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WordPress Security
You may not be aware of how often hackers attempt to access your WordPress website. I get notifications several times a week that one of my clients’ websites is under a bruit force attack. These aren’t the big-time attacks that happen to high trafficked sites like Target. They usually last under 500 attempts, so as…
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Why does my website ALWAYS have to be updated??
Does it seem like every time you turn around your website needs to be updated for some reason or another? And it’s not just a matter of keeping the content up to date, things that worked one day will sometimes just *poof* stop working. Why is that??? The answer lies in the long-standing tug of…
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What Is a Responsive Layout?
From Wikipedia: Responsive web design (RWD) is an approach to web design aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing and interaction experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones). A site designed with RWD adapts the layout…
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Online Marketing Plan
Self-promotion… ugh, the bane of my existence. No problem helping other people get their marketing stuff in order. But when it comes to doing my own marketing… “oh, look, the laundry needs to be done,” or “the garden needs to be weeded,” or “my workspace really needs to be organized.” I’m a person who needs…
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Best and Worst Website Hosts (IMHO)
My clients often ask me who to buy hosting from. Aaaaand… sometimes I wish they had asked me first because there are a few I love and a few I… er… don’t. My top recommendation is BlueHost, they’ve been great to me, they’re inexpensive and their up-time is very good. They did have a major…
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Add Font-pictures to Your Website
Did you know that you can add lots of symbols and pictures to your website using your existing font? They’re known as Unicode characters. It’s as simple as knowing a few bits of code. For example typing ❤ will give you ❤. If you’re using WordPress to type a blog post or content for a…
