What is a backup and why does my website need one?

A backup is a snapshot copy of your website’s files, taken at a particular moment in time, and stored in a separate location. Taking regular backups is essential if you wish to protect your website and mitigate against the effects of data loss, for instance as could be caused by web-hosting problems or malicious site compromise. If a […]

Deliveries, where the Devil’s in the Detail

It’s New Year and that means plenty of new plans and projects are afoot. Perhaps this is the year that you’ll add that eCommerce shop to your website? If it is, then I’d hazard a guess that delivery charges are unlikely to feature at the top of your brief. However planning and deploying delivery configurations, though […]

Three things you can do to improve your online shop

We’re often asked how to turn a good online shop into an amazing online shop. So here are three of Lingo’s favourite tips on how to make your customers love your e-commerce store even more than they do already. 1. Only show customers what they want to see Being able to filter products allows customers […]

What are website breadcrumbs?

Have you ever got lost in the depths of a multi-page website? Fear not, breadcrumbs can help you to find your way home! In the well-known Brothers Grimm fairy-tale, little Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the forest by their parents. However by leaving a trail of breadcrumbs behind them the two children intend to find […]

Colour Consistency in Design

Or how to make sure your logo is always crimson and never maroon. Colour, and the way we describe it, is a very subjective thing. My idea of crimson could be significantly different from yours. Which is why in graphic design, to be able to be technically precise about colour, we talk in the same […]

What is a bounce rate?

If a website user only visits one page and then exits, they can be said to have ‘bounced’ out of the site. Bounce rate is the Google Analytics metric which captures this element of visitor behaviour. It is the percentage of visits that only include one page (or a single request to the Analytics server). […]

Lingo Bells, Lingo Bells!

The studio will be closed from Tuesday 22nd December re-opening on Monday 4th January, as we enjoy some much needed rest, recuperation and revelling!

New website for JW Sargeant of Stow Bridge

JW Sargeant’s is a local, family butcher in Stow Bridge, Norfolk. This was their first ever website, so we wanted to make the process as straightforward and stress-free as possible.

Lingo – Designed To Last!

Happy 10th Birthday to Lingo Design! A decade on, and though many things have changed, Lingo is still going strong. And we still love cake!

Happy Anniversary Palmers Restaurant

If one year is paper and two years is cotton, what should mark a 15-year anniversary? A new, mobile-friendly website of course. Congratulations to Palmers Restaurant of Downham Market on 15 years as one of West Norfolk’s finest eateries. And what better way to mark the occasion than by launching a new, fully responsive website. Launch website >   […]

New Website for MRC Modular

Congratulations to modular buildings specialists, MRC Modular on the launch of their new responsive website.