It’s a New Year, and time to take stock of what’s available online to help market your business. Yes, it’s confusing and things change very quickly. So think of me as your web technology guide – I’m here to bounce ideas off and support you in your online endeavours. Lately, I’ve been getting a lot [...]
Here’s a quick screencast I did of how to upload images and create an image gallery using the new gallery feature that came with the latest update of WordPress. For best viewing, watch the gallery in full screen mode.
In this short video, I talk about search engine optimisation and some of the results I have achieved for my clients. As a web designer, I’m often asked if I ‘do SEO’. The short answer is yes. In fact, I’ve been doing SEO since before we had a name for it (back in the 1990′s). [...]
Celebrant for You is a new site for Suzanne Teague an Auckland marriage celebrant. Before contacting Web Matters, Suzanne had already decided on WordPress to run her website and had gotten as far as getting the hosting set up, WordPress installed and a WordPress theme purchased and installed. Things got a little tricky when it [...]
So you’ve just bought a shiny new WordPress theme, but for the life of you, you just can’t get it to look the way it did in the theme demo. This is an all too common problem. But don’t worry; help is just an email away. I’m often contacted by people who’ve bought a WordPress [...]
Learn the basics of the NextGen WordPress gallery plugin, including how to create a gallery, upload images to the gallery and how to add the gallery to a page. The video is best viewed at full screen size.
I’ve put together a quick video instruction on how to create an image banner for your website that uses exact pixel dimensions. For best viewing, click on the play in HD button. Pixlr.com is an excellent online image editing system that is easy and fast to use. Go to www.pixlr.com to get started.
We’ve just put a new website live for Shirley Wine. Shirley is a romance writer and bases her stories in New Zealand. She wanted a New Zealand flavour to her website. The website also has a blog and promotes Shirley’s e-books which are on Amazon. Visit the site at: www.shirleywine.com Client Feedback: “I am literally [...]
The Flowers by Lynette website has gone live today. It is a website featuring the wedding flowers prepared by Christchurch florist Lynette Brass. The website was developed using WordPress and features an extensive online photo gallery of Lynette’s wonderful flower arrangements. View the website online at: http://www.christchurchweddingflowers.co.nz Client Feedback “We came to Michelle and asked [...]
The concept of a satellite website has been around for many years. Essentially it is a niche website that is designed to rank highly in the search engine for a number of keyword phrases. The satellite website can act as either a referral mechanism to your main website, or you could accept enquiries directly from [...]
