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Why do we not jump on the Shopify bandwagon? 3 big reasons to own your stack

Shopify is a hot topic at the moment in the world of e-commerce as it allows many business owners to quickly get started with selling online, with a slick and smooth online interface and many integrations which almost feels too good to be true. While at Invisible Dragon, we use WooCommerce for the majority of […]

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Why We Love Gravity Forms

There are a range of form plugins and systems available for WordPress, with a range of included features and add-on features. Our pick for our customers is nearly always Gravity Forms. Gravity Forms dates back to 2008 and has only continued to grow and provide value and functionality to customers. The Competition “Why not X? […]

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Single Use Coupons

Recently in the news and especially spreading around social media (mostly on TikTok) a group of people have been exploiting self-service machines and their acceptance of coupons. In the UK generally coupons are not a large deal, and can’t be stacked causing those fables situations where a customer leaves with several trolleys full of goods […]

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Big Web Platforms Compared – WordPress vs Wix

Two of the largest platforms today on the market for building a website are WordPress and Wix. Both platforms offer their positives and negatives to the platform. Note in this article, we build websites in WordPress, and in fact this website itself is built in WordPress, so bear that in mind with our bias. Wix […]

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Better for The Planet Web Hosting

Many web hosting companies today are offering green web hosting, with the definition of such being varied from company to company. With more public demand for companies to be green, every web hosts wants to say that they are greener than their competition in order to win eco concious business support. Green Web Hosting Green […]

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Interface Design for Displays in the Real World

Recently travelling on public transport around in the North East, I noticed the design of the interface on the passenger information displays had been updated recently. Bus operator Go North East has invested heavily into various iterations of their “talking bus” features. This typically involves auditory announcements for each stop, reminders of the service and […]

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Doing Your Own Photography For Your Website

For many websites, adding your own photography can give a more authentic appearance which helps immediately build trust with website visitors and like the common phrase, a photograph is worth a thousand words. While professional photography will always give a professional and authentic feeling to your website, it can be very expensive. Stock Photography isn’t […]

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Plesk Admin: Ban xmlrpc.php globally

If you own a Plesk dedicated server, or a Plesk virtual private server with full server access and host a number of WordPress websites you may have seen a large amount of traffic hitting xmlrpc.php which is a typical and easy to guess endpoint to WordPress in an attempt to take down and use up […]

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Zoho Connect: Minimal Holiday Booking System

Zoho Connect is a great tool to use for many businesses as it provides a wide range of functionality including task management, discussions and more. It also features a version of Zoho Creator, Zoho’s zero-code app creation platform with enough usage limits to get good usage out of it. For example, an employee holiday booking […]