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The Biggest Fear Of Working With A Website Hosting Company

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*THE BIGGEST FEAR OF WORKING WITH A WEBSITE HOSTING COMPANY* Will they STEAL my website? Clients come and go, that’s called turnover, and having owned a website hosting company for the past 10+ years we’ve seen more than a handful go. What surprises me most is that sometimes it’s like the business owner has a self-fulfilling prophecy that their website host is going to treat them badly, … [Read more...]

Choosing the Right Platform for Your Website: Comparing WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and More

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As a business owner, you know that having a website is essential in today's digital age. However, choosing the right platform for your website can be overwhelming. With so many website builders available, it can be challenging to decide which one is right for you. In this blog post, we'll compare some of the most popular website builders, including WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and more. As a … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

[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...]