Are you ready for WordPress Gutenberg?
July 21, 2018
Are you ready for WordPress Gutenberg?
We’re days away from Gutenberg being part of every single WordPress worldwide. Yes, that means over 31% of the internet. So what’s that all fuss about and should you be scared? What is Gutenberg Gutenberg is a new way of editing content in WordPress. The current WordPress editor that you know has been with WordPress Read More
January 4, 2018
Dear FutureLab customer, this news is important, so please take time to read it First of all, Happy New Year. We value your time, especially at this time of the year, and we understand that a lot of the news here will be very technical, which is why you’ll find a handy summary at the end Read More
August 31, 2017
WordPress Auckland Meetup: WordPress Disasters!
When: Tuesday 12th September Where: GridAKL, 101 Pakenham Street West Why: Meet your local WordPress user group, eat pizza and mingle! The September WordPress Auckland Meetup is coming up soon. This month we are featuring lightning talks on the topic of WordPress “DISASTERS: how I found myself in trouble and how I recovered”. Our speakers Read More
June 28, 2017
This Friday: Learn about brand identity for websites (plus free pizza)
No plans for Friday evening? If you’re keen to learn more about design and brand identity, plus network with other professionals over FREE PIZZA, we have the event for you! If you didn’t already know, each month FutureLab helps organise and sponsor informal WordPress meetups for the Auckland community. We get together to listen to other Read More
June 14, 2017
Online Sales Success for Auckland Ecommerce Business
Auckland Flowers Takapuna have been delivering gorgeous bouquets for all occasions right here in Takapuna since 1986! Lisa and her family have been running the popular florist shop right out of the same Barry’s Point Road location for all these years, but 2016 marked a big change for the company – moving to fully automated Read More
January 16, 2017
Tips for Setting up your Google AdWords Account
Wading into the world of AdWords advertising may be an overwhelming but necessary job for a small business owner. You don’t need a full-time marketing person (yet) but you’ve still got to bring in your customers. And these days of course, advertising online is widespread, with internet advertising revenue surpassing television revenue some years back Read More
December 13, 2016
FutureLab Newsletter Christmas 2016
With Christmas just around the corner, we wanted to extend our warmest wishes to you for the holiday season, and say a big thank you for choosing us as your digital partners. We can keep doing what we love because of your continued support. It’s been a big year (again) with a few changes Read More
October 16, 2016
After ‘Mobilegeddon’ – Google keeps pushing mobile search
A year on from ‘Mobilegeddon’ we look at how Google mobile search is continuing to evolve You may remember reading about a big Google mobile search update back in April 2015 – dubbed ‘Mobilegeddon’ by the SEO community. We wrote about the update here at FutureLab and also had a look at the first Read More
October 2, 2016
The Possum Update: What you need to know
Last month Google quietly released a big update to their search engine Local algorithm, dubbed the ‘Possum’ update by the SEO community. The update helps show web users local results when they are searching for goods and services near their location. Possum Update: The Overview Have you ever searched online for ‘cafes near me’ Read More
September 18, 2016
Designing and Developing FutureLab’s New Look – A Guide
Recently we posted a rough guide to what kind of work goes into creating your website. It’s not all just website building – each project takes hours of planning, design, review, testing, writing, and preparation for going live. We want to now go into more detail about how we create a high-end website. To illustrate Read More