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Should I Auto-Enable Updates To WordPress Plugins and Themes? [Answered]

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You're here because you want to know if you should click on that new feature within Wordpress to auto-enable your Wordpress plugins and themes to update. The answer is No. Don't do it.  This "feature" is a detriment to the evolution of Wordpress. Picture a perfect world where you just set your plugins and themes to update any time an update is available and nothing goes wrong. Seem too good to … [Read more...]

What Is Responsive Web Design? (And How To Fix It)

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If you're reading this you are looking to learn about responsive web design. You undoubtably already have a website, and perhaps the title of this blog caught your attention because you feel your website could be performing better for you. Or perhaps there is an issue you already have identified on your website, and you just want some reassurances when you speak to a website designer about the … [Read more...]

Which Website Builder Should I Use – For My Business?

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Today there are a variety of website builders a small business owner can choose from to create their very own website. A common question a business owner on a budget will ask is which website builder should I use? Or even, which website builder is best? Today I'm here to answer that question as best I can, in the most humble way I can.   First, Answer These Questions About Your … [Read more...]

Why A One Page Website Is Really All You Need (To Get Started)

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One of the mistakes I see all businesses make when hiring a website company is going all-in from the git-go. Especially for small businesses, I believe it is a mistake when you're building a new website to have more than 1 page max before adding on additional or new content. That may sound a little blunt, and maybe you completely disagree with me--but hear me out. The primary reason, and … [Read more...]

Should I Use GoDaddy’s Website Application Firewall On My Website?

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We are always striving to give our clients the best experience with their website. With the ever evolving world of website technology website security is more important now more than ever. We are adding the option of Website Application Firewall (WAF) for our websites to add a more secure experience for our clients and their visitors. We partner with GoDaddy to offer Website Security plans powered … [Read more...]

Why Did My Scheduled Blog Post in WordPress Not Publish?

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We have seen this as a common question from clients, "I scheduled a blog post on my Wordpress site to publish and it says it missed schedule, why did this happen?"  In Wordpress you can write a blog post and ask WordPress to publish the blog at a later time and date. WP Cron is how WordPress handles scheduling time-based tasks in WordPress. Several WordPress core features, such as checking for … [Read more...]

3 Reasons Less Is More When Developing Your Website

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Developing your website is hard whether you’re a business owner, agency owner or a developer.  To recap a previous blog about the 3 reasons less is more when designing your website: You can measure your progress, you avoid trapping the customer, and you give your customer what they want. Designing your website with the less is more mindset will almost certainly set you up for success, but how do … [Read more...]

How Does A Domain Connect To A Website?

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A friend of mine asked me this question as she was building herself a website.  She had already picked right domain name, purchased it from GoDaddy, and her website lived elsewhere on the Wix platform. To explain it to her I took this route: First let's think of both your domain and your website as separate entities.  Your domain was purchased through a website registrar provider.  In her … [Read more...]

How To Prevent Your WordPress Website From Crashing

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Your Wordpress website just crashed, how do you fix it?  Whether you are seeing a white screen, a critical error, or things just aren't loading correctly the probable cause is that a plugin or theme recently updated.  Sometimes these plugins or themes can update in the background without your manual intervention.  This just to say there are many many reasons your Wordpress website might have gone … [Read more...]

What Makes A Beautiful Website, That Works?

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Over the course of the last 8 years my company has been in business we’ve experimented with lots of taglines.  We changed it frequently, especially in our early years, and in large part we did this to assist us with selling our services.  As I’ve written about before, selling was the most difficult hurdle we had to overcome as we were just getting started in the website agency world.  One of the … [Read more...]

How To Bring In Leads From Google Ads And Your Website [Video]

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Grateful for the election almost over, it has made it near-impossible to advertise on Facebook, but one good thing that came from it was I was able to concentrate more on my Google Ads and how I can help bridge that conversational gap between the website and the ad. Here is a quick breakdown of how to bring in leads from Google and your website regardless of the business you run. First get into … [Read more...]

[RESOLVED] WP Rocket And Gravity Forms Not Appearing On Genesis

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I recently installed one of the most highly recognized plugins for speeding up website performance on Wordpress-specific websites, WP Rocket.  After configuring the plugin I immediately see a speed increase.  I also notice that all of my Gravity Forms aren't loading on their pages any longer. I'm using WP Rocket and Gravity Forms on a Genesis Framework on Wordpress. (for SEO) I search google … [Read more...]

Help Finding Theme Editor In WordPress 4.9 / GoDaddy

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As a Wordpress developer I rely on being able to make quick edits using the Theme Editor in Wordpress directly from the dashboard.  Today I logged in and was caught scratching my head as to the reason why I could not find the darn "Theme Editor" under Appearances.  You know what I mean, this thing: Wordpress Theme Editor Fix If your website is hosting on a GoDaddy server, I have the … [Read more...]

How To Make Your Phone Number Clickable From A Mobile Device

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Just wanted to drop some code-hack value for you today. Having a phone number that is clickable or "Click To Call" on your website is important. There are thousands of combinations of website browsers, operating systems, content management systems and BIOS builds that can for whatever reason cause your click to call HTML code to hiccup. There is a way to make sure your button works on everyone's … [Read more...]

The Difference Between Investing In Your Website vs Paid Ads

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And the importance of User Experience Design Today I want to talk about a topic I've been meditating on for some time. As an introvert and programmer at heart, I've always clung to the idea that user experience was the most important thing when it came to how to communicate most effectively and convert website visitors into leads and appointments.  Now I know better.  In the past 7 years of … [Read more...]