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WordPress 4.8 is out and includes widget improvements

July 20, 2017 by Keith Buchanan

WordPress 4.8, the new version New features in WordPress 4.8, named “Evans” after the composer and pianist “William John ‘Bill’ Evans” include more great ways to represent your brand, such as: 3 new media widgets – image, audio and video; Updated text widget supporting visual editing; and Link improvements; Image Widget Adding an image is […]

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Get your website on Google My Business and Google Maps

July 10, 2017 by Keith Buchanan

Do you want to direct more traffic to your new or existing website, but don’t want to spend ongoing hours to do so? Why not use Google My Business? Why you should be on Google My Business Did you know that businesses that have listed their information with Google My Business are twice as likely […]

Filed Under: Google, News Tagged With: google, google maps

Online Training Courses for WordPress

April 5, 2017 by Keith Buchanan

WordPress Tutorials

This is a very popular blog article so I have re-released it with the addition of an excellent bite-size series on learning WordPress by iThemes. Available here WordPress Resources, Tips & Tricks and Online Courses WordPress is very easy to use but there are tips and tricks that make it easier to update content.  Also […]

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WordPress Version 4.6 Released

August 18, 2016 by Keith Buchanan

wordpress-4.6

Now available to update in your WordPress Dashboard Version 4.6 of WordPress, named “Pepper” in honor of jazz baritone saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.6 help you to focus on the important things while feeling more at home. What is New? […]

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Using Stripe as a Woocommerce Ecommerce Payment Gateway

May 12, 2016 by Keith Buchanan

Stripe is a relatively new option as a way to take online payments on your ecommerce website.  And it quickly became a favourite with ecommerce shop users because its fees rates are more cost effective than PayPal Stripe Fee Structure 1.4% + €0.25: for European cards excluding VAT. 2.9% + €0.25 for non-European cards excluding VAT. https://stripe.com/ie/pricing Some of the […]

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WordPress 4.4 is released

December 9, 2015 by Keith Buchanan

WordPress 4.4. Released

Version 4.4 of WordPress, named “Clifford” in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown released 8th December 2015 WordPress continues with it’s promise of continued improvement of the Content Management System with a new enhancement and bug release fix – version 4.4.   This is the 4th major release update this year folloing in the footsteps […]

Filed Under: News, WordPress Tagged With: maintenance, wordpress

The impact of the recent Paypal Services Upgrade on your Woocommerce Online Shop

September 14, 2015 by Keith Buchanan

PayPal & Woocommerce

Paypal recent Service Upgrade “IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED: PayPal service upgrades” You may have got an email recently from Paypal saying that they are upgrading their services and your website may be affected because you have used their Paypal gateway in your merchant ecommerce shop.   A bit of an alarming message if you are not […]

Filed Under: News, WordPress Tagged With: ecommerce, paypal, woocommerce, wordpress

Using Quick Edit and Bulk Edit in WordPress to manage your posts in half the time

September 2, 2015 by Keith Buchanan

Save Time with WordPress Quick Edit

Using Quick Edit and Bulk Edit to manage your posts helps Save you Time “Quick Edit” and “Bulk Edit” are not widely used features of WordPress but they are hidden gems because they save you time.  They are a way of editing some of the features of the post in the list of posts without actually […]

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Here is why you should keep WordPress up to date

August 6, 2015 by Keith Buchanan

Why you should keep WordPress up to date

Keep WordPress up to date to avoid being hacked, get more stability, get latest features and it would be really cool for your customers Here are 4 important reasons why you should keep WordPress and associated plugins up to date: 1. Security Updates Because of the popularity of WordPress there is more oportunity and motivation […]

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What is new in WordPress 4.3

July 10, 2015 by Keith Buchanan

WordPress 4.3

New version of WordPress is due to be released August 2015 WordPress 4.2 was released in April and WordPress are on track for a 4.3 release in August.  Some core improvements are going to be introduced in the visual editor and with discussion control.  Passwords are given an overhaul with some nice default strong passwords, and […]

Filed Under: News, WordPress Tagged With: website design

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