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Looking after your website

Website rules for 2026

In 2026, keep your website fresh, shout about your experience and expertise across as many platforms as possible, and make sure your message is clear.

WordPress and ACF add long-overdue block editing features

New updates to WordPress and Advanced Custom Fields make block editing easier and more efficient, with better tools for managing content and faster, more intuitive ways to edit blocks directly in the editor.

The big site builder comparison report of 2026

We've carried out a review of the top players in the field of website builders, to see how easy they are to use and what they offer for free.

Wix

Building a free website with Wix: a review

How easy is it to build a free website with Wix and what are it's limitations?

WordPress.org

Is WordPress.org suitable for beginners?

Next in our series of DIY website tools, we're looking at WordPress.org.

Building a website with Canva

Building a website for free with Canva: a review

The next in our series of website builder reviews, on sites built by an 11 year old, and Canva is in the limelight.

WebFlow website builder

Building a free website with WebFlow

If you've read our introduction comparison article, you'll hear how I set my 11 year old the challenge of building a website for a made up business with various different tools. Here are his thoughts on WebFlow.

Timing your web launch

How to save money on timed website launches

Before you ask for something to go live at a certain time, let me explain your 3 options.

216% rise in visitors via search engines

Technical is having a resurgence (if it ever dipped in importance) in 2025/26 and this end of year report shows it.

Christmas hours @ 18a

We’re closing our doors for Christmas at 5:30pm on Friday 19th December. If we host your site, our hosting monitoring will be continuing 24/7 over the holiday period. If we don’t host your site, or you’d like to be able to contact us in any other sort of emergency, please do email me by COB […]

How to show your latest company job vacancies (and other things) on your website automatically

Whether you want to show your upcoming vacancies, a booking calendar or a newsletter form, there are - generally speaking - 3 different routes you can take.

Robot shopping

Using ChatGPT Shopping Research: testing it in real life

OpenAi, makers of ChatGPT, have launched Shopping Research. Now you can have conversations with ChatGPT about suitable products for you to buy. Going beyond a traditional short search term such as “gifts for 4 year old girl”, you can now ask a more detailed question such as “please recommend a gift for a 4 year […]