Ben Gillbanks

Website Content Strategy – Write a Blog Plan and Stick to It

ben_admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:13:14 +0000

A few years ago, it would have been possible for somebody with no knowledge of marketing or business to launch a blog and end up making a decent amount of money. Others were quick to realise this and so things have become much more competitive now, and it is unlikely that a new blogger is… Read More ›

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Redesigning the WordPress Post Editor

ben_admin — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:23:46 +0000

Ghost is a project born from frustration with WordPress. Ironically it seems to be mostly WordPress power users who want to use it. The Ghost team – led by John O’Nolan – put Ghost on KickStarter last week and it flew through its goal in just 2 days – and is now over 4 times [...]

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Vegetarian Gravy Granules

ben_admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:26:58 +0000

Gravy is an essential part of any roast dinner – vegetarian dinners included. Homemade gravy is great, but the convenience and tastiness of shop-bought gravy is hard to beat. Okay – so you know that the green ‘vegetable’ gravy tubs… Read More ›

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What Twitter Can Teach You About WordPress

ben_admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:11:16 +0000

On the face of it, Twitter and WordPress couldn’t be more different. Although they can be both be used for blogging and both are hugely popular, they’re poles apart in terms of both operation and usage. One is a fast-moving microblogging service that restricts users to posts of 140 characters and under. The other is… Read More ›

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Why Your Blogging Never Works Out the Way You Plan

ben_admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:07:26 +0000

If you are a blogger and your blog is not giving you the best outcome as you would like it to, you are probably making some basic blogging mistakes that you should avoid. In this article I’ve covered some of the most common, fixing these errors will help you to rise to the top! 1…. Read More ›

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Limit Login Attempts

ben_admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:09:12 +0000

It’s easy to see why WordPress has become the content management system (CMS) of choice for so many personal and business websites. But this popularity has also made it an appealing target for hackers. The default WordPress installation permits unlimited login attempts on a website’s administrative page, making the platform particularly susceptible to malicious brute-force… Read More ›

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My First Website

ben_admin — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:58:24 +0000

My first website was terrible. Not intentionally I hasten to add – but because I was asked to make it bad… I started university in 1998, the internet was just starting to become more mainstream. It was still a few years before the first dot-com bubble burst – and AOL were still sending everyone copious [...]

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For more Web Design tips and tricks check out my Web Design category. And for Premium WordPress themes, you should take a look at Pro Theme Design.

Toreba – a Real World Virtual Controlled Claw Grabber

ben_admin — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:37:09 +0000

Online Game publisher CyberStep’s crane game service, Toreba, went live yesterday! Toreba is a browser based claw game – much like you see at the video games arcades. It allows the gamer to operate a physical prize catcher machine remotely via their web browser. Players are able to operate the machine through simple button controls [...]

WordPress Query: Exclude Posts With No Featured Image

ben_admin — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:12:06 +0000

So – I make WordPress themes – lots of them Something that’s bugged me for a while is that I can’t easily use the WP_Query to select posts with featured images. This isn’t functionality that’s needed that often – but it can be desirable for things like image carousels where you need an image to [...]

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5 Ways WordPress can Make you Rich

ben_admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:04:31 +0000

Writing is a passion for many. In this day and age of the Internet, blogging has become the simplest way to express yourself. We all know that right? WordPress – and other blogging platforms – offer a really low barrier to sharing your thoughts with the world. But they also do more than this. They… Read More ›

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