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Doing ‘Boring’ Right as a WordPress Agency
Fact is, WordPress is pretty “boring” as it’s been around for a while and has become a staple in web design projects big and small and while innovation is key if you fail to understand and spend time on the “boring” fundamentals it can lead to problems for any WordPress project at any scale.
Benefits and Advantages of Using WordPress as a Custom CMS for your Website
A CMS plays a vital role in the success of your website as it determines how easily and efficiently you can manage your content. A good CMS should be user-friendly, flexible, scalable, and able to meet the unique needs of your website.
Debunking Misconceptions When Using The WordPress CMS in Large Enterprise
Many businesses assume that website CMS systems like WordPress are only suitable for small businesses and personal websites. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Designing for WordPress in 2023: Trends, Modules, Blocks and Custom Code!
The WordPress platform the perfect tool for modular and mobile-first website design with a continually growing list of features that allow designers to create responsive websites with a seamless user experience on any device.
How to Effectively Test New Features on Custom WordPress Websites
When making an amendment to an existing functionality for a WordPress website, it is important to thoroughly test any changes.
Improving Client Retention as a WordPress Agency
To increase sales, you need a constant supply of leads and new clients. Of course, getting shiny new clients is beneficial, but is that the only way to grow your agency? What about the current batch of clients that you have already?
7 Things You May Not Know About WordPress for eCommerce
Heading deeper into 2021, WordPress remains a major player in eCommerce. In fact, over 28% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce, the WordPress eCommerce solution, followed by Squarespace and Shopify respectively. This comes as no surprise! As a versatile, simple to use, fully customisable and open-source solution, many continue to turn to WooCommerce…
Squarespace OR WordPress? Which Platform is Right for You??
When looking to build a website, users often find themselves choosing between the top two contenders: WordPress and Squarespace. Thanks to effective advertising efforts in recent years, Squarespace is top-of-mind for many when weighing it against other options. You may be surprised to hear that the term ‘Squarespace Agency’ is pretty commonly used now, but…
WordPress ‘Block Editor’ v ‘Page Builders’ The 5 Things You Should Know
When it comes to getting up and running with a WordPress website, page builders often come to mind as a quick, do-it-yourself approach. With the release of WordPress 5.0 in December 2018 however, the WordPress landscape was shaken up by the debut of Gutenberg. More than just a new editor, Gutenberg laid the foundation for…
Make Do Blog Rewind…
You may have not noticed (we didn’t) but the last post on our Blog was number 100! So to celebrate this very small achievement we’ve dug out some of our favorite posts from the past 100 and will be re-sharing these over social media in the coming weeks!
Remote Working and Working From Home: Team Tooling
With the COVID-19 lockdown pandemic still forcing people to work from home I wanted to follow-on from my previous post and share some of the tools that we use as a remote team that you might find useful if you are adapting to a remote working environment.
What’s changed at Make Do since the COVID-19 lockdown?
4 weeks ago the UK was locked down because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a challenging few weeks for a small agency like ours but we’ve managed to adapt quickly to the change and remain productive in the ‘new normal’.
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