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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…

Picking a good domain name is one of the first steps of getting your website found on the Internet. Here are some tips to help you pick the right one. Don’t pay too much at the beginning You can buy domain names from a registrar for less than $20. I currently recommend buying from Namecheap…

You only need 3 things to build a website.. Domain Hosting Experience Domains Domains can cost anywhere from $0.99 to millions. The cost depends on what the domain ends with ( .COM, .ORG, etc.. ) and who you’re buying it from. Most of the time you can get a new domain for less than $20/yr.…

[WORK IN PROGRESS] Pages are made out of rows stacked on top of each other. Rows are made of columns stacked beside each other. Columns are made of modules on top of each other. You can move modules, columns and rows. You can edit the settings for modules, columns and rows. You can duplicate modules,…

Your website is really just a bunch of files in a folder on a server somewhere in the world. That server has a special number assigned to it called an IP address. When you want someone to see your website when they type in a domain name, there’s something you have to create first to…