articles Archives - Keith Devon https://keithdevon.com/category/articles/ UK-based WordPress developer Sun, 07 Apr 2019 15:14:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 Thoughts on WordCamps https://keithdevon.com/thoughts-on-wordcamps/ https://keithdevon.com/thoughts-on-wordcamps/#respond Sun, 07 Apr 2019 15:14:18 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1338 I’m feeling inspired, confident, connected, and very very tired. I’m on the train home from WordCamp London 2019. Recently, I’ve seen some tweets and heard people talking about how they don’t go to WordCamps anymore – or that giving talks at them is a waste of time. Everyone has their own reasons and motivations for […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/thoughts-on-wordcamps/feed/ 0 How (and why) to use Schema.org on your WordPress website https://keithdevon.com/schema-on-your-wordpress-website/ https://keithdevon.com/schema-on-your-wordpress-website/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:17:52 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1234 Search engines have a big problem. There is so much data out there and it’s hard to work out what is what. Humans are great at inferring the context of web content, but this is much more difficult for Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.. That’s why the biggest search engines have come together to create a […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/schema-on-your-wordpress-website/feed/ 8 Full screen background images https://keithdevon.com/full-screen-background-images/ https://keithdevon.com/full-screen-background-images/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:46:53 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1170 I’m putting this here for my own sanity. If I had £1 for every time I’ve tried to solve this issue! The goal here is to have a background image that covers the whole of the browser window. Ideally we want it to scale, stay centred, and keep it’s correct proportions. My go-to article on […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/full-screen-background-images/feed/ 0 Website Budget Calculator https://keithdevon.com/website-budget-calculator/ https://keithdevon.com/website-budget-calculator/#respond Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:46:37 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1145 This morning I built the Website Budget Calculator. This tool is meant to be used as a way for potential clients to work out how much they should invest in their website – based on the value based pricing approach. I’m interested in, but sceptical of, value based pricing. I’ve listened to talks and podcasts, read […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/website-budget-calculator/feed/ 0 First Contact – How to pitch to developers https://keithdevon.com/how-to-pitch-to-developers/ https://keithdevon.com/how-to-pitch-to-developers/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:45:55 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1124 This post is based on a talk I gave at the “Finding a developer” event, by Enterprise Nation on 13th March 2014. First contact – How to pitch to developers from keithdevon The current state of play There are a lot of great developers out there looking for work, and a lot of great clients […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/how-to-pitch-to-developers/feed/ 0 Why I’ve set a minimum budget https://keithdevon.com/minimum-budget/ https://keithdevon.com/minimum-budget/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:22:02 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1116 Today I added a line to my contact page stating that my minimum budget for a new project was £2,000. I wanted to explain why I’ve done this. I’m in the privileged position of getting lots of enquiries for new work. Some days I get up to five enquiry emails. I’m so grateful for this. […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/minimum-budget/feed/ 5 Freelance contract survey https://keithdevon.com/freelance-contracts-survey/ https://keithdevon.com/freelance-contracts-survey/#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:26:29 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=1071 Contracts are a hotly debated part of the freelance workflow. Many people don’t use them at all. Others will swear by them, and never start a project without one. Where do you stand? [yop_poll id=”2″] Do you use another method? Add your thoughts in the comments.

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/freelance-contracts-survey/feed/ 5 10 tips from 4 years of freelancing (Part 1) https://keithdevon.com/10-tips-from-4-years-of-freelancing/ https://keithdevon.com/10-tips-from-4-years-of-freelancing/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:52 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=1049 On 8th April I gave a talk at the Untangle the Web meetup at Google Campus in London. As a freelancer there is a lot of advice out there, especially in the web industry. You’ll probably have heard some of these tips before, some might be new. They’re not necessarily the best, or most important, […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/10-tips-from-4-years-of-freelancing/feed/ 7 The Tools of the (WordPress Freelance Development) Trade https://keithdevon.com/the-tools-of-the-wordpress-freelance-development-trade/ https://keithdevon.com/the-tools-of-the-wordpress-freelance-development-trade/#respond Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:47:35 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=953 I’ve been freelancing for a while now. I’ve also been developing WordPress sites for a while. In that time I’ve used many different tools. Some have been great, and some less great. Here I share a list of the tools that I’m currently using: Accounting I use the excellent FreeAgent* to keep track of my […]

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