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date = 2020-01-20T18:55:00Z
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title = "Charles Stantham Legal Services"
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description = ""
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slug = ""
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tags = ["WordPress"]
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categories = ["Portfolio"]
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featured_image = "/images/stanthams/large-1.jpg"
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externalLink = ""
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series = []
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2020-02-09 20:13:02 +00:00
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Charles Stantham are a firm of made up solicitors.
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2020-02-15 13:52:44 +00:00
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Done a while ago.
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Their [website](https://stanthams.rayelliott.dev/).
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2020-02-15 14:17:37 +00:00
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Uses [Elementor](https://elementor.com/).
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2020-02-15 13:52:44 +00:00
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Was before Gutenberg update.
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Nothing particularly special.
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2020-02-15 14:17:37 +00:00
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Some bits of minor customisation via CSS required and so a child theme, based on [OceanWP](https://oceanwp.org/), is used.
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2020-02-15 13:52:44 +00:00
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2020-02-15 15:46:52 +00:00
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Reasons for choosing Elementor and OceanWP:
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* Cuts development time considerably.
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* Flexible.
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* Free version can be enough for a lot of sites -- if need additional stuff can either purchase addon plugins or code manually.
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* Relatively lightweight compared to other page builders.
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Disadvantage is bloat required to cover many use cases, in which not many may be used.
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Purpose built design elements will always be leaner and more efficient with cleaner code (if coded correctly of course).
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This especially true if using very few components of the chosen parent theme / page builder.
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Performance may not be so much of an issue for small sites with few users -- will become much more of an issue the bigger the site.
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Can be harder to customise in ways that are not available in the interface -- e.g., CSS specificity problems.
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2020-02-15 13:52:44 +00:00
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Plugins used (with reasons, and what I would probably use now):
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* [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/).
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* [Elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/).
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* [Elementor Addon Elements](https://wordpress.org/plugins/addon-elements-for-elementor-page-builder/).
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For Google Maps integration.
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* [GDPR Cookie Compliance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gdpr-cookie-compliance/).
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* [iThemes Security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/).
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* [Ocean Extra](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ocean-extra/).
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* [UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/).
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* [WP Fastest Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/).
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* [WP Mail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/).
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Always a good idea to test speed of site after adding a plugin, especially if not used before.
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2020-02-15 13:52:44 +00:00
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Not much to say - a pretty basic brochure site.
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The primary purpose is to allow users to discover/get more information about the firm.
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Important that site is easy navigable and presents the information in a clean, uncluttered way.
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