Digital Guides

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How to automatically open all external links in a new tab

When a visitor is browsing your website, clicking on an external link can disrupt their workflow by taking them away… Read

How to connect to remote database via SSH Tunnel

Accessing remote databases securely is crucial for many web developers and system administrators. One of the most effective methods for… Read

Set file permissions for WordPress

Recovering Missing Styles and Scripts After a WordPress Migration: Resetting File Permissions So, you’ve just moved your WordPress site, right?… Read

How to install wordpress into a subdirectory of another wordpress site?

Sometimes you don’t want to use a WordPress multisite install to manage multiple sites across a network and want separate… Read

Add WordPress Admin User with SQL

Regaining access to a WordPress website where the Lost Password functionality is failing Lost the keys to your WordPress website?… Read

How to use AJAX in WordPress

What is Ajax? AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous Javascript and XML. AJAX is used to allow the server to… Read

UK Mainland Postcodes

Download CSV of all Woocommerce UK Mainland Postcodes Mainland UK Postcodes You’ll need to copy and paste all the below… Read

CF7 – Change Form Action

When you want to practise good userflows in your website design, you’ll find that a simple thank you message on… Read

Import Products into Woocommerce

Google Spreadsheet Woocommerce Import Read

WP Multisite from Subdomain to Subdirectory

WP Config Amends In order to make a WordPress multisite setup work from a subdirectory instead of subdomain do the… Read

How to update hosts file to see hidden websites

How to Preview Staging Sites or Redirect Domains with Your Hosts File When you need to preview a website that’s… Read

VIM Cheatsheet

Testing Cron on Server

Testing Cron on Server Create PHP File “cront_test.php” with following code: Add following into crontab (crontab -u apache -e) Read

Installing and updating plug-ins

How to install your plug-ins Always install a plugin in the Morning! Giving time to fix if anything goes wrong…. Read

Database Import

How to import a backup database If you’ve just carried out a major update and it’s gone belly up you’ve… Read

How to backup database using phpMyAdmin

Before carrying out any sort of major update to a website, be it a platform or plugin update, you need… Read

Default Sort Order

Choose the Default Product Sort Order This used to be in Woocommerce > Settings, but they randomly decided to move… Read

Stripe Setup

Creating a Stripe account The client must create a Stripe account, then activate the account and fill in all the… Read

Contact Form Set Up

Contact form code Log into website admin Copy this code Go back into your website admin area Read

Image Sizing

Image Preparation The Process 1. Image Type2. Decide Height to Width Ratio3. Decide Size & Layout Location4. Final Crop Don’t… Read

Writing SEO Content

SEO Titles and Subtitles Whenever you’re planning on writing content for a page that you want to rank on Google… Read

Manufacturer website design

Assumptions about Manufacturers Manufacturer website design can be challenging with a value based proposition Before building a website for manufacturers a website… Read

Setup Email – Server

How to set up your email account You can read your messages from our webmail in other mail clients, like… Read

Setup Email – Google Apps

Setting up your email clients with Google Apps You can read your messages from Gmail in other mail clients, like… Read

SEO Backlinks

What are SEO Backlinks Simply put, backlinks are links included on other websites that point back to yours. It’s not a complicated concept… Read

History of SEO

What is search engine optimisation? SEO or Search Engine Optimisation is used to describe the work carried out by website owners, or their… Read