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These web development posts include information on servers, hosting, databases, registrars & coding...

Plan Your Website On Page SEO: Free Excel Template

By Small Biz Geek on June 30, 2015 · Filed Under: Featured, Video, Web Development Updated: March 27, 2019

Website Architecture, Planning & Development Spreadsheet

The next time you build, develop or SEO a website, consider using this handy free Excel spreadsheet document designed to help organise on page data…

Delete Blank Lines in CSS Stylesheet & Increase Website Speed

By Small Biz Geek on May 5, 2015 · Filed Under: Video, Web Development Updated: June 12, 2017

Dreamweaver Find & Replace Screenshot

In this post I’ll reveal a quick method to reduce the amount of blank lines in your CSS stylesheet using Dreamweaver. This can improve website load speed…

WordPress Duplicator Plugin ZipArchive Failure… My Solution

By Small Biz Geek on April 28, 2015 · Filed Under: Web Development, WordPress Updated: March 9, 2018

Duplicator ZipArchive Failure

I tried to take a backup of my WordPress site using Duplicator but was struck down immediately with a problem I’ve never seen before: a PHP support failure…

You’re About to Get Hacked: A Common WordPress Mistake

By Small Biz Geek on March 29, 2015 · Filed Under: Video, Web Development, WordPress Updated: February 4, 2020

WordPress phpMyAdmin Username Security

In this post you’ll learn a vital WordPress security tip for phpMyAdmin to stop your site potentially getting hacked and becoming compromised. It takes only a few minutes…

How To Find Social Website RSS Feeds

By Small Biz Geek on February 3, 2015 · Filed Under: Social, Web Development Updated: October 22, 2016

Find Social Website RSS Feeds

If you’re like me you enjoy playing with RSS feeds for content automation. I’ve turned my Twitter timeline into an RSS reader and it fetches the things I want to see…

Automatically Post Any RSS Feed to Twitter via Sniply and TwitterFeed

By Small Biz Geek on January 27, 2015 · Filed Under: Marketing, Social, Video, Web Development Updated: April 15, 2017

Auto Post RSS through Sniply

Here’s a novel way to use free social tools to add an extra dimension to your Twitter content curation. The system uses Sniply and Twitterfeed…

How to Set Up Recurring Debit Card Payments with PayPal

By Small Biz Geek on January 14, 2015 · Filed Under: Operations, Sales, Video, Web Development Updated: March 27, 2019

PayPal Recurring Payments Debit Cards

Are you a small business wanting to sell services on a recurring/subscription basis? PayPal can handle this for you, and uses a secure debit card gateway…

Web Designers: Create Community Websites to Promote Your Services

By Small Biz Geek on August 31, 2014 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Social, Web Development Updated: October 22, 2016

Create Useful Local Community Websites and Promote Your Biz

A good way to promote your local website design business is to create a website providing something of value or that solves a problem in the community…

Cookies, Privacy and Permission: Is Your Website Legal?

By Small Biz Geek on February 25, 2014 · Filed Under: Internet, Legal, Video, Web Development Updated: April 15, 2017

Cookies Privacy and Permission Is Your Website Legal

All websites operating in the UK and Europe need to ensure they are complying with EU data protection legislation…

The Long Term View on Digital Marketing

By Small Biz Geek on August 25, 2013 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Social, Web Development Updated: April 15, 2017

Think Long Term for Your Small Biz Digital Marketing

With Google’s ongoing search algorithm updates/penalties the emphasis for internet marketing is on content, sharing, value, sociability, engagement, and community…

Create a Twitter Automatic Voucher Code System

By Small Biz Geek on March 26, 2013 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Sales, Social, Web Development Updated: May 13, 2015

How to Create a Twitter Automatic Voucher Code System

Using Twitter and the Twitter API you can customise their website embedded widgets feature and turn it into a DIY voucher code display system…

Fast Food Restaurant Owner? Market Your Menu with QR Codes

By Small Biz Geek on March 12, 2013 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Web Development Updated: May 13, 2016

Restaurant Owner? Market Your Menu with QR Code Flyers

If you run a fast food outlet, cafe or eatery, are you driving traffic to your website or other web properties using QR codes?

Small Business Website – DIY Vs Pro

By Small Biz Geek on January 2, 2013 · Filed Under: Design, Internet, Marketing, Web Development Updated: March 10, 2015

Small Business Website - DIY Vs Professional

There’s no question about it: a website is essential for any small business. If you don’t exist on the web, you’re creating unnecessary inconvenience…

How to Set Up QR Code Tracking

By Small Biz Geek on September 18, 2012 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Web Development Updated: March 23, 2015

Set up QR Codes Tracking

Are you using QR codes on leaflets, flyers, business cards and other materials? Discover how to track the number of scans/visits on your QR code URL…

Domain Squatting: Buy & Keep the Best URLs

By Small Biz Geek on October 29, 2010 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Web Development Updated: February 27, 2015

If you run a small business in a local community, consider buying keyword rich URLs for uncompetitive online spaces and building a web property around it…

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