Web design trends, best practices, and building effective websites.
Good web design isn't just about looking nice. It's about pages that load quickly, work on every screen size, and guide visitors toward whatever action you need them to take. A beautiful site that confuses people or takes five seconds to load has failed at its job.
These articles cover web design from a performance-conscious perspective: layout patterns that work, typography that reads well on mobile, image formats that balance quality with file size, and design decisions that affect Core Web Vitals scores. Our sister site 365iwebdesign.co.uk handles design projects directly.
WordPress 7.1 shipped on 19 August with responsive styling and hover states built into the editor, two jobs that have pushed people towards Elementor for years. Updated for the release: what actually landed, the one thing we got wrong in July, the two settings that can hide the new controls, and the UK maths on whether your page builder site should care.
The old Brewood Removals site was buried under AI-slop blog posts and around 160 doorway landing pages, and ranked for almost nothing. We deleted the lot, rebuilt it as an advice hub written from real jobs, and commissioned an independent ChatGPT assessment that scored it 99/100, ahead of Pickfords and every national chain. An early case study, with the search data still to come.
A wave of new domain endings arrives in 2026 as ICANN opens its first application round since 2012. Big brands are queuing up for their own .brand extension. Here's what it means for UK businesses, brand identity, and how AI systems read the web.
Webflow locks your CMS content to their servers. Cloudflare's EmDash only runs its security features on Cloudflare. WordPress lets you host anywhere. Here's the honest comparison nobody else is making.
Every comparison on page one of Google is funded by affiliate commissions. This one isn't. We run a WordPress hosting company, but we'll tell you where Shopify, Squarespace and Wix genuinely win, and where WordPress still wins everything else.
Google rewrites 61% of title tags. Social platforms grab whatever they can find when OG tags are missing. Our free Meta Tag Checker shows you exactly how any page looks in Google results and social feeds, then flags the issues costing you clicks.
A colour-coded WordPress plugin that labels your admin bar green, orange or red so you never accidentally push changes to the wrong environment. Built after one too many late-night staging mistakes.
ChatGPT's new image generator does crisp text, remembers your brand style, and costs less than MidJourney. Here's how they compare for WordPress professionals who create content daily.
WordPress 6.9 Beta 1 brought a Command Palette shortcut, instant back-button navigation, block-level comments, the Accordion block, and the AI Abilities API. This is the October 2025 beta preview, preserved for context. WordPress 6.9 launched 2 December 2025, see the live "what's new" coverage for the shipped feature set.
The CSS clamp() function makes responsive typography simple. Here's how the Clamp Generator tool works, best-practice sizes, accessibility tips, and why it beats media queries.
Most UK websites don't need a cookie banner at all. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 came into force on 5 February 2026 with new low-risk-cookie exemptions and PECR penalties up to £17.5m. Here's when consent is legally required, when you can skip it, and what to do instead of annoying your visitors with popups.
WordPress 7.0 ships on 20 May 2026 with the AI Client, DataViews admin redesign, block-level Notes and visual revisions. Real-time collaboration was pulled on 8 May. Full feature guide with the confirmed schedule, hosting requirements, and preparation checklist.
WordPress 6.9 launched with block-level commenting, a universal command palette, the new Abilities API, and measurable performance gains. Here's the full feature breakdown and a safe upgrade checklist.
Build a CSS FAQ accordion with schema markup, smooth animations, and responsive design. No jQuery, no frameworks. Just native HTML, CSS, and valid JSON-LD that earns Google rich snippets.
WordPress powers 43% of the web. Joomla sits at 2.2%. But market share doesn't tell the full story. With Joomla 6.1 "Nyota" out 14 April 2026 and PHP 8.4 compatibility, Joomla still wins for complex permissions, native multilingual, and MVC architecture.
CSS clamp() replaces dozens of media queries with a single line of fluid typography. Here's how the function works, a step-by-step generator tutorial, and the accessibility detail most guides miss.
