In selecting a web host for your WordPress site, it can be tempting to select one with the lowest price. However, this can lead to problems over time. The least expensive web hosting plan may not have the security or performance features important for you website. We all know that hacking is a huge problemWhy Your Web Host Matters for WordPress See the full project…
Buzz words such as mobile-first, mobile-friendly and responsive web design have been around for a while now. While we have been able to use tools such as https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/ to see if a site will work well on mobile devices, there is now a new imperative to have a responsive site. Google has announced a shiftMobile Friendly Websites See the full project…
I recently worked on a project to add a donation page to an existing website. Studio Learning is a new, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps students gain skills and earn a degree. To help fund students, the organization was ready to set up a donations page. After reviewing several options, we decided to go withUsing GiveWP for Donations See the full project…
Want to sync up online sales with your brick and mortar store? WooCommerce now offers the Square extension for just that purpose. With Square you can: Accept all major credit cards Take payments online and offline Manually sync products from WooCommerce to Square, or from Square to WooCommerce Automatically add new WooCommerce products to SquareWooCommerce Point of Sale See the full project…
Both Chris Lema and Pippin Williamson have written fairly detailed reviews of page builders. While I do not plan to replicate their work, I want to comment on an issue I ran into with the Visual Composer plugin. Visual Composer is quite developer friendly, so that developers may add custom features and layouts that enhancePage Builders See the full project…
With so many stories about hacking in the news, we all have to wonder if our own sites are secure. While it is difficult if not impossible to thwart all hackers, everyone knows that there are basic steps to take to secure your site. These steps include using strong passwords as well as not sharing passwordsIs Your Website Secure? See the full project…
Many people help others create WordPress websites by purchasing premium themes and then setting them up. Premium themes typically offer many options for fonts and colors. Some even include builders like Visual Composer. While these features can get a site close to the desired look, feel and functionality, sometimes more is required. When you cannot getWhy Learn to Code if you Implement WordPress Themes See the full project…
I had the opportunity to speak at WooConf 2016. My topic was building a single page website with WooCommerce. I discussed how I went about putting the site together using custom template along with actions and filters. I also presented the issues I ran into once I had to implement variable products. Aside from myWooConf 2016 See the full project…
After updating to IOS 9 on an iPad or iPhone, content may suddenly become squished so that a site that once filled the entire screen now takes up half of it! Why does this happen? A change in the way the viewport meta tag for sites using “width=device-width” works causes the page to scale downContent Squished on IOS – Use "shrink-to-fit" See the full project…
As of WordPress 4.4, there is native responsive image support via srcset and sizes in WordPress. If you are unfamiliar with these image attributes, here is a good description of the srcset and sizes attributes in WordPress. Using srcset and sizes allow the browser to find the best image size to load. While this isDo We Still Need the Picture Element in WordPress? See the full project…