Month: June 2018

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WordPress now powers over 30% of websites worldwide

Chris Grant (he/him) June 15, 2018 0 Comments
WordPress now accounts for 30.9 percent of websites, up 0.2 percent since May 1st, according to data from web technology survey company W3Techs. This represents a 5 percent increase in just under two and a half years, after WordPress hit the 25 percent mark in November of 2015, and climbed to 27% by 2016. By comparison, its nearest CMS rival, Joomla, has seen its usage jump from 2.8 percent to...
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Adrian Evans of Wiltshire School of Motoring is fundraising to help with basic support for bereaved families

Chris Grant (he/him) June 11, 2018 0 Comments
Adrian Evans, of Wiltshire School of Motoring, is swapping his steering wheel for running shoes to take on the Parish Walk on the 23rd June 2018. Adrian hopes to raise £2000 to to help with basic support for bereaved families. donate to Adrian's JustGiving Crowdfunding page and help make it happen: https://wiltshiresom.com/justgiving My name is Adrian. my Grandson Jake passed away just over a...
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Microsoft are rolling-out the Microsoft 365 Admin Centre

Tom Furmanski June 09, 2018 0 Comments
Microsoft  are introducing the all new Microsoft 365 Admin Centre. This is available to Targeted Release users now and will be available to all Office 365 users by the end of July. To use the new Microsoft 365 admin center now, just follow the steps below to enable the new Microsoft 365 Admin Centre for your organization. Admins previously using the Office 365 admin center to manage Office 365...
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The O’Brien Media Website Analytics Service Agreement has been updated

Chris Grant (he/him) June 06, 2018 0 Comments
The O'Brien Media Website Analytics Service Agreement has been updated to reflect the requirements of the GDPR. You can access the Website Analytics Service Agreement here, your continued use of the service indicates acceptance of the new service agreement, and the data processing agreement (addendum), which can be read here. We encourage you to read both documents fully so that you understand...
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WordPress user roles and limiting access to WordPress features

Chris Grant (he/him) June 05, 2018 0 Comments
All of the recent headlines about GDPR and the importance of data security it's good to know that WordPress comes with five default user roles that help you control how individual users interact with every aspect of your website and the data it contains. Once you understand the capabilities of these five WordPress user roles, you can instantly assign or modify roles through the User screen on the...
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Google changes their take on meta descriptions

Chris Grant (he/him) June 01, 2018 0 Comments
While Google has recently been  showing search result snippets featuring long meta descriptions (around 320 characters) over the past few months, Google have once again changed the rules and snippets are now back to their old length (between 150 and 170 characters). Google’s Danny Sullivan confirmed that Google, in fact, has changed the meta descriptions. However, he doesn't say how long...
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