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Many of us have heard about social proof, many have probably used it but why don't small business owners use it on their website? Just a small addition such as...
As you should know by now, making WordPress security easy and stressing it’s importance is something of a passion of ours here at Showcase. So, here are 5 quick fire…
This simple tool is designed to help you quickly and easily configure the settings on your installation of All in One WP Security and Firewall. This, for us, is the...
If you’re looking to secure your wordpress website, there’s a plethora of security plugins on the wordpress marketplace – both free and paid.
SSL is an important modern feature of the online world and it's being pushed by all the big search engines including Google as it's a proactive step towards protecting the...
Improve the overall strength of your passwords and stay secure online with Lastpass. Key features include: There's a free version which stores upto 20 passwords which will give you a...
When purchasing a domain name, there's a few things you consider before you rush out and make a purchase that may not help you further down the line. Here's a...
As part of our ongoing attempts to improve the services we provide for our clients, we are currently in the process of upgrading our servers to make them faster and...
It’s arrived! The latest WordPress update which promises to be faster and more efficient to all involved in using it to host and publish their content – whether for a website…
It’s with a heavy heart that we have to release this announcement. We are no longer going to be developing websites in CMS Made Simple unless we are specifically asked…
In this article, we will explore the concept of the homepage and the misconceptions around having a homepage. In olden times, say 3-4 years ago, it was important to have…
Often seen as an unnecessary expense by small business owners at the outset of their business, terms and conditions have time and again proven to be a great investment and…
So this is it, the big day! Your website that you have lovingly crafted with the help of your trusty web development team is about to go live. Any minute…
Media queries didn’t exist a few years ago but now are essential and fundamental elements of modern web design. Let’s explore them and how they can impact your business. In…
This is part 6 of our mini series in logo design. If you’ve missed part 5 and earlier parts, you can click here to be taken back to part 1….
This is part 5 in our logo design mini series. If you missed part 4 on logo sizing, you can click here and catch up. Again, I briefly touched on…
We’ve been asked a few times recently to explain the concept of split testing and why someone would consider it. Here we’ll delve into the murky world of systematic visual…
This is part 4 of our logo design concepts mini series and although we touched on this before with embroidery, it’s important to note that size matters! If you’ve missed…
‘Above the fold’ is a phrase often banded about by marketeers and the concept is something very useful to each and every website owner. Here we’ll explore the roots of…
This post is part 3 of our logo design series. I recommend you look at part 2 first so you know what elements we’ve already covered. It’s very important for…
This is the continuation of our mini-series of posts regarding logo design and the considerations around it. If you missed Part 1, I would recommend going back and starting there….
| Estimated reading time: 5min 36 secs | We are often saying to our clients – “it’s important to constantly maintain your website from a technical point of view to…
We all see logos hundreds of times a day. Whether it be a logo that represents a brand or business, or an event or even a person – logo’s are…
Our Maintenance services today. How many of you can ‘hand-on-heart’ say you have been into your WordPress or Magento websites recently to see if there are any updates that need…
Today I’d like to talk about the ‘build’ category of services. We build websites. It’s our core business and expertise, and something we love to do. When we look at…
Most site owners assume that if their website was targeted by hackers there would be no interesting data to steal such as credit card details, and believe hacking it would…
Are you always forgetting passwords? Do you wish there was just some way to remember all those passwords and make sure they are all secure at the same time? Say…
We are running a builders special offer. Notoriously, builders’ websites have been something created by well-wishing friends and family members because they themselves are too busy and / or not…
A survey conducted by Wordfence asked the question: If you know how your site was compromised please describe how the attackers gained access. Over 60% of site owners did not…
Just this bank holiday weekend, I was in front of my pc working on the website of a well-known TV magician, creating an automated sales funnel. When a user goes…
Enhancing existing websites is one of our favourite things. By website enhancements, I mean anything from fixing things which have broken or changed over time to adding new features. We can carry…
We’ve referred to ‘white label’ across the website and some of you who have seen it may be wondering ‘what on earth is that’? Many years ago, this referred to…
In our part 2, we looked at how PPC advertising, among other things, can be useful in gaining a new website much needed initial traffic. Now let us look at…
This article is the second instalment in a three-part series. Missed part 1? You can find it here. There are still millions of people who erroneously believe that if you…
I had a bit of a bug with this website when I was creating it – basically we wanted to disable our homepage video on mobile devices because of bandwidth…
I was just updating the terms and conditions of this very website when I stumbled across an ‘annoyance’ or ‘foible’ of WordPress. When using a Global Content Block to help…
WordPress is certainly not the only content management system available to website developers, but it is arguably the most famous of website platforms. Millions of satisfied users ranging from casual…
It is essential to understand the performance of your website; in terms of the numbers of people visiting and what they are doing when on your site. With Google analytics…
In this global village where everything has become digital, it is important to have an online platform. E-commerce is another name for buying and selling on the internet. The biggest…
It’s certainly very exciting when you have established your business on the world wide web for the first time. But remember merely putting up your website is no guarantee that…
In today’s digital age, people from all sorts of backgrounds are all trying to create a blog for themselves. From big companies to small start-up businesses, everyone is busy promoting…
To define content management in strict terms, it is the method of organizing and gathering various types of content – text, images, clips, etc. – along with tagging schemes in…
Never before has it been so easy for individuals and businesses to run a website online. There are many free options available for hosting your website, but remember free always…
The concept of CSS dates back to 1997, when it was created so web developers could easily set apart their web pages’ design from their content. However, it took more…
Not everyone is a web developer, so it’s completely common if you don’t understand some web development terms that you come across when you plan your website. To help you…
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is regarded as one of the most popular (or even the most popular) is an online marketing tool. The purpose of SEO is to use…
“Successful people do as successful people did” – it’s a new quote I’ve just come up with. It’s based on an age-old concept, outlined in Think and Grow Rich, and…
Following a very informative meeting with Robin Sharpe of the Entrepeneurs Circle, I feel it’s important to share some of the advertising ideas I learnt, particularly about the options available…
Having the keys to edit your website content is all well and good, but knowing what to do with them is a story in itself…. One of the current trends…
Since the “mobile-first” mantra was coined by Eric Schmidt in 2010, Google have stated that this is the way to go. Many businesses disregarded this advice, and now Google is…
Part 1 in my “Get the most out of Networking” series – I look at the key questions you need to be asking yourself when considering whether to attend a…
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