Social media helps us keep in touch with our friends, family and our leanings. It also shows us that our World is not as happy as it could be. Constant wars, constant berating of individuals, calling out rights, wrongs and everything in between.

Wix V WordPressI'm probably not going to make any friends with this post - however we all need to wake up to the fact that other solutions around building websites exist. Did Wix do the right thing? - probably not but, it may just get us thinking together to make...

The Power of ConnectionName drops form a necessary part of this post 😉 Leading up to the Atarim WP Agency Summit, I thought I would remind people of the power of connection. As the founder of Elegant Marketplace I was lucky enough to be featured on Podcasts, Blog...

Web site speed optimization is key to a successful websiten Mouse over video for closed captions activation toggle. 🙂  As developers our main concern is getting a website to do what it is supposed to do, as quickly and as cost effectively as possible. In this day and...

The past few months, testing times, triumphs and celebrations Throughout this past year, we have completed some pretty meaty projects. Some went well, some - not so well, but, in the end with teamwork, understanding and an immense amount of work from our clients and...

Why Free in the Web World is NOT a good thingMost discussions (Negotiations) on web services from clients are – "But WordPress is free and so are most plugins so, why is this costing so much?" It is almost an endless conversation we web developers have with our...

Why I am not gonna miss this SummitThe 20's and now into the 21's have sent challenges to everyone - especially meetups, WordCamps and social gatherings. As people people, we miss each other. As a community, WordPress is large to say the least. We meet online in...

Why I am hitting the pause buttonOver the past year or so, we have been involved in some great work. The sale of Elegant Marketplace, the sale of Page Builder Cloud and Layouts Cloud, negotiating a deal on a new (nearly 3,000 Sq ft) restaurant and dealing with the day...

For a good few years now, we have had the ‘Benefit’ of Social Media. I put it inverted comma’s around Benefit for a good reason. In recent times, we have seen anger, attrition, even some say sedition being openly encouraged on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler.

What do you actually want from a website?Now, in this blog post, I won’t go into the coding knowledge required or even deep dive into what you will need to know about hosting. It is a basic list of knowledge you will require to understand the complexities of...