How To Add WordPress Code Snippets The Easy Way – in this video posts I’ll show you how to add and manage code snippets in a more robust way.

All I want to do is send an email, am I asking too much? I’ve got a bit of a bug bear, a Bette Noire, something that is really p*ss*ng me off.  All I want to do is send my past/current clients an email. I’m looking at you Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Active Campaign, et all,

In this video post I want to show you how to optimize your fonts and load them locally. In this tutorial we will show you  how to speed up font loading. The problem is that google fonts are loaded from remote servers for each page load, they are not cached or set with headers, if

In this remote work tip video I want to talk about communication tubes, what they are and why they are toxic for remote team communications. In the video I talk about Basecamp, my preferred project management tool, you can get a free account for up to three projects at basecamp.com, no affiliate links just a

I’m thinking about starting a new remote work training community, it’s going to be called “Be The Best Remote Worker You Can Be”. I think remote work will be the norm for some time to come due to the current erm “situation” and having the best skills to do that work will make you stand

  What Is Browser Caching In this video post I explain what browser caching is and how it can speed up your website. I’ll also explain why your Web Developer is always telling you to clear your browser cache: ) Video   Wrap Up – What Is Browser Caching If you need help speeding up

What Is Minify?   In this post I want to answer a question, what is minify? If you have taken my free mini course How Slow Is your Site you will probably have seen that one of the results is to minify javascript and CSS.  In this post I want to explain what Minification is

Giving Upwork Another Go I’m currently giving Freelancer job boards another go. This is something I have sworn off many years ago, so why am I giving Upwork another go? Race To The Bottom Freelancer sites always felt like a race to the bottom in my mind. Cheap clients looking to offshore to the cheapest

How To Improve Email Deliverability I’ve been having deliverability issues with one of my email addresses [email protected].  I would send a client emails from that address and get no reply. I was not getting a reply because it was not being delivered. Not great I’m sure you will agree.  These were clients who had requested

I’ve created a new (free) mini course where I teach you how to create a baseline on the speed of your WordPress site.  It’s called “How Slow Is Your Site”. A baseline is an objective score on how fast/slow your site loads as opposed to a subjective one; it feels like it is loading slowly.