Posts By: Liam Jay
WooCommerce 4.0 is incoming
WooCommerce have announced that they plan to release version 4.0 of their ecommerce plugin in March 2020. This is going to be a major release, which means that there will be some breaking changes. The good news for anyone running WooCommerce, is that the amount of breaking changes is much smaller than for WooCommerce 3.0…. Read more »
Popular WordPress plugins are being hacked
If you need another reason to keep WordPress updated, several popular plugins are being hacked right now! WordPress Plugins have had some issues before, but recently, web hackers have been taking advantage of security flaws discovered in some popular WordPress plugins. They have begun to target websites that still run vulnerable versions of them. According… Read more »
Website design refresh for Heatherworks Beadwork Jewellery and Design
We originally designed this website for local business Heatherworks a few years ago. We currently maintain the site with regular back ups and updates. We have recently carried out a website design refresh on the home page to included client testimonials, various new sections and stronger call to actions to encourage more interest and more… Read more »
There’s a big WordPress update coming that could break your website!
Is your website ready for WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg? WordPress will launch version 5.0 in a few weeks time! It’s currently planned for November 19th 2018. If you normally ignore WordPress updates, now’s the time to sit up and take notice as this will be the biggest update in a very long time! WordPress is… Read more »
Stop WordPress auto updating (because of Gutenberg)
Gutenberg has been generating a lot of noise within the WordPress community, with both positive and negative points, but I’m not here to discuss that as it’s been done before, many, many times over. TL;DR: Gutenberg might break your website, so turn off the WordPress auto-updates feature and test it first. For those who haven’t… Read more »
What is an SSL Certificate? (HTTPS)
What is an SSL Certificate? An SSL Certificate or “SSL” for short, stands for Secure Sockets Layer. In simpler terms, it’s how online business communicate with customers that they can browse, buy products or services, and share information safely online. Without getting overly technical, adding an SSL creates a safe connection for those kinds of… Read more »
Website redesign for Bustle & Sew
A website redesign for a Somerset based, stitching and craft company, Bustle & Sew. Recently, we were approached by Helen and Rosie from Bustle & Sew, a local company not far from Wells, Somerset. Bustle & Sew blog frequently to share tales of life in Somerset, as well as producing a monthly magazine for their subscribers. They… Read more »
Is Instagram any good for business?
I pondered if the title of this post should be “Is Instagram any good for business?” or if it should be called “How Love Creative UK is trying out Instagram”. We are already on the following social networks: • Twitter • Facebook • Behance • Flickr I think it’s fair to say that although we… Read more »
Sublime Text: How to use fuzzy search
Here at Love Creative UK, our text editor of choice for web development is Sublime Text. It has many helpful features to make your coding life easier and today we’re covering “Fuzzy Search”. Using Fuzzy Search in Sublime Text If you’ve never heard of a fuzzy search before, you can think of it is a… Read more »
Help WordPress clients be secure with Strong Passwords
We help our WordPress clients be more secure by ensuring they’re using Strong Passwords. Designing and building great WordPress websites for our clients is what we specalise in, but that isn’t where we stop. We also offer ongoing support and maintance. One issue we’ve encountered more often than we’d like is where a user has… Read more »