Website Design Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/website_design/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:30:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Website Design Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/website_design/ 32 32 2696646 Improving the Efficiency of My Solar Panel Monitoring Plugin: Optimising PHP, MySQL, and Caching https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/01/improving-the-efficiency-of-my-solar-panel-monitoring-plugin-optimising-php-mysql-and-caching/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/01/improving-the-efficiency-of-my-solar-panel-monitoring-plugin-optimising-php-mysql-and-caching/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:24:41 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=44753 As a part of my ongoing efforts to optimise and enhance the functionality of my solar panel monitoring plugin, I’ve recently made some significant improvements that have boosted its performance and security. If you’re interested in solar generation data or just want to know how to improve the efficiency of a WordPress plugin, this post...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/07/rain-4/feed/ 0 26973 Features of the new look website https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/features-of-the-new-look-website/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/features-of-the-new-look-website/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:52:47 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18963 The new look to our website is coming on well. The actual look was fairly easy to set up as I used a lovely looking Theme called Hueman that had most of the features I wanted. I have however tweaked it via a child theme to fit my needs and added a few other things....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/features-of-the-new-look-website/feed/ 0 18963 Website Redesign https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/website-redesign/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/website-redesign/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:40:05 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18851 I hope you’re liking the new look of our Simple Life of Luxury website redesign. I decided it was time for a revamp and an opportunity to make the site more responsive and therefore mobile friendly. I also wanted to make it look a little more modern, bright, cheerful and provide more emphasis on the images...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/11/password-managers-lastpass-safari-keychain/feed/ 0 14979 Web Browsers, Bricks and a Sneaky Surf Session https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/web-browsers-bricks-and-a-sneaky-surf-session/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/web-browsers-bricks-and-a-sneaky-surf-session/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:50:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13569 Another busy day yesterday and with such long days I tend to start at around 4:30am as the sunrise wakes me up. It started off with lots of computer work as I have a new website design project that I’m working on. It’s nice to get the creative juices flowing again and I’m quite enjoying...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/web-browsers-bricks-and-a-sneaky-surf-session/feed/ 2 13569 ABKA Newsletter Publishing https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/abka-newsletter-publishing/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/abka-newsletter-publishing/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:22:33 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12501 I’ve just finished the Spring edition of the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association Newsletter. It’s a lot of work writing the content, editing it, sourcing content and images and then desktop publishing it all ready for the members but I quite enjoy it and I’m always pleased with the result. Best of all, the association members seem...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/abka-newsletter-publishing/feed/ 1 12501 The Changing Face of Website Design https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/the-changing-face-of-website-design/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/the-changing-face-of-website-design/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:47:17 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12375 Whilst adding an image to a recent news post on my Website Design website I saw a gallery of images uploaded to articles over the past few years. I was struck by the way it looked so took a screenshot of it. These are of course all little snippets of designs I have produced over...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/the-changing-face-of-website-design/feed/ 1 12375 700 Pages of Full Colour Glossy Memories https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/02/700-pages-of-full-colour-glossy-memories/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/02/700-pages-of-full-colour-glossy-memories/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:23:05 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9648 I wouldn’t like to say how long I’ve spent on it – hundreds of hours probably – but I’ve almost finished the printed version of our ‘Simple Life of Luxury’ weblog book for from 2010. The 2009 edition was 440 pages long and looks glorious, but the 2010 version should top that. It will be...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/02/700-pages-of-full-colour-glossy-memories/feed/ 0 9648 The Joys of Website Design https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/02/the-joys-of-website-design/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/02/the-joys-of-website-design/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:30:38 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7008 I don’t often write about work here as this is a personal weblog but when you’re self-employed it is sometimes hard to get away from work. It is always there, I am the business and there’s no getting away from myself, however hard I try. It is therefore always good to remind myself why I’m...

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