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Make Google Show Recent Results Only
When you search Google for a topic related to technology and the internet you usually only want to see the most recent results. Results from 2013 might as well be from 1913, it changes so quickly.
Change heading sizes on your Divi website
If you don’t like the default heading sizes that come with Divi you can change them at module level. For example if you use a text module you can choose what size to make your H1’s, H2’s etc.
However, if you set your Heading sizes in the Divi theme customiser you’ll obtain a consistent look throughout your whole website.
Make websites easier to read by changing the size of the text
Sometimes you’ll visit a website and find the text is too big, or too small.
You don’t have to put up with it, you can easily and quickly adjust it using the keys on your keyboard.
How to optimise images for your website
It’s really important to optimise images before you upload them to your website.
If you upload photos straight from your phone or camera you’ll make your website slow, which means your customers will click away before it even loads.
Advertise to people who visited a specific web page using Facebook advertising (Step 1)
If you want to retarget people who visited a specific web page you firstly need to create a custom audience. In this tutorial I cover how to do that.
Move between open programs on your computer without using a mouse
Alt + Tab is a cool trick for moving quickly between the things you have open on your computer.
If you’re working on a few things at once it’s much quicker to use alt + tab than to go to your mouse every time.
How to update your WordPress website
It’s important to update your WordPress website regularly. Plugins, themes and the WordPress program itself are all updated regularly and you put your site at risk if you don’t keep up.
How to clone and migrate a WordPress website
Part 2 of setting up a development site. We will clone and migrate a ‘gold standard’ starter site.
How to set up a development site on cPanel hosting
A devsite, or development site, is useful when your site is not yet in the final place where it’s going to rest. Here’s how to do it properly.
How to backup your WordPress website
It’s essential that you know how to backup your website and do so on a regular basis.
How to get image alt tags working on a Divi website
A lot of people are incorrectly adding alt text to Divi websites because it’s a two stage process. It can seem like you’ve added your alt text correctly but it’s actually not working.
How to use the Divi Blog Module
The Divi Blog Module is not very intuitive when you first come across it.
Once you understand how it works though, you’ll love it!
Correct size for featured image in blog module
The recommended size is 795 x 447 but I find the image is cropped left and right. 795 x 500 works better.
Divi Fonts – which fonts look good together?
A selection of Divi fonts laid out so one is the header and one is the body…
Divi Fonts
It’s difficult to pick a font when all the fonts are written in the same font! This page lists each font in upper case, lower case and more.
Add Social Media Icons to Footer
Work with the options that come built in, or use the workaround if you want more, such as Instagram and YouTube
Change your WordPress login address
Change your login URL away from wp-admin or wp-login to help make your site more secure
How to log in to your WordPress Website
So you set up your website ages ago, and then you got busy and now you have completely forgotten where to even begin. Right?
Why are my paragraphs losing their formatting?
There used to be an annoying glitch in Divi that caused the line breaks between paragraphs to disappear. This is how to fix it.
Increase the Logo Size on your Divi website
When you first start building your new Divi website you’ll find that any logo you upload will be very small. Here’s how to fix that.