [...]

16 Jun 2011

How to buy your website, part V – briefing your designer

Up to part V, and what’s that bleep-bleep-bleep sound? That’s right, it’s the “vital post” alarm going off. You could have skipped the earlier posts if you already had a fairly good idea of what you want your site to do and who you want to do it, but this post should apply to everyone. [...]

08 Jun 2011

How to buy your website, part IV – from shortlist to supplier

Part IV of the series I am now ashamed to be calling “H2BYW”. It’s easier for Twitter, you see. Anyway – you can go back to part I to find out about whether you need a website or not, and what it should do; to part II for a quick guide to how websites actually [...]

01 Jun 2011

How to buy your website, part III – picking suppliers

Wow – up to part III already! In part I we looked at how to work out what you want. In part II, we took a meander down the techy road of how the web works. Today, we’ll be looking at those talented individuals who actually make things happen, and how to pick them. It’s [...]

24 May 2011

How to buy your website, part II – how the web works

Welcome to part II of our series on how to buy your website. Last time, we talked about the first step – working out what you need. You should now have a rough list of ideas, links and suggestions from your customers – hang on to those. Today we’ll be taking a tiny diversion to [...]

20 May 2011

How to buy your website, part I – what do you want?

Over the coming weeks I’m going to be writing a series of posts on the best way to buy your website – from deciding what you want from it to finding and briefing developers and designers, working with the team delivering it, and how to launch. In part one, I’ll be talking about the very [...]

12 May 2011

A presentation I did

A while back, I did a presentation about WordPress at CamCreative – where I had a lovely time and met some wonderful people. Now, at last, I’ve got round to uploading a PDF of the presentation I did – although the wonderful video which had some incredible action shots of installing WordPress hasn’t made it. [...]

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