Social Sharing and Open Graph Tags When you share your web pages or blog posts on social sites such as Facebook, Google Plus and LinkedIn, a thumbnail image is often generated and displayed next to the description. These thumbnail images can be auto-generated based on the first appropriately sized image on your page or post. […]
Create Facebook Cover Images The Easy Way
Easy Facebook Cover Graphics If you are like me, creating Facebook cover images is not the easiest thing in the world! I found this nifty tool a couple of days ago and recommend you give it a try. If I can use it, there’s hope for everyone! Timeline Slicer Pro helps you to create Facebook […]
Quick and Easy Infographics
I was having a chat on Skype when the question came up, How do I create an Infographic? Not having a creative bone in my body, my first reaction was to hire a designer. That’s great if you want something swish and looking really good. In this case, some simple charts were needed, and preferably […]
The Ultimate Social Media Image Sizes Cheatsheet
Social Media Image Sizes I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been searching for a Facebook image size to do a new quick tab image. I’ll admit my Twitter profile still needs doing too! Lunametrics have come to the rescue with the ultimate social media image size cheat sheet. It may not be […]
Basic OnPage SEO Tips – The Image ALT Tag
Considering how long the image ALT tag has been around, it always surprises me how often it is neglected by web designers. If you want a Jan rant, ask me about web designers who then go on to offer SEO services but can’t get the basic onpage SEO elements in place… Needless to say, the […]
Resizing Images And Uploading To WordPress Using Simple Image Editors
Why is resizing images important? When you upload images to WordPress you do have the option to display the image in your post or page in different sizes. Resizing images before uploading is important because smaller images load faster. It helps with the load times of your website or blog, which in turn has an […]
Image Copyright – A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words?
Internet Image Copyright Confusion… Over the weekend, I was putting a website up for a client and had a friend popping in and out of Skype keeping me company as it got late (yes, I am that dedicated!) Every now and then I would ask him to load the site and comment. One of the […]