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In this article, I shall be discussing WordPress child themes: what they are, their advantages (and disadvantages), as well as how to get started with WordPress child theme development, and additional resources that you should surely check out! What is a WordPress Child Theme? In simple words, a child theme is a WordPress theme that…
This is all the more powerful when you combine YouTube and WordPress together. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world. Thousands, and even millions, of people can watch your video. WordPress is the largest content management system on the planet. Together these two tools can revolutionize your online marketing strategy. To do…
A mobile app with flat design. Courtesy Alan Klim / Radio App UI Your website should already be using responsive design for mobile devices. With mobile usage increasing each year, responsive design—or a lack thereof—will make or break a customer’s perception of your site. At this point, your mobile site should be responsive, and your site’s…
WordPress is fantastic. But it has a few shortfalls — especially with it’s back end UI. For one, you can’t personalize it without the use of an external plugin. Secondly, the UI centers itself around the WordPress.org website, which can become a bit of a drag if you develop WordPress websites for clients. Consequently, you might be…
I’m loving this new plugin I recently discovered called Menu Social Icons. In a simple and elegant fashion it allows you to easily add icons to the major social networks directly into your WordPress menus. There has always been a…
The pharmaceutical industry faces unique challenges and opportunities in the digital world. The FDA has imposed regulatory guidelines that forbid a lot of digital marketing channels that other industries freely use. Pharma’s fears have made most companies late adopters of digital marketing techniques to expand their brand awareness. Herein lies unique opportunity, because your company can see…
Web design is of the utmost important, but is often treated as an afterthought. / Image courtesy Muhammad Rafizeldi Most startups understand that a strategic plan is an absolute necessity, but often this plan involves doing everything at once. Unfortunately, this means that cutting-edge web design may get assigned equal importance with everything else, when it can…
This article is intended for system administrators and other IT personnel who are going to install or test Plesk control Panel. This article covers installation of Plesk Control Panel on Windows Server via web interface. Step1: If you wish to try Parallels Plesk Panel, you can get a FREE 15-day trial license for Parallels Plesk Panel…
Andrew Youderian • March 26, 2014 These days, it’s very fashionable to have a business “funded” by an investor or venture capital firm. While this kind of funding is most prevalent in the tech sector, it’s still tempting for ambitious new store owners to bring on investors or get a business loan to “accelerate” their…
Whether you want to create a site that’s similar to Reddit, a quiz-style Q&A where answers are provided, or a submission form that will answer users’ questions – WordPress has you covered with a variety of specialized Q&A plugins. In this article, we’re looking at six of our favorite WordPress question and answer plugins. We…
In a time where more people are staying home due to the pandemic, restaurants are being forced to change their approach to customer service. In this article learn how you can adapt to the current situation with the help of WP plugins. Now more than ever, if you’re a restaurant owner or work as a…
Do any of these problems sound familiar to you? 1) You want to place a high impact email opt-in in key places such as your sidebar, or post footer 2) You want to make forms you’ve built with Gravity Forms…
You’ve probably noticed that reviews are everywhere these days. You see them on almost any website offering a service, product sales, or a site that’s entertainment-focused. So, it’s worth asking, have you ever wanted to create an awesome review website using WordPress? Perhaps it’s for pleasure – you’re the kind of a person who feels…
Andrew Youderian • February 24, 2014 “Are you still interested in buying the business?” The potential buyer had been grappling over the weekend with a few troubling issues he’d discovered in due diligence for TrollingMotors.net. It was now Monday morning, and we were on a stressful, high-stakes call to see if we could keep the…
Protecting your WordPress site is obviously important. There are plenty of precautions you can take to avoid getting hacked and having your site compromised. One of the best forms of protection is two-factor authentication. If you manage a WordPress site or even several sites for clients, beefing up the overall security of a site is…
Finding the perfect slider for your site is by no means an easy task. At last count, there were over 900+ sliders in the WordPress Plugin Repository. Who’s got time to test every plugin? To help you separate the wheat from the chaff, I’ve ranked and reviewed the top 10 most popular free slider plugins…
Andrew Youderian • January 22, 2014 Forget about spinning articles and directory listings. If you want to effectively market your business online, you need to become an expert at networking with others in your niche. But there’s a problem: Inboxes have turned into out-of-control monsters. People are increasingly being ambushed with unwanted messages, and they’re…
Running advertising on your WordPress site can get pretty complicated and so can the plugins available. This particular post is aimed at those whose needs are on the lower end so I’m only looking at free plugins here. If you’re…
Looking for a nice accordion plugin? This post features a roundup of the top five free WordPress accordion plugins on the market today. Accordions are great for a number of different specific design challenges on a WordPress site. Maybe you’d like to compress a lot of content into a small area. Or maybe you want…
Recently I had a client that needed to display a grid of images in a sidebar widget, each one of which would link to a different page. Previously they had hard coded all the images and links as HTML in…