Seth

Didn't know it was gone! But need to pop back in. I've been a member here since 2008!

Didn't know it was gone! But need to pop back in. I've been a member here since 2008!

I find that PS GAI is a bit wonky. Sometimes it works great, like getting rid of people in pictures. But straight new photo generation it's a bit weird. Might be the user (me), but that's my take.

I go back to the days when CSS wasn't even a thing, back when you had to use tables to layout your page.
They really should bring back Web Rings, they were the ****.

Hi, wanted to see what others think about Bricks Builder, I have moved a number of sites away from elementor and find Bricks just so much more flexible.
My ongoing website using bricks is one I have built and run for my other half. https://ajo.casa, it's a real estate agency here in Sardinia where I reside, even though I am from the UK.

It's been years since I last posted on here
Howdy
Something I am working on (hobby only)

Just about done on the top half and will start modelling the legs soon.

Some bits I will definately re-visit as I am not happy with them but I will leave that until I have the bottom half done

It looks like you can sign a user up when they register - https://help.aweber.com/hc/en-us/articles/204027976-How-Do-I-Use-AWeber-s-Webform-Widget-For-Wordpress-
So I'd create a registration form, a login form, and password reset (or use the built-in ones). Then when they register, you could add them to a new user group called "Members" and do a check to see if they are logged in and a member of that group.
I'm not sure if you need to involve Elementor, the check could be as simple as a shortcode wrapped around content that hides it if the above condition is false.
It's unlikely that you'll be able to do any of this with an existing plugin. The work would need to be developed custom, but this is the danger of relying on others to do the work.

It's part of the theme.
But there are all sorts of problems with this sort of gallery. Mainly because you have to take an action to see the full sized image. You get much better conversions if you just display the images as a scrolling page. Even better if you don't have a sidebar.
Look at that site on your phone to see how pants it is.
 

Just to follow on if using parameters be careful how much you let the search engines index / crawl. It's best to always use the same order and validate the final url, e.g. if using ?type=restaurant&orderby=rating don't start then using ?orderby=rating&type=restaurant. It can get out of hand very quickly, I've seen some horrific issues around this first hand. Currently working on an experiment with this testing blocking vs canonical (with a hint of noindex). Send me a PM if you want a link, still a WIP but the basics are in place.

Wordpress does this for you. You don’t need to set up redirects.
I did some testing on this a while back and the links still worked after changing the permalink structure.

Sometimes with this kind of setup you might also have query strings if there are a large number of establishments that you want to allow users to filter, search for etc.

it could look something like
`/establishments?location=surrey&type=restaurant&orderBy=rating`

If you had many locations with many types of establishments with different sorting options the number of combinations becomes very large so query strings would be more sensible.  You can always go half way like this:

`/establishments/surrey?type=restaurant&orderBy=rating`

It all depends on the context and what you are trying to achieve.

In which case the URL structure almost irrelevant. Pages can have multiple categories and the URL will reflect how the visitor navigated to that page.
You are over thinking things. Until the site goes live you won't know what click trails work best. When you have some stats you can adjust the categorization and from there the URL structure. And even that can be customised using the permalink structure.

This depends on the content, think of the structure like a file tree, where would the content correctly sit? If the content found at /portfolio is a list of all the portfolio categories / "all portfolios" list and the kitchen renovations acts like a filter / section showcasing kitchen renovations then I would use nesting like  /portfolio/kitchen-renovations, /portfolio/bathrooms etc.
Using everything at root level is messy. Simply put its the difference between grabbing all your post and chucking it in a box vs putting them in folders, one marked statements, one bills etc. Inside the statements you might need another folder to separate statements by account to manage them. Now you want to find the personal account statement for April 2016 which system would you rather use to look for? People are used to My Pictures > Spain 2016, it's comfortable.
I have to disagree mate, and these points conflict, if internal linking matters then why keep it simple and not use breadcrumbs? It's relevant internal linking in its purest form! I agree URL structure is the lesser of the two, but it helps search engines build blueprints to a website.
Edit: Forgot to say also breadcrumbs and nesting work better in search results, like;
No crumbs;
Kitchen Renovations | Company Name
company.com/portfolio/kitchen-renovations
With crumbs;
Kitchen Renovations | Company Name
company.com > Portfolio
The searcher can see that "kitchen renovations" is just part of this companies "portfolio", wonder what else they might do?

The search engines don't care what URL structure you use. It's your internal linking that matters not how you structure things.
And breadcrumbs only work if you follow the defined path.
If I've searched the site for child friendly vegan restaurants in surrey and choose one to look at your:
Home > Surrey > Epsom > Restaurants
breadcrumbs make no sense. I'd want to see:
Home > Vegan > Child Friendly > Surrey
So you need to consider what type of breadcrumbs you use:
Location Based Path Based Attribute Based Or keep it simple and don't use breadcrumbs. That way you don't need to worry about the URL structure.

Spot on @BlueDreamer ... horses for courses, usually depends if the "thing" is mightier than the "location". This is where a url might not actually reflect the structure which is where breadcrumbs come into their own.
Home > Surrey > Epsom > Restaurants
adomain.com/restaurants/surrey/epsom/
Home > Surrey > Epsom > Hotels
adomain.com/hotels/surrey/epsom/
The breadcrumbs would still produce the desired architecture with all restaurants vouching they are in Epsom in Surrey. Same can be done for the actual establishments.
Home > Surrey > Epsom > Restaurants > Big Bobs Burgers
adomain.com/profiles/big-bobs-burgers/
 
Edit: Would say from a visitor point of view it would be clearer if they landed on the Restaurants in Epsom page. Logic would say they click one level up for All restaurants in Surrey, two levels up for all the restaurants on the site. Flip side, if it was more a market for things to do in Epsom then your location example would be a better fit. Love this industry, no set way to do anything it's what works best in each situation.  

I always go for logical URL paths when possible, so in @BrowserBugs example /restaurants/surrey/epsom would be an ideal scenario.
On the other hand sometimes your data structure might not makes those URL' s easy to construct. For example if my locations aren't just restaurants but area also bars and hotels as well then you could have
/restaurants/surrey/epsom
/bars/surrey/epsom
/hotels/surrey/epsom
...but that could lead to having a lot of duplicated content about Epsom! That's not necessarily a bad thing because your visitors can still get the the info they want, but a good case for using the canonical to tell search engines which page is the primary one.
Alternatively for this sort of scenario you could go generic and do something like:
/locations/surrey/epsom
There's no right or wrong here but whatever you do I'd say visitors being able to easily find the info they want is more important than URL structure.

There is a huge benefit from information architecture combined with structure from a user experience and search engine perspective, you might not have seen this depending on the size of websites you've worked on. It's not just the url as such, sometimes it's not possible for technical reasons to perfectly stack them but thanks to breadcrumbs you can shape a structure.
What you should be looking for is parent and child relationships and encouraging them with logical urls and supporting breadcrumbs. So for example; 
Home > Restaurants
adomain.com/restaurants/
Home > Restaurants > Surrey
adomain.com/restaurants/surrey/
Home > Restaurants > Surrey > Epsom
adomain.com/restaurants/surrey/epsom/
This set up would be very clear for both visitors and search engines alike. From the "Restaurants in Epsom" page it internally links to its parent "Restaurants in Surrey", and that page then links to its parent "Restaurants in the UK". You also might have adomain.com/restaurants/surrey/dorking/ which does also votes via the breadcrumbs.
Where this method really comes into its own is when it comes time that you want to make a page for "Restaurants in Guildford", when you add the new page under Surrey it will gain the benefit of the established parent pages, gaining the strength of "Restaurant" and "Surrey" leaving only the term "Guildford" as new. It doesn't take long for these pages to scoot right up the rankings however don't drill down to the point of thin content, divide as much as required into logical content groups.
Just my 2 pence as always  

First of all, you need to add your business to Google local business listing. One you will add the business then add all the details properly.  If you want to rank better in Google local business listing then you should follow below points
1. Once you add your business to Google local business please verify the details. There are two option to verify the business. one is by call or other is by physical mail. You can choose one to verify the listing.
2. Try to get rating and reviews on your listing.
3. Try to add keywords related to your business in description and choose the best category.
4. Add Google map on your website.
5. Properly add your address, local contact number and business name.
6. Add business photos to the listing.
I hope it will help you.

The latter. They're paying ME a good amount to SEO the site.

I hate to break it to you. I have a client who actually sells Pig food. She uses FB and IG and does gang busters.
#justsaying 🤣

I hate to break it to you. I have a client who actually sells Pig food. She uses FB and IG and does gang busters.
#justsaying 🤣

Sort out the images.
There are 8.8Mb of images in the homepage slider. Bin the slider (because it adds no value) and you will then have a fast site.
The content of the site is boring and dire and not lead generating. The calls to action are weak and blog mostly pointless. There are no trustmarks, citations, case studies or testimonials. And it doesn't work at all well on a small screen.
Apart from that it's fine!

Not sure if you use lighthouse? If not it's worth a look and running through the list, some big old files in there.

Edit: e-RGP_8259.jpg is 7360px X 4912px and a staggering 3.34MB - That's bigger than 4K UHD!

Time to first byte is incredibly high too. I would take a look to see how many redirects are setup, and if traffic goes through multiple domains. If not, your host could be letting you down here, because 2.4s is extremely high latency for a single request.

1.5 minutes to load the home page here.
I echo what everyone else has said, plus...
It smacks of style over substance, too many pointless animations Home page is full of corporate waffle/gibberish (probably "designed by committee"), if I was a customer I want to get my taxes done, not read about mergers Staff page focuses too much on shareholders (corporate ego), if I was a prospective customer I'd want to learn about the people I may work with