Web Development

Need to add new sections, or maybe whole new elements to your website? This is actually…

I recently received the following email from a reader who wanted to learn how to start…

Planning to launch a website to support a cause? WordPress is the tool to handle the…

Want to publish a story (or any other written work) but don’t know how to deliver…

Andrew Youderian • April 12, 2018 The dreaded employee handbook. It’s one thing to figure out…

Not all WordPress themes provide a way to have totally different sidebar content on different pages of your site. Some may provide a little flexibility with, for example a sidebar for the blog and a different sidebar for static pages, but sometimes you need more comprehensive control. You may need an additional set of navigation on a certain set of sub-pages, or you may want to hide some widgets on mobile devices, or for other specific conditions.

There are several different plugins that help you gain this type of flexibility with your site.

These days it seems most WordPress users are aware of the need for speed on their websites: conversions, SEO, user experience etc. I won’t recycle all the usual stats here 😉

Maybe you’ve read some articles and seen that you need to speed test your site. So you click on whichever tool is mentioned, input your URL and proceed to freak out at the results.

But wait! Before freaking out, make sure you’re observing these rudimentary best practices when doing a performance test on your WordPress site.

“We’re two introvert misfits who who hated working for other people enough to start our own…

There are many ways to customize a website and tweak it to look like you originally…

There is an overwhelming choice of web hosts these days and it can be hard to determine which would be a good fit. A Google search will reveal many blog posts on the subject which are really are just a roundup of that blog’s sub-par affiliates that haven’t been vetted for quality.

I’ve been running my own sites for over 14 years now, and have also had many years experience with client websites and all their various hosts. So I have direct experience with many different hosts and have also interacted with the technical support departments of many of them.

My recommendations have changed over the years as the landscape has evolved – previously reliable hosts have gone downhill, and a new segment of WordPress-specific hosts has developed and thrived.

This post features a small quiz to generate some quality hosting recommendations for your next WordPress project