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Convert Bootstrap to WordPress

Archive: How to convert a Bootstrap site template into a WordPress website – Part 1

Note: This tutorial is more than four years old and is now out-of-date. These days I recommend using the Genesis Framework for WordPress and in the sites I build I incorporate the new Bootstrap v4 […]

Getting WordPress and jQuery to play nicely together

Once you start to find your feet with website management you’ll come across loads of jquery plugins that can make your site look much more interactive.

Why Do Charities Ask You for More Money when you Already Made a Text Donation?

You texted your three quid donation after you saw that advert on the TV or in the paper… and the next thing you know someone in a call centre rings you to ask for even […]

Using a Chromebook to manage your WordPress website

Chromebooks are cheap laptops that run Google’s ‘Chrome’ operating system rather than Windows or Mac OS. It’s a very lightweight system that comprises of little more than a small hard disc and the Chrome browser […]

Simple Retouching of a Photo

Simple Photo Retouches to Improve your Images

If you’re using Photoshop, Fireworks or GIMP as your graphic editing programme then here’s a simple 60 second retouching job that you can use on your photos.

Speeding Up Your Website

Speeding up your Website

You can pay a small fortune to put your site on a really high powered server in order to speed it up, but there’s some much cheaper ways you can get it to run faster.

Cheap software for charities

5 Bits of Shoestring Software Every Website Owner Needs

Here’s my recommendations for the software that you’ll need for your day-to-day digital life as a charity Web Master.

Google Grants advice

Spend Their Money! 12 Tips for Maximising Your Google Grant

Note: Since I originally wrote this article Google have closed their ‘Grantspro’ scheme to new applications, so you’ll have to make do with the regular Grant if you hadn’t already been upgraded. The approach I’d […]

Website Building Checklist

(Re) Designing Your Charity Website – A checklist

Whether you’re creating your first website, or want to redesign an existing one, here are some questions to ask yourself so that you and your web designer have a shared understanding about the aims and […]

Digital Marketing and Advertising for your Charity

Digital Advertising and Marketing on a Shoestring

If you’ve got money to burn then you’re in luck – because the internet has a multitude of ways of spending it! From Google Adwords to sponsored Facebook posts to banner ads to directory listings […]

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