Pixelhen Design | Web designer
Pixelhen Design
Phone: +61 435 803 335
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03.02.2022 Hello! We are Emma & Naomi, a Brisbane based team designing, building and maintaining Wordpress websites. A little info about us: We love to travel! And with family and friends all over the world, we have no shortage of places to visit (once Covid lets us!) We have two dogs, Lucy & Nitro. They are both sweet and naughty! ... We love to start our day with a morning run...ok..."love" is probably a stretch We LIKE to start our day with a morning run....it gets our synapses firing and ready for a productive day! https://pixelhendesign.com
23.01.2022 Monday PSA! If your wordpress site is being maintained by someone, ask them what PHP version is in use. Ideally it will be PHP 7.4. Anything below 7.3 is putting your site security at risk and needs to be addressed ASAP If you maintain your site yourself, you can see what PHP version you are using by going to your wordpress dashboard and looking for the site health section. If you feel comfortable with tech stuff you can update your PHP version in your hosting yourself ... Always make sure you have a back up of your site first as updating PHP, wordpress core, themes and plugins can break your site! If you are using a super old PHP version like 5.6, you need to update your PHP in a stepped fashion. That is, update to 7.1 then check your site. If all looks ok, update to 7.2 and check again the site again. And so forth until you are using 7.4. Again, make sure you have backups and know how to restore the site in case of emergency! Alternatively, you can reach out to us and we can help
17.01.2022 How good are Fridays?! This will be me tonight...just swap out the coffee for a gin and tonic
16.01.2022 When building websites, we use Divi, a premium page builder. A page builder speeds up the process, as you are not having to build from scratch using code They generally also come with a bunch of layouts to use. If you don’t have a specific design idea for your website, then a layout may be a good option! It can give you a starting point which can then be customized! Divi has a great layout library, check it out below and let us know if you see anything you like! https://www.elegantthemes.com/layouts/
08.01.2022 PSA for people using GoDaddy Managed Wordpress service: GoDaddy security was breached and there are some actions you may need to take. Towards the end of the below article, there is a section What should I do if I have a GoDaddy Managed Wordpress site? Let us know if you need assistance https://www.wordfence.com//godaddy-breach-plaintext-pass/
04.01.2022 A belated Happy New Year! We are back into the swing of things and hoping 2021 is a better year for everyone! We've recently done some work to add in Valentine's Day promotions to a couple of websites. By using a bit of custom code, we've jazzed up the promo section so it stands out more. Check it out in the vid :)
04.01.2022 DIY Tip #1 You can (and should) delete inactive themes and plugins from your website. This will: Improve performance as the size of your site will reduce. Reducing bloat faster loading time happier users! Improve security as every time you leave an old theme or old plugin on your site, the risk of a security breach increases.... We see this issue frequently in Wordpress and Joomla websites that we do ad hoc work on. Lots of inactive themes and plugins that just aren’t necessary and impact the quality of your site Get rid of them! Reach out if have any questions
01.01.2022 Another site we recently completed was for our favourite local restaurant, Haig Rd Bistro. We are lucky to live around the corner from this neighbourhood gem and we highly rate their delicious food and top-notch service. So we were pretty excited when they asked us to redesign their website! https://pixelhendesign.com/project/haig-rd-bistro
17.12.2021 DIY Tips We will be publishing a series of DIY tips to help people who are managing their sites independently. In our time of building and trouble shooting websites, we’ve come across a bunch of simple actions website owners can take to keep their websites in tip top shape. We want to share this info with everyone so you can feel empowered in dealing with techand save some We promise to keep the tech jargon to a minimum Let us know in the comments or DM us if you have any suggested topics for us to cover!
29.11.2021 We have a great offer for anyone who might be looking for new website hosting. Siteground, our hosting provider, is offering 3 months free hosting + a professionally managed site migration, to any new users . We rate Siteground %, they are a high quality hosting for a decent price. We use them for all our websites! Offer available until 25 November and you need to use the below link https://www.siteground.com/recommended?referrer_id=8165734
