Our Top 5 Apps for Your Summer Holiday
July 2015
The Summer season is well and truly here for most of us, and whether you’re off on a caravan holiday to Whitley Bay or jet setting off to Coco Bay, the Urban River team have come up with a...
Responsive websites to be rewarded by Google
April 2015
Google recently announced that it is making a significant change to its search algorithm for ranking their mobile search results. “Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect...
Web design trends for 2015
March 2015
Here at Urban River we have decided to list some of the key web design trends that you can expect to see more of on the web this year. Professional custom photography Using inexpensive stock photography on your website...
What should be (but often isn’t) considered before you buy a new website
November 2014
The digital world is still a comparative baby when put up against other major industries. As such, buying a new (or replacing an existing) website can be a step into the unknown for a business owner. Over the years,...
How to tell it’s time for a new website
September 2014
In today’s digital-dependent world, making sure your website works for you is important for your business. So to help you decide if the time is right to get a new website we’ve put together some handy tips to watch...
Import to WordPress
August 2014
Importing information can save you a lot of hard manual work when combining and revamping websites or building new ones. But with Importing we can skip the whole process of manually re-creating all the old content with hours of...
What is a Website Wireframe?
August 2014
What is a Website Wireframe? Once you engage with your chosen website developer, they will produce a wireframe to help you visualise what your site will look like. If you feel comfortable with the concept, you may even show...
Exporting your WordPress data
August 2014
Every now and again you will come across the need to either backup your website data or move to a new hosting provider. When this happens you will need to export your WordPress data; and WordPress has an easy...
What are WordPress trackbacks and pingbacks?
August 2014
If you have recently launched a new website using WordPress, you may have received emails notifying you of trackbacks and/or pingbacks on your site. If so, you might have the following questions running through your head: What is a...
First look at WordPress 4.0
July 2014
It’s been 4 years since WordPress 3.0 was released and it has continued to expand both as a web platform and in its usage by the wider community. So four years on and we are looking at WordPress 4.0!...
How do I buy a new website?
July 2014
How do I buy a new website? Changing your website, whether it’s a refresh or commissioning a completely new site, has the potential to become an expensive, time consuming and frustrating experience. So how should you buy a new website?...
Stopping SPAM on your WordPress website
July 2014
Spam, unfortunately, is just another part of the web’s circle of life but there are quite a few reasonably easy steps to counter the problems that come with comment and email spam. Some of the solutions come with WordPress...