Securing Your WordPress Website
Why Bother Securing Your WordPress Site? There are some that regard WordPress as being liable to hacking attempts because it uses Open Source code. They say that by its very…
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How a ‘headless CMS’ will manage digital content in an ever-connected 5G world
The roll-out of 5G has just begun. 5G promises a considerable increase in data transfer speeds that will allow almost real-time connection between internet-enabled devices. This increase in speeds will…
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What is the Domain Name System (DNS)
Domains – How do they work? As a website owner or administrator, you’ve no doubt come across the terms domain or domain name system (DNS). Much like a phone or…
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Website ABC – Agency Speak
You’re a digital marketing professional, but do you know your CMS from your CRM, your LAMP from your post? Here at Rouge, we like to think we’re a plain-speaking bunch,…
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Progressive Web Apps – What are they?
So, what is a Progressive Web App? Boiling it right down, a Progressive Web App (PWA) is simply an app delivered through the web. (rather than an app packaged and…
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Which Web Design Company Meets Your Needs?
Choosing the right web design company is more difficult than it looks The average person will consider a multitude of factors before coming to a decision which is a good…
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Drupal vs WordPress a CMS Comparison
If you’re thinking of launching a website, then you will need some form of Content Management System (CMS) to power it. Gone are the days when you would write your…
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What is the Difference Between Web Usability and Accessibility?
Usability and Accessibility are two very important parts of web design that share some common principles, but they do have some key differences too. It is common for designers to…
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Web Accessibility Standards and Why They Are Important
Making the Web Accessible to All It is a sad fact that in the UK alone some 11 million people suffer from a disability (http://www.disabilitysport.org.uk/facts-and-figures-about-disabled-people-in-the-uk.html). Nearly 2 million of these…
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Selecting a WordPress Development Agency
Please visit our portfolio if you’re looking for examples of our WordPress web design and development. When a business is looking for a web developer, they sometimes forget that besides…
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Fast sites are taking off in 2019 – Are you up to speed?
It’s no secret that fast sites are going to be more important in 2019. Let’s start with a statement from Google: “Mobile-first indexing means that Googlebot will now use the…
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Web development – more than just configuring content management systems
Difference Between Web Development and Web Design Before we delve into the subject of what the difference between building a WordPress site and tweaking the code, and web development is,…
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PHP 7 upgrade – Is your website ready?
What is PHP 7? As a website customer of Rouge, your website is built, in part using an open-source web development language call PHP (Personal Home Page, but now stands…
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Why using agencies with integrated teams is better than using ones that outsource or off-shore some of the work
First what is Outsourcing? Outsourcing is a very common practice which involves contracting out business functions and processes to third party providers. Sometimes these are in the same country, in…
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