What we've learned along the way

Google gives you a free way to get to the top of their search results without having to pay for ads or get really good at SEO. It’s through their service called Google My Business (GMB for short). Just for Locals If you have a local storefront or service-based business then you can create a…

WordPress turned 17 yesterday and I completely missed it. Thought I would take some time to share what WordPress has done for me since I discovered it back in 2003. I don’t remember the first site I made with WordPress, but I do remember it being an answer to a problem I had been having.…

Just like everything in WordPress, when it comes to adding a custom form to your website you have plenty of options to choose from. Here’s a list of form builders I’ve used in one way or another.. Google Forms A free tool for making a custom form quickly and collecting submissions into a spreadsheet. Good…

Websites are never “done”. As soon as you launch the first version of your website and get it in front of a user, they will inevitably find something that needs to be fixed or adjusted. Or you’ll start noticing that you’re getting visitors, but no one is joining your mailing list or buying your product.…

A “font” is a design style that is used to make letters consistently look a certain way on a screen or in print. Deciding what fonts you’re going to use on your website can be a challenge. I want to share some tricks and shortcuts I’ve found to make it easier. Where to Find Good…

Use a dark gray color for paragraph text instead of solid black. It’s easier on the eyes. Resist the urge to fill all of the empty space. Give your words and pictures some room to breathe. Put most of your paragraph text on light colored backgrounds. It’s harder for people to read a lot of…

People come to your website looking for answers. The faster they can get to those answers, the happier they are with the experience they had on your website. Google likes putting websites that give visitors good experiences at the top of their search results. The higher you show up in the search results, the more…

Not GoDaddy. They may be popular, but in the web world they have earned the nickname “SlowDaddy”. I use to get all of my domains there because it was easy to get a coupon and buy domains for $1 each, but they started limiting the dollar domains to be customers and then jacking the price…

Don’t be like other developers. The reputation of a web developer is that they will make something and then disappear. Most of my work has come from someone getting a website made and then their web developer disappeared and they don’t know how to get in and change their website. I got a lot of…

Plugins are like apps for your WordPress site. The more plugins you have on your website, the more it can do. A new WordPress site by itself can have pages and blog posts, but with plugins you can add contact forms, an online store and even get help with your site’s SEO. WordPress.org has a…

You know what the front side of Google.com looks like.. But have you ever seen the back side of Google.com? It’s pretty scary. I remember when I discovered that I could download a copy of a webpage to my computer and then make changes to the code in Notepad. It was fun figuring out how…

When you log into the Dashboard of your WordPress site, you may notice an icon with two curved arrows next to a number. This is your website’s way of saying it has some updates. There are 3 types of files that need to be updated in your WordPress site on a regular basis. WordPress core…