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• Category: News
  • From Tech Debt to Strategic Growth: How Burges Salmon Transformed with WordPress
  • What We Learned From Fixing £1,000,000 of Agency Mistakes
  • How Ice Hockey Is Helping Illustrate Digital In 2025
  • How The AWTCC Uses WordPress to Empower America’s Export Economy
  • Foot Anstey LLP achieves top spot with Illustrate Digital
  • We’ve been recertified for ISO 9001 and 27001!
  • Illustrate Digital secures £2.7m partnership with WP Engine
  • Illustrate Digital named the 14th fastest growing company in Wales
  • Launching our new headless service that changes the game for WordPress
  • Illustrate Digital Ranked Among Top 100 Agencies Globally for Growth
  • Illustrate Digital Sponsors WP Engine’s DE{CODE} 2022 Event
  • Earning global respect for quality and security – ISO 9001 and ISO 27001
  • Improving your experience – doubling our UX design team in 2022
  • Tackling our Environmental Impact, with Ecologi.
  • Clutch Names Illustrate Digital as 2021 Top Web Developers in The UK
  • Launching eight new roles to kick off 2021
  • Our founder listed as one of Wales’ top businessmen under 35
  • Highly Commended at the Cardiff Business Awards 2020
  • Ian Brown steps up as Head of Operations
  • Our Event at Wales Tech Week 2020 (full videos included)
  • Two great career opportunities with a leading WordPress agency
  • A fresh look for Illustrate Digital, introducing our new brand
  • Welcoming new faces to the Illustrate Digital team.
  • Levelling up with additions to our board of directors.
  • Named as Finalists at Cardiff Life Awards 2020!
  • Big news! We’re expanding to Bristol.
  • Consuela featured in October issue of Net Magazine.
  • A roundup of the Cardiff WordPress Meetup – October 2019.
  • Scott and Melin announced as speakers at Dublin’s WordPress conference 2019.
  • Scott talks about excellence at Momentum Conference 2019.
  • Specialist developer role available at Wales’ leading WordPress agency.
  • Rebirth of the Cardiff WordPress Meetup at Cardiff Design Festival.
  • Scott featured in September’s issue of Net Magazine.
  • Back with Cardiff Devils as official sponsors for the 2019/20 season!
  • Finalists for ‘Best Enabling Tech Company’ at FinTech Awards Wales.
  • Publishing the best on-site content, quickly (CIM Content Masterclass 2019).
  • Partnership with Cardiff Design Festival for 2019.
  • Shortlisted for TWO awards at Cardiff Business Awards 2019!
  • FinTech Wales is launched and welcomes Scott to the board.
  • Winners of Cardiff Life Awards 2019!
  • Co-sponsors of the CIM Leading Marketers Dinner.
  • Named as finalists for Cardiff Life Awards 2019.
  • Our run club complete the 5K ‘Winter Warmer’.
  • Our team named as finalists in this year’s Cardiff Business Awards!
  • Illustrate Digital, an Accelerated Growth Programme Agency
  • Waving goodbye to the iconic bowtie (and Kyle).
  • We’re hiring! Do you know an awesome mid-level developer?
  • Back for another season with the Cardiff Devils.
  • Why we’re going semi-remote.
  • Welcome to the Illustrate Wapuu.
  • 3 amazing award nominations to kick off 2017!
  • Our new name… Illustrate Digital!
  • Illustrate turns 6!
  • Illustrate are now proudly accredited developers with The Web Guild
  • 4 signs that you’re working with a thought-leading agency
  • A day in the life of an Account Manager
  • WordPress on Ice
  • The Long Ride Home
  • A new era for Illustrate
  • New roles and new opportunities at Illustrate…
  • Our agency’s growth into 2016
  • Working with the Cardiff Coal Exchange…
• Category: Reports
  • The Great CMS Exodus – Trends in Content Management You Should Know About
  • Illustrate Digital’s Global Page Speed Report 2024
• Category: Uncategorized
  • A Few Days in Basel with the WordPress Community
• Category: User Experience (UX)
  • Inclusive Design Strategies for WordPress Professionals
  • Everything You Need To Know About Low Fidelity Prototypes
  • High Fidelity Prototyping and How We Use Them to Improve User Experience
  • What Is a UX (User Experience) Design Agency?
  • Gutenberg Blocks and You: How Gutenberg Has Changed UX Design
  • The Key Differences Between UX and UI
  • A Day in the Life: How to Become a UX Designer
  • How WordPress Development and UX Design Boosts SEO
  • The 10 commandments of good website experiences – how we conduct our audits.
  • What is Google Analytics?
  • What is UX and why do I need it?
• Category: WordPress
  • 12 concerns about WordPress (that you might not need to be concerned about)
  • Upgrading Content Management – An In-Depth Look at WordPress 6.3
  • Custom Theme Development vs Elementor – The Best Option for Enterprise Brands?
  • R&D Update: Our Team’s Brilliant Efforts to Improve Website Performance
  • Headless WordPress: What It Is And Do You Need It?
  • Exciting study reveals WordPress drove global revenues of $596.7 billion in 2020
  • HubSpot vs WordPress: A Fair & Balanced Comparison
  • WordPress vs Sitecore: Which CMS Is Better For The Enterprise?
  • WooCommerce: Is it the Right Platform for Your eCommerce Site?
  • More than a CMS: how to use WordPress to its full potential
  • The Benefits of Bespoke APIs and Integrations
  • WordPress 5.5 is here, so what’s new?
  • Improving Your WordPress Blog to Maximise Interactions
  • Drupal vs WordPress: which CMS is best for you?
  • How and when to use WordPress Plugins
  • Umbraco vs WordPress: which CMS is best for you?
  • WordPress 5.4 is out now, so what’s new?
  • Watch our MD’s interview with Velocitize about WordPress.
  • Why responsive websites are more important than ever
  • The Cardiff WordPress Meetup – November 2019.
  • What is the Gutenberg Editor in WordPress?
  • How and why you should use WordPress to develop a Web Application
  • WordPress plugins that could be worth avoiding (and what to use instead)
  • Joomla vs WordPress: which CMS is best for you?
  • Introducing ‘The Gutenberg Site’.
  • Scott announced as speaker at WordCamp Bristol in May.
  • The Illustrate Digital team at WordCamp London 2019.
  • What is WooCommerce?
  • What is WordPress?
  • What is SSL and HTTPS?
  • What is managed hosting?
  • What is caching?
  • What is a custom post type (CPT)?
  • What is a CDN?
  • What is a responsive website?
  • What are WordPress updates and why are they important?
  • What are modals, popups and lightboxes?
  • Is WordPress secure?
  • Exporting from WooCommerce
  • Can Google Shopping be used with WooCommerce?
  • What types of product can I sell with WooCommerce?
  • Why we love WordCamps (a perspective from WCEU).
  • Size Matters – Optimising your WordPress site for best performance
  • Google’s secure web (and how it affects you).
  • Ransomware is hitting WordPress – cover your a***.
  • What is the Gutenberg WordPress Editor and why should you care about it?
  • Our top tips for WordPress Security.
  • How Newsletter Popups can really damage your SEO.
  • A better choice for payments on your e-commerce website.
  • Can WordPress really handle my website?
  • Is your WooCommerce site ready for Christmas shopping?
  • A day in the life of a WordPress Developer
  • A day in the life of a WordPress Specialist
  • The evolution of WordPress from past to present (Infographic)
  • The A to Z of a WordPress agency
  • Getting the best from your WordPress agency
  • WordPress Web Designer vs WordPress Specialist
  • SEO Permalink issues in WordPress
  • The awesome web design checklist for small and medium business
  • Questions to ask when choosing a new web agency (or any agency for that matter)…
  • Make the most of your alt tags…
  • Get the most out of your WordPress blog…
  • Building powerful e-commerce websites with WordPress and WooCommerce…
  • Blogging efficiently – work on the go with WordPress…
  • Website maintenance – why you should look after your website…
  • A better writing experience with WordPress 4.0…
  • Secure websites, SSL and Google…
  • Are you a WordPress developer or enthusiast…?
  • The best UK WordPress hosting…

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