WP Builds

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 20th June 2022.

So I’m going to keep this brief, as this podcast was a little bit of a scoop, which we don’t often get! Last week it was announced that Elementor (the page builder) had bought Strattic (the headless hosting company). I thought that this was an interesting purchase and I wanted to know more. Very quickly…

The web designer’s tech stack. We last talked about the website building platform we might use for this project. Here we are widening this and look at the basic essential hardware and software we might need to start our business. So it’s all the ‘stuff’ that you have around you, both physical objects like a…

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 6th June 2022.

DEAL ALERT – there’s a deal mentioned in the podcast – do NOT miss out on this one, as it’s truly fabulous, not only in what you get, but in the way that you get it! It’s running until 23rd June 2022. So this plugin (If-So) is such a powerhouse, I don’t even know where…

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 30th May 2022.

So, we’ve made it to series three of the WordPress Business Bootcamp and this is perhaps a little more where the rubber meets the road. Now we’re going to be thinking about the tools that we use to build a website and keep it going for the client. We’re split the ‘tools’ topic up into…

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 31st May 2022.

So you’ve tried Gutenberg, and you might like to or you might not! But one thing that you cannot really argue about is that it’s got some room for improvement. During the last few release cycles there’s been more and more talk about block patterns and how they’re going to make WordPress website building more…

Another episode of the WordPress Business Bootcamp where we try to go right back to the start and unpick the process of building sites for clients. Today we’re on to the tricky subject of ‘Design Aesthetics’! Aesthetics affect a brand’s credibility and perception. The look and feel is probably the thing that first hit us…

This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 9th May 2022.

So there’s loads of WordPress tools out there that will help you create your WordPress websites. Chances are that you’ve tried out a few and have some favourite which you use most of the time. New tools are coming out all of the time and this episode is about one of those new tools… Builderius….

This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 2nd May 2022.

So today we’re talking about UI and UX, user interface and user experience, and it’s a really huge topic. We start off by what these crucial concepts are and how they differ and then we get into the weeds of how they can be broken down into more manageable components, so that both our clients…

This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing 25th April 2022.