Charity website advice

In the last blog we talked about storytelling and how your charity website might not be doing as great a job at that as it could be. Here’s the ‘bonfire of the buzzwords’ that I mentioned. It won’t help you figure out what your story is, but it will help you tell it better once […]

OK, so I’m being deliberately flippant in order to create a provocative and intriguing headline. Now you’re here though, let’s just go with it… It’s not just their burgers, Americans do marketing bigger and better than the rest of the world too. Take a look at the websites above and below and see which one […]

Note: This tutorial is more than four years old and is now out-of-date. These days I recommend using the Genesis Framework for WordPress and in the sites I build I incorporate the new Bootstrap v4 grid system into that. When it comes to carousels/image sliders for your WordPress site there’s a bewildering choice out there. […]

I had hoped here to showcase some of the best small charity websites, but unfortunately it’s pretty hard to find many good examples. If you know of any great ones that are built on a small budget then let me know in the comments below and I’ll maybe feature them in future posts in this […]

Generating income via online donations is a key feature of most charity websites, and is often a basis for making the decision to invest funds in creating a new site. Inspiring supporters to open their wallets is tough. It requires you to create some really compelling content, and once that has done its job you […]

If you’re just starting out and really have very little or no money at all to spend on getting your charity online – then here’s my pick of the options available. Remember that you don’t need a website at all these days, you could manage just fine with a Facebook and/or Twitter page to begin […]

Note: This tutorial is more than four years old and is now out-of-date. These days I recommend using the Genesis Framework for WordPress and in the sites I build I incorporate the new Bootstrap v4 grid system into that. 11. The single post template Right, we’re on the home stretch now, and the most complicated […]

Note: This tutorial is more than four years old and is now out-of-date. These days I recommend using the Genesis Framework for WordPress and in the sites I build I incorporate the new Bootstrap v4 grid system into that. 10. The complicated bit – the menu and Bootstrap walker Converting menus from a flat HTML […]

Note: This tutorial is more than four years old and is now out-of-date. These days I recommend using the Genesis Framework for WordPress and in the sites I build I incorporate the new Bootstrap v4 grid system into that. 6. Load (enqueue) the javascript and jQuery files the proper WordPress way In step 4 we […]

Note: This tutorial is more than four years old and is now out-of-date. These days I recommend using the Genesis Framework for WordPress and in the sites I build I incorporate the new Bootstrap v4 grid system into that. OK, so hopefully you’re still with me after Part 1 of this tutorial. Let’s get on […]