TGV Design's new website

Building the TGV Design website

TGV Design are a branding and marketing communications company, with an impressive portfolio of design work. They recently commissioned me to build their new website in WordPress. The TGV website has very few static pages. Apart from a blog, its main feature is a collection of samples of their work, organised into collections according to discipline (branding, web design, exhibitions etc). For each of their clients, there’s a gallery of photos of work done for them.

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Backing up your WordPress website

Backing up your website is an essential, regular task but one that often gets overlooked or taken for granted. Should you assume that your hosting company does it for you? Or do it yourself? I automate the task using a WordPress plugin called BackupBuddy.

Charity websites’ Favicons

While you’re browsing websites, do you notice the tiny icon in the left of your Internet browser’s address bar? That icon is called a Favicon and your charity’s website should have one.

Videos to help you learn WordPress

New to WordPress? Need to know how to edit your website’s content using it? There are plenty of free video and written tutorials available online to help you. I’ve sifted through them to find the ones that would be most useful to a beginner.

Volunteer help for your website

A volunteer could give their time and skills to help you build your website. However, you need to think carefully about your expectations, be realistic about what can be achieved and how quickly, and plan for the inevitable time when your volunteer decides to quit.

Google Grant boosts your website’s visits

A Google Grant gives eligible charities and nonprofit organisations a free advertising budget to publicise their website’s pages on Google. For those charities that are eligible, it’s one of the most useful tools you can use to increase your visitor numbers.