Should I use Shopify for my website?

Should I use Shopify to sell online? This is a question we are often asked, and unfortunately it is not a “yes/no” answer. What is Shopify? Shopify is a hosted ecommerce platform that was developed to enable fast and easy website creation for companies that want to sell online. There is no set-up fee, but … Continued

Paid-for website traffic… too good to be true?

You betcha! Buyer beware. UPDATE: A kind reader has informed us that Express Flux also goes by the name Conversionease.Let us know if you see them advertising by any other names. The following is a personal review of Express Flux for Shopify. Recently a client emailed me an offer they had received via their website … Continued

WordPress: Hiding default content editor (WYSIWYG) for a specific template

We recently needed to hide the default editor for the home page of a client’s wordpress website. The reason was that we were using the incredibly useful Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin. The following code, placed in the functions.php file did exactly what we needed. Reference: https://gist.github.com/ramseyp/4060095

WordPress: Adding custom breadcrumbs

This may not be the most elegant solution, but has nicely fitted the WordPress website I am currently developing. The brief required that we have a general “Tours” landing page that links to two subcategories (custom post types) – “Mike’s Tours” and “Sally’s Tours”. Using custom post types has allowed us to customise each of … Continued

WordPress: Adding pagination to custom post types

Original source: http://callmenick.com/post/custom-wordpress-loop-with-pagination The following code is excellent for creating pagination for your custom post types. Place the following in your functions.php: The following is placed on your custom template page.