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Hints and tips and news about what we have been up to.
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Spring into Action: Clean Up Your Website!

Spring is here—why not give your website a fresh start too? 🧹✨ A little digital decluttering can work wonders! Here's how to spruce things up on your website: 🌼 Refresh Your Content Update outdated information and add fresh, engaging content for your audience. 🌟...

Does Your Small Business Website Have What It Takes?

Small Business Owners!Small business owners! 🚀 Your website is your digital storefront so it needs to shine!. Here's what every small business needs from their website to succeed: Professional Design First impressions matter! Make sure your site looks clean, modern,...

Why is User Experience so important on a website?

The importance of user experienceA website is often the first point of contact between a business and its potential customers. Therefore, the user experience (UX) of a website plays a crucial role in shaping visitors' perceptions and driving business success. When a...

Why Choose us as your website designer?

Why choose us?Are you looking to update your website or build a new one? There are so many options these days from trying to build something yourself to the numerous website design companies available. As a small team, based in Thornbury, Bristol we always offer a...

Why do I need a website designer when I can try and build it myself?

Do I need a website designer?You need a website for your business or you are unhappy with your old one, so you start thinking about creating one yourself. I mean, it can't be that tricky can it? There are a myriad of tools available now, so why bother using a web...

Review of the year 2023

Our Review of the year 2023It's incredible that seven years have flown by since The Digital Grapevine launched! During this time, we've been involved in so many exciting projects within our local community and have provided invaluable assistance to our loyal clients...

Why use Google Analytics?

Maximise the potential of your website  After investing in a website, you want to know how effective it is. Obviously, you may notice an increase in sales and you can ask your customers how they found you, but to really understand how your website is performing...

Bristol website design: A guide to creating a stunning and effective online presence

Bristol website design: A guide to creating a stunning and effective online presenceBristol is a vibrant and creative city with a thriving digital economy. As a result, there is a growing demand for high-quality website design services in the area. If you're looking...

How Do I Improve my Google Search Ranking? 7 Tips for Success

We get asked this question a lot. Of course, you can engage the services of an SEO agency to help you try and boost your ranking. However, many small businesses to not have the budget for this, especially when they are just starting out. Although we are not SEO...

You’ve written a blog post, now what?!

Unfortunately it's not enough to just create a great piece of content, publish it on your website and hope your audience will find it!  You have to tell people it's there!  After taking the time to write informative content you have to make it work hard for you to...
The super simple way to add new blog posts to your website

The super simple way to add new blog posts to your website

The quick guide to adding posts to your website using our pre-built templates Many of our websites have blog pages which allow you to add new content to your site.   This content is added in the form of posts. If your website was created by us after May 2020, we...

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The importance of engaging website content

The importance of engaging website content

Why you need engaging website contentIf you are creating a new website, a great design is essential. However, people often focus solely on the design of the website, neglecting the importance of the written content. A stylish website is useless if it doesn’t speak to...

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A guide to Landing Pages

A guide to Landing Pages

What to consider when building a landing pageWhat are Landing Pages? A Landing Page is the website page your user is taken to from your marketing efforts. For example Disneyland has a Facebook Advert promotion saying “Click to have a chance to win a trip of a...

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How to add events to your website

How to add events to your website

A quick guide to adding events to your website using the Events Calendar plugin  We often use The Events Calendar plugin on websites for clients who what to promote events.  It provides a simple interface for adding events to your website. The guide below shows...

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Helping charities in Cheltenham – do_action 2019

Helping charities in Cheltenham – do_action 2019

Creating a website in a day!Back in October we were honoured to be part of the Cheltenham WordPress do_action day. These events are charity hackathons that use WordPress to help provide local charities with an online presence.  The first ever do_action day in Europe...

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How to edit text and change images on your website

How to edit text and change images on your website

A quick guide to editing your website using Divi Visual Builder  Many of our clients like to have the freedom to update text on their website themselves. If your website was created by us, using the Divi Builder, this guide will show you how to make minor textual...

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Adding new blog posts to your website

Adding new blog posts to your website

A quick guide to adding new blog posts to your Divi website Many of our websites have blog pages which allow you to add new content to your site.   This content is added in the form of posts. If your website was created by us, using the Divi Builder, this guide...

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Our Review of the year 2019!

Our Review of the year 2019!

2019 - Another amazing year! It's hard to believe another year has gone by! It has become a bit of a tradition to take time at the end of the year to think about everything we have achieved and focus on the future. When you are running your own business there is never...

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