Design Guides & Tutorials

How to setup MailChimp for your blog (Free!)
Looking for some tips to start your Website's email newsletter with Mailchimp? Well this is the post for you. Mailchimp is a great option as you can have up to 2000 subscribers with access to their basic features - all for free. So below I created this post as a...

Exploring the ‘Ultimate Blocks’ Plugin for Gutenberg
The Gutenberg Block Editor for WordPress is here to stay. To many (but not all), it is a great improvement on what we had before, adding functionality and more options into the content creation side of WordPress. But there was still a few things missing, imagine you...

Guide to Scheduling WordPress Blog Posts (with Calendar!)
So, you've got a number blog posts written and ready to publish. Imagine if you could type up a number of blog posts and simply schedule them to be posted automatically. It would save logging just to publish your post. Combined with tools that can auto post to social...

How to Create a WordPress Blog Post Template
So, do you ever get sick of starting all of your blog posts from scratch in WordPress? Why don't you use a Blog Post Template? You probably didn't realize it was possible! Well, the good news is you can do it! But it's not a simple button feature, you need to think...

How to Create a Fixed Sidebar Widget in WordPress
Ever been on a website and seen one of theose fancy, fixed sidebar widgets that seems to stay in one spot on your screen as you scroll? If you're like me, you would have thought it's a top opportunity to put your main Call to Actions as readers will constantly see it...

How to Plan & Organise Your Content using Trello (Free!)
You've got a million new ideas every day. You start working on one idea and another pops up! You get excited, you put the previous content idea on hold and work on the other before you forget. You get 2 more ideas. What was the first idea again? Sheesh, I forgot.......

How to fix the Maximum Width of Left & Right Aligned Images in WordPress
Ever added an image to your blog post, right or left aligned it and then later discovered it crowded your text on phones or tablets? That's because it's fixed at a certain width, so when you shrink your screen size the image takes up more and more space. Lucky there's...

How to Create Custom Navigation Links and Menus in WordPress (without plugins or code!)
Sometimes when you build a website in WordPress, your navigation goes a little crazy. "Home isn't there but a bunch of my blog categories are. One of my pages which I want hidden is in there too, what the hell?" Well, take control of your navigation with your standard...

Regular WordPress Website Maintenance – 10 Things You Must Do!
A website that performs poorly or goes down is not fun. So you need to focus on WordPress Maintenance. There can be a state of panic as all of you hard work of weeks, months or years can disappear and you're left wondering "how do I get it all back?". Truth is...

Start an Email Newsletter with ConvertKit
So you've got a blog or website and have decided to take the leap and start an Email Newsletter - and you're considering ConvertKit. Good choice. If you're looking to build trust and turn one website visit into many visits than email marketing is the way to go! It's...