Miscellaneous – Web Design with WordPress

Tour of shopify

If you would like to jump in and setup a free trial it would be great if you can use our link: www.shopify.com/?ref=jezweb so that we are able to assist you more easily in the future, plus we can provide some bonuses such as domain renewal and email hosting for you as one of our […]

How to put a publisher page onto your website

Step 1 Launch Publisher. Click the “File” tab and click “Open.” Step 2 Browse to the location on your computer where your Microsoft Publisher file is currently saved. Double-click the file to open it. Step 3 Click the “File” tab and click “Save & Send” from the menu that appears. Step 4 Select “Change File Type” under the heading […]

Promote your site using Snip.ly

Hint: if you use the promo code sniplyfan then sniply will give you a 20% discount. Snip.ly allows one to “snip” content from any web page, select an image, comment on, and share only the snippet one finds interesting. Advantages that you can get from this tool are the following: Drive Traffic -Include a link back [...]

Fake domain registration invoice

If you receive an invoice from a random company that you haven't heard of before then be skeptical. In the video below I discuss a 'promotional invoice' from DomainRegister which is one of the companies that sends these out a lot. Some other examples of fake domain registration/renewal letters include the Domain Renewal Group and [...]

Newcastle suburbs

Lake Macquarie is considered technically a city but it lacks an effective CBD and residents of Lake Macquarie still tend to look for ‘Newcastle based’ businesses when they are trying to find local businesses for products and services since for the lower Hunter Valley, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and even parts of the Central Coast the residents typically have […]

Browser screenshots with qSnap

The best screenshot tool I have used is qSnap, it makes taking multiple screenshots and saving them in batches very fast and easy. To crop you just draw the cropping tool over what you want the screenshot to contain, there are no clicking between tabs or crashing the browser or glitches where the screenshot doesn't [...]

Resources

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Privacy policy requirements for Australian businesses

Have you ever wondered if there is a legal requirement to have a privacy policy on your website? If you are using a payment gateway for transactions on your website then the bank may require the publication of some policies such as privacy, returns and warranty. Reading through the details published by the OAIC and [...]

Squarespace Review

Squarespace have been spending a lot on podcast sponsorships and their software development to get better known. There are some innovative and interesting aspects to their service like the connection between website and mobile app that will appeal particularly to creative people. As I was reviewing the demo of Squarespace my mindset was of how [...]

Print borderless PDF in Mac Office

In Word select File, Page Setup: Settings - Page Attributes Format for - Any Printer Click Paper Size - click Manage Custom Sizes Custom Page Size: Click + to add new size - name it PDF borderless Click in the paper size boxes to make 210mm x 297mm for A4 Make sure Non-Printable Area says [...]

Website Screenshots on Firefox

Setting up Firefox so that you can take a screenshot of a website and then draw on it with simple boxes, lines and text is quite easy. This functionality can be added using the Firefox extensions / addons. Similarly you can add a screenshot extension to Google Chrome for the same purpose. 1. In Firefox [...]

Redirecting one domain to another permanently

This redirection is a 301 redirect, which means it is seen by Google as permanent and any ‘google love’ for the domain being redirected will be automatically passed on to the end domain name which is good because we are not going to confuse google with the extra domains or dilute the available google ranking [...]