Guides

Web design guides for Kent businesses

Plain, practical advice on websites, what they cost, and getting found on Google. Written for business owners, not other agencies.

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Development 7 min read

How to Improve WordPress Website Speed

Why WordPress sites are slow and how to fix it, in order of what actually helps. Images first, then plugins, caching and…

Paul Fletcher · 28 Sep 2026

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Development 5 min read

How to Back Up a WordPress Site

What a WordPress backup must include, the four realistic ways to take one, how often, and the restore test almost everybody skips.

Charlie Dean · 4 Oct 2026

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Planning Your Website 7 min read

How to Transfer a Domain Name

How to move a domain to a new registrar without taking your website or email down, for both .com and .co.uk, plus…

Charlie Dean · 28 Sep 2026

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Planning Your Website 6 min read

Domain Name Renewal: What Happens If You Forget

A domain is rented, not bought. What happens when it lapses, how long you have to recover it, how to renew, and…

Charlie Dean · 4 Oct 2026

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Development 7 min read

SSL Certificate Expired? What It Means and How to Fix It

Your SSL certificate has expired and visitors are seeing a security warning. What has happened, how to fix it today, what it…

Paul Fletcher · 25 Aug 2026

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Planning Your Website 8 min read

How to Set Up a Website for a Small Business

The order to do things in when setting up a small business website: the domain, the build, the budget, the pages, the…

Jake Greenfield · 4 Oct 2026

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Planning Your Website 11 min read

Website Audit Checklist

A plain-English website audit checklist you can run yourself in an hour. Findability, content, contact, mobile, speed, security and ownership, with what…

Mark Hartley · 19 Oct 2026

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Local SEO 8 min read

SEO web design: how to build a website that gets found on Google

SEO web design means building a website search engines can find, read, and rank. Here is how structure, speed, mobile and content…

David Ellis · 4 Oct 2026

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Planning Your Website 7 min read

How Much Does Website Maintenance Cost?

What website maintenance costs, what it includes, and whether you need it. Plus how a care plan keeps your site fast, safe,…

Jake Greenfield · 4 Oct 2026