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Cookie consent: a plain guide for every site
Do you need a cookie banner, and which kind? The rules by region, the cookies you can't switch off, how to handle analytics and pixels, and what a good banner looks like.
8 min read
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Cookie consent: a plain guide for every site
Do you need a cookie banner, and which kind? The rules by region, the cookies you can't switch off, how to handle analytics and pixels, and what a good banner looks like.
8 min read
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Heatmaps: watch what your visitors really do
Stop guessing. With a free tool and ten minutes, watch where visitors click, scroll and quit on your site. Plus the three tools compared, and the privacy step to get right.
7 min read
Guide
Connect Stripe to Xero: card payments and fees, sorted
Customers pay your Xero invoices by card, Xero records the Stripe fee, and website sales reconcile through the Stripe bank feed. Both set up, step by step.
4 min read
Guide
Connect Shopify to Xero: your options, step by step
Shopify and Xero connected, with payouts and GST that match your bank. Start with Xero's free app, or use A2X, Link My Books or a custom sync when you outgrow it.
5 min read
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Cloudflare 101: set up the free plan, step by step
Swap your nameservers to Cloudflare, turn on the orange cloud for your website records and set SSL to Full (strict). You get free speed, SSL and protection.
11 min read
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What is a CRM, and does your business need one?
Know what a CRM does, its pros and cons, how to switch from one CRM to another, and how to add one to the website you already have.
5 min read
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Mobile app or PWA: does your business need an app?
Know whether your site, shop or service needs a native app, or whether a fast, mobile-friendly progressive web app (PWA) does the job for less.
4 min read
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WordPress vs Shopify (and Webflow): which one do you need?
Shopify if selling is the main job. WordPress with WooCommerce if content and control matter. Webflow if design comes first and your range is small.
3 min read
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Shopify pricing in Australia: which plan do you need?
Know which Shopify plan fits your shop today, and the sales level where Grow or Advanced starts to pay for itself. Five quick questions, in Australian dollars.
4 min read
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Deployer, the PHP deployment tool: get started
Deployer puts PHP sites live with no downtime and rolls back with one command. Install it, write a deploy.php, deploy a Laravel or WordPress site and roll back.
3 min read
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MAMP: set up a local site with a virtual host
Give each local project its own address, like mysite.test, in MAMP on a Mac. I turn on virtual hosts, add the site, map the name in /etc/hosts and restart.
3 min read