Botnet, ‘brute force’ attacks and keeping WordPress secure
There has been a lot of attention recently to open source software, like WordPress, being vulnerable to being hacked. Here are some easy steps you can take to make your site more secure against hacks and malware.
Meet Leonie Jane the Line and Form Virtual Assistant
You may have noticed the cartoons we use around the website. ‘Leonie Jane’ is our virtual mascot here at Line and Form. Over the coming weeks you will be seeing her more around the website as we add new content to help you do better business on-line. To celebrate her permanent employment at Line and […]
Is your website selling you or your services?
One of the biggest problems of many business websites is that they spend a lot of time talking about themselves.
Write content that converts visitors into customers
Everyone wants more traffic to their website. Most of the potential traffic to any website comes through Google, and there comes the challenge.
Why is your website slow?
Website speed is becoming a major issue as speed has an increasing effect on search engine optimisation. Google is now actively penalising slow sites in their rankings. Visitors are expecting fast responses. If your page takes more than 3 seconds to load, unless you are Amazon or the BBC, visitors may just give up and […]
Resources and reading for student web designers – part one
As many will know, if you follow my tweets, I’m a little busy this week. So this is a bit of a short post, at least in writing, if not content. I’ve been asked many times for my recommended reading list for student web designers, so here is the first part.
Why social media will not replace your website
With social media getting so much attention, many of my clients are beginning to ask if they still need a website. I believe your website is still an important part of your marketing plan and an essential tool for your brand.
Why use WordPress?
As those who know me will testify, I have not always been the biggest fan of Content Mangment Systems (CMS). In my time I have worked on a few large commercial systems and that experience has left me a little cynical. I still come to each new system with a touch of healthy sceptism. However, I have now been using Wordpress, for my own and client sites, since the release of 3.0 back in June last year (June 2010). Why did I make the jump?
Creativity is not about straight lines
There is nothing I enjoy more than that first blank page when I start a new project. I love to move my ideas around, work out how each element will interact with the next. If I’m designing a new interface then I’m sketching out the display, putting in each form element. For me this process is never tidy.