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Oh no! Our contact form is broken!

(It’s fixed now, I’m pleased to say)

Having noticed we weren’t getting many enquiries through our contact form, I did a quick test this morning and to my dismay saw an error message on the CAPTCHA field, even though I’d typed it correctly. What could be going wrong?

Read how the form got broken and how I fixed it ...

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Use Split Testing to Improve a WordPress Theme

What’s the best colour for your headlines? If you make your contact form bigger will more people use it? Should a call to action be left- or right-aligned? If you are trying to make decisions like these about the design of your site, it can be hard to come to definite conclusions. Two designs may look equally attractive, but which will have more impact on visitors?

In this post I discuss a new plugin that will help you to carry out split testing on a self-hosted WordPress site, so you can arrive at such decisions using actual data rather than relying on guesswork.

read more about split testing and the Little Split Test plugin

Facebook, your Business Account policy is stupid

Facebook allows users to create “Business Accounts”. Having read the applicable terms, why any sane person would want to do this beats me.
read more about why Facebook business accounts are a lousy idea

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Drupal Localization and Internationalization

How do you build a site with content in more than one language? This article outlines the features of Drupal that will help you build a multilingual site.

read more about drupal localization and internationalization

Making your website mobile

Have you visited your own website using a mobile phone? Were you happy with what you saw? If your site was not designed for mobile users then my guess is your experience was less than wonderful.

So what can you do to improve matters? Let’s start by looking at what the most common problems are, then discuss possible answers.

Read four ways to make a website more mobile-friendly