Another site goes live… www.earlyyearsinspirations.co.uk

earlyyearsinspirations.co.uk is now live

Well I seem to be getting through the projects of late and this one not only scored high with Nibbler, but it also was a pleasure to create.

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Stop WordPress spam with .htaccess

Block WordPress spam using .htaccess

I have created a number of websites for friends and family over the years using WordPress, and as these projects were all private websites I used Akismet to block spam. Akismet is without doubt the best comment spam prevention tool out there and I would really recommend it for any personal sites you may be building. Unfortunately Akismet carries a charge for commercial projects and not wanting to pass any additional cost on to my client I started to search for solutions.

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Are standard blue hyperlinks conducive in modern web design?

Blue Hyperlinks, are they really necessary in modern web design?

Recently while proofing a design I had created a colleague of mine asked “Why do we not use blue links?”, to which my immediate response should have been ‘Why should we use blue links!”. However, to avoid an argument I let him speak about how users were used to the standard blue links shown on web pages and anything else could confuse, but does it and can it?

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