We are getting excellent feedback from our Learn to use Mailchimp classes. People are finding the four hour face-to-face training very beneficial in learning the best way to use email marketing to meet their needs. We’ve had people from Government, charities, startups, small businesses and all other types of organizations attend. In 2016 we’ll be […]
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How to save a large file to a USB stick
Providing Mailchimp and WordPress services means that often clients need to send me images. Of course the simplest is to use Dropbox, Google Drive or similar however many of my clients prefer to save the images (or video) to a USB drive then give me the drive. With large files (e.g. over 4GB in size), […]
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Improve WordPress Image Quality Instantly
Did you know that WordPress purposefully reduces your image quality? WordPress does this to reduce image filesize which makes web pages load faster. For the majority of websites the minimal quality reduction is probably a good tradeoff for a better user experience for visitors (and SEO). If however you want ultra crisp and sharp photos […]
Fix WordPress image rotation problem
I’ve come across several WordPress websites in the past few weeks where images are being rotated automatically. In the WordPress page or post editor the orientation (portrait or landscape) of the photo is correct however when the page or post is published (or viewed in draft) then the image gets rotated. This is a simple […]
Mailchimp Training in Melbourne
We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be delivering a Mailchimp training class in Melbourne on 24 November 2015. We’ve had very positive feedback from our Sydney courses and our first training in Melbourne will be aimed at those new to Mailchimp. EDM (also called email marketing) is used effectively by millions of leading organizations both large […]
WordPress Site5 PHP Error
I’ve noticed recently that a few clients that use Site5 to host their WordPress websites in Australia are having a problems with plugins (and themes in some cases). The most popular plugin that I’ve seen an issue with is WordPress SEO by Yoast (a.k.a. Yoast SEO). You may see the following error message or you may […]
Learn Mailchimp in Sydney
Want to learn how to use Mailchimp? Attend our next training and you’ll be up and going with effective EDM in no time at all. Our next Mailchimp class is on 11 November 2015 conveniently held in North Sydney. Get to know how to setup Mailchimp correctly as well as manage and send your own […]
Fix Windows 10 Time Problem
I love Windows 10 however on one of my computers the time is always wrong. Even although I manually set the correct time, time zone and automatically synchronize with Internet time, the time is always a few hours fast once I restart my PC. I’ve tried all sorts of things to correct the time problem […]
Rock-solid free security for WordPress
Keeping your WordPress website very secure is free. Yes, for whatever reason people perceive free things as of a lower quality. This is a big mistake when it comes to WordPress as your website can be near unbreakable for, well, free! Mandatory WordPress security basics If you’re not already doing so, here are three things […]