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Surprised by Your WooCommerce Email Notifications Changing?
If you’ve got a WooCommerce website and thought, “Hang on, this WooCommerce new order notification looks different…” — you’re not imagining things. WooCommerce has quietly rolled out a new email template system for order notifications. That means the emails your store sends out — like new order alerts, customer order […]
ChatGPT and Me, what the AI can tell me about myself that I might not know?
In one of my WordPress groups, someone posted about asking ChatGPT what was one thing you could tell me about myself that I probably don’t know. This is a fascinating exercise and will be valuable if you’ve used ChatGPT for a while. Many people within my group started asking ChatGPT […]
Selling Your Business? Don’t Forget Your Digital Assets like your Website and Domain Name
When preparing to sell your business, it’s easy to focus on traditional aspects like financial records, physical inventory, and employee transitions. However, your online presence is also valuable in today’s digital age. And the transfer of your digital assets to a new buyer needs to be managed carefully. After working […]
Why Your WordPress Website Might Be Slow: Common Causes and Solutions
A slow loading website is detrimental to your business and will result in a high bounce rate for your web pages. As WordPress can do a lot – and there’s a temptation to add everything to it, there’s a high chance that your site will slow down over time, especially […]
Why Quality Web Hosting is Crucial for Your WordPress Site (And Why Many Hosts Fall Short)
If you’re running a WordPress website, choosing the right web hosting provider is one of your most important decisions. Often your web developer will point you in the right direction, as they will know from their experience that poor hosting leads to poor website outcomes. They don’t want you using […]
How to use categories and tags in a WooCommerce shop
In the world of e-commerce, organising your products effectively is crucial for both user experience and search engine optimisation (SEO). It will make it easier for your customers to find the product they wish to purchase by allowing them to filter products based on categories or tags. WooCommerce, one of […]
Enhance Your WordPress Site with Smarter Web Forms
When we think of web forms, the first thing that often comes to mind is the simple contact form – we see it on just about every website. You add your name, email and write some comments and it gets sent to the website owner as an email. And that’s […]
Introducing ‘Web Zhoosh’ – Giving your website a makeover
How Does a ‘Web Zhoosh’ Work? The process is simple yet effective:
My First Foray into Squarespace: Crafting a website for Peter Langlands, NZ Foraging author and expert
As an experienced WordPress website designer, I recently embarked on an interesting new website journey: building my first ever Squarespace website for Peter Langlands, a professional New Zealand forager who wanted to showcase his expertise and let people know about his new Foraging New Zealand book (just released by Penguin). So, […]
Join my free WordPress workshop from Digital Boost
In conjunction with Digital Boost, I’ll present a two-hour workshop on WordPress website matters. During the workshop, I’ll show you how to install WordPress via your web host, choose WordPress plugins and themes, take a look at the top page builders available, and then build an entire WordPress website using […]
Join me for my live Digital Boost NZ Q & A Webinar on WordPress Matters
Are you an SME navigating the vast opportunities (and challenges) of WordPress? Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned user, understanding the essential elements of this powerful platform is important. Join me for a Q&A session, where I will break down the key WordPress components that shape your website. Date […]
Fake WordPress security emails warning – what you need to know
There is a dangerous phishing email circulating that targets WordPress users. It asks you to download and install a plugin to your WordPress website to protect you against what is a fake vulnerability. If you receive an email with the subject line “Immediate Action Needed: Vulnerability Found – Your website […]
