So I’ve installed Divi, now what? So you have installed the Divi Theme for WordPress. Congrats! I love it, and I know many other people do. But I also remember that feeling of being lost and being overwhelmed when I created my first site (far too many years ago to mention). The theme website looked fancy, it looked simple. Even the people…
Five website problems, and how to fix them I often talk about website shame. There can be various reasons why people don’t want to, or feel unconfident in sharing their website address with others. I’m all about turning your digital home aka your website, into a place where you do want to invite others into….
A Branding Exercise : Putting on your ideal client shoes We know that putting ourselves in other people’s shoes, seeing the world from their viewpoint, helps us to a good friend. Well, the same can be said for how you treat your customers. This powerful branding exercise is all about seeing the world from their…
How to Prepare for Your Web Design Project Preparing to have a new website designed and built is exciting. It can also be mind-boggling, intimidating, overwhelming, and stressful. If you haven’t had a website designed before, then it can be hard to know what you don’t know. To create a successful website it takes thinking…
How to decide which website builder to use Website Builders So you have decided to create a website. Now what? You have some ideas about what you want it to look like. Maybe you even have some ideas about branding and imagery. But now it’s time to think and decide what platform or website builder…
The ONLY 3 types of Web Fonts you will need The wonderful world of fonts. There are days when it feels like I’m a kid in a sweetie shop when I look at font choices. Sooooo many decisions to make. It can be tough deciding on just three to work with for a website. But…
Five Tips for How to Work with a Website Designer or Developer This week I wanted to share with you, my top five tips for how to work with a designer or developer. Over the past 3 years of website designing and 10 plus years of corporate project management, I’ve learned a lot. It’s time to…
Creating a Colour Palette for your Brand One element of creating a brand is selecting the colour palette you want to use for your website and social media graphics. In this previous blog post, I shared one approach to choosing your brand colours. Today I wanted to share more about the selection and use of…
The 4 Personality Types Your Website Needs To Appeal To This week I want to cover a topic that I’ve seen so many DIYers gloss over. Website Personality Types. Hands up if at some point you have taken a personality test. They are very common in the corporate world. One of the most widely used…
The LBD of text colour The LBD of Text Colour – Terracotta is the new black. Black and White Days – Old school Body Font colour days. Having a LBD (Little Black Dress) of body font colour is ok. Using the ‘go to’ of black and grey is fine. I even use grey. There is…
