Closed for business

cerrado

Back in November 2012, I accepted a role in digital marketing for a UK publisher. The position allows me to further hone my email marketing skills, which is my main area of expertise, whilst saving for a trip to South America.

As a full time role, albeit on a fixed term contract, it meant that my business was neglected. It was about this time that I decided to cease trading. Not because of my new found employment, but because of diminishing returns, andĀ unfavourableĀ terms from my supplier.

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How to boost your wordpress page speed performance in just 10 mintues

pagespeed insights

Over the past few years a websites page speed has become an increasingly important ranking factor in search engine results. I currently a number of websites, mostly built on WordPress, though a few still run Modx, and page speed is something that has always concerned me.

With that in mind I’ve created this quick and dirty guide to boosting the performance of your website in just 10 minutes.

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How to build a responsive wordpress theme from scratch using Twitter bootstrap

creating wordpress themes with twitter bootstrap

Firstly let me start off by saying that i’m not entirely sure who this guide is for. Anyone using Bootstap, or indeed anyone creating WordPress themes from scratch is probably well versed in the dark arts of HTML/CSS and PHP. As this guide is just a basic starting point on which to build a theme I’ll consider it more of a reference for myself. If it helps anyone else that’s a bonus.

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