guides

Guides. Websites, demystified.

Practical know-how on how a website works and how to look after it — from the domain, through backups and updates, to accessibility. No jargon, plenty of checklists.

/Basics
Domain, hosting and email: what’s what and who should own it
How a domain differs from hosting, what DNS does and why your business domain must be registered to you, not to your web developer. With a checklist.
/Maintenance
Website backups: how to make ones that actually save the day
What a website backup must include, where to keep it, how often to make it, and why you don’t know it works until you’ve tested a restore.
/Security
WordPress updates: why they matter and how to do them safely
Why you should update WordPress, plugins, themes and PHP, what can go wrong, and how to run updates without taking your website down.
/Accessibility
Digital accessibility (WCAG): what it is and where to start
What website accessibility is, who it affects, what the WCAG guidelines are, and how to check your own site for the most common problems in fifteen minutes.
/Performance
Page speed: how to check it and what really slows your site down
Why a slow website loses customers, how to measure its speed yourself, what the Core Web Vitals mean and what most often slows down WordPress sites.