A bespoke online shop for students and teachers
A bespoke online shop for students and teachers
An ageing website turned into an online shop for digital teaching resources, books and magazines, with separate accounts for students and teachers.
01 Common problems
Most WordPress sites that need help have one of a handful of problems. None of them are as bad as they look.
A plugin or theme update has taken something down, or you're staring at a blank white screen. I'll find what caused it and get you back up and running.
Too many plugins, heavy page builders and huge images are the usual culprits. I'll find what's actually slowing it down and fix that, rather than adding yet another speed plugin.
Strange redirects, spam pages showing up in Google or warnings in your browser. I'll clean it up, find out how they got in and close the gap.
Whoever built it has moved on and you can't get hold of them. I'll take it on, get the logins and hosting sorted, and tell you honestly what state it's in.
WordPress, plugins or PHP haven't been updated in a long time and you're worried about touching it. I'll update it on a copy first, so nothing breaks on the live site.
A contact form that doesn't send, a checkout that fails, a layout that falls apart on mobile. Small, annoying problems, fixed properly.
02 What I can do
Tell me what's wrong and I'll quote it, fix it and explain what happened. Charged at £30 an hour, agreed before I start.
Caching, image optimisation, trimming plugins and fixing whatever's holding your scores back.
Bringing WordPress, plugins, themes and PHP up to date, tested on a staging copy before anything goes live.
Removing malware and spam, closing whatever let it in, and setting things up so it's less likely to happen again.
Checkout problems, payment gateways, stock and shipping settings - getting your shop working properly again.
Hosting, updates, backups and small changes on a rolling monthly care plan from £75 a month, so problems are caught before they happen.
03 Case studies
A bespoke online shop for students and teachers
An ageing website turned into an online shop for digital teaching resources, books and magazines, with separate accounts for students and teachers.
Thoughtful design for a sustainable fashion marketplace
Designing an ecommerce website for a sustainable fashion marketplace, making it easy to shop while showing what makes each piece sustainable.
A professional website for a professional golf coach
A modern WordPress website for golf coach Sarah, showing off her coaching services, skills and qualifications, and making it easy to get in touch.
04 Getting started
A few lines or a quick call. What's happening, when it started, and which logins you've got.
I'll take a look and tell you what I think's wrong, how long it'll take and what it'll cost.
Done on a copy of your site wherever possible, so your live site stays up while I work on it.
I'll explain what happened and how to avoid it. If you'd like, I can look after it from then on with a care plan.
05 Straight answers
Anything missing? Ask me directly and I'll give you a straight answer, not a sales one.
Yes - that's what this page is all about. I'll take a look first and let you know honestly what it needs before you pay for anything.
£30 an hour, with the price agreed before I start, and plenty of fixes only take an hour or two. If you'd rather have someone on hand every month, care plans start from £75 a month and include two hours of changes.
Yes. I don't use page builders for new sites, as they tend to make them slower and harder to look after, but I'll happily fix what you've got. If it's causing more problems than it solves, I'll tell you.
Ideally a WordPress admin login and access to your hosting. If you're not sure what you've got or where the logins are, that's fine - I can help you track them down.
No, one-off fixes are fine. A care plan just means updates, backups and small changes are taken care of every month, so problems are less likely to happen in the first place.
It depends how old it is and how it's been built. Sometimes a few fixes will keep it going for years, and sometimes you'd be paying to patch something that'll keep breaking. I'll tell you honestly which one you're looking at. If you're weighing it up, this post might help.
A couple of lines is plenty. I reply to everything within a working day, even if the answer is “I'm not the right fit”.
— Cj
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