“Heidi created a logo for my new company including a header for my WordPress website. I had an idea of what I wanted it to include and she found a beautiful way to represent the parts of my business in a way that also reflected my fun and friendly …
I frequently receive emails from people who don’t know what to do to get their website off the planning stage. So often I hear, “I want a web presence, but where do I start?” All too often, I can see the “doe-in-the-headlights” stare. I hope that in this article, I can show you the steps [...]
WordPress and the plugins that come with it have grown exponentially over the years. WordPress plugins have become smarter with an artificial intelligence that makes it possible to learn from experience and make decisions based on what it learns. This learning ability results in an enhanced usability, as AI algorithms observe individual user behavior. Over [...]
I was installing a plugin for one of my new clients today. TinyMCE Advanced is a plugin that I install for all my clients. I love this plugin! I’ve tried others, but this one is simple enough to use without instruction, yet complex enough to make you feel like you have some neat toys in [...]
I use the Contact Form 7 plugin (created by Takayuki Miyoshi ) for all my WordPress websites. I love how easy it is to work with and create forms. The other day, I was throwing together a form to offer some web security for my clients. I wanted to have a web form that would [...]
This is my first post using the WordPress app for my iPhone. It seems this app allows for posting on the go! So far, this app lends to being an awesome tool. I’m not one who posts with my phone, mainly because the keyboard is too small. However, it is good to know that I [...]
I move WordPress websites so infrequently that it scares me when I have to do it. I literally freak out and try to find someone else to do it for me, someone who I expect should know how to do something as complex as moving a database. Usually, when I develop a website using WordPress, [...]
This has been an incredible week for brute force attacks on the Internet. Email flooded my inbox, websites slowed to molasses-slow. I had just finished putting security plugins in place on all of my WordPress sites after being attacked only a couple of months ago. I had been patting myself on the back for securing [...]
Several weeks ago, many… if not all of my websites had been hacked. It was terrible! I spent many hours cleaning all the domains. Since then, I have learned some lessons. I had hoped to bring my lessons to you in an effort to keep you from sharing my mistakes. Many of my websites are [...]
WordPress is one of the top used content management systems used on websites and blogs. Although the WordPress staff and engineers work hard at keeping the core of the software secure, we still end up with vulnerabilities. Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard of many websites being shut down because of phishing scams. I [...]
As a web designer, I am often approached and asked to give advice about website design. Then I am asked to rebuild their website and am given a number of ideas of how they want their site to look. Usually I’m given a list of example websites that the potential client wants their website to [...]
