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How to Transfer a Domain Between Registrars

In a previous article on registering domains I discussed domain registration & recommended domain registrars. Now I’ll cover how to transfer a domain from one registrar to another.

How to Post an Announcement to Your Website in Under 5 Minutes

Lots of business websites need to post a quick announcement. Maybe you’re closing for a holiday, maybe a major storm is causing problems, or maybe you’ve got a limited time special to announce. Whatever the reason, we get a lot of requests to add a simple announcement to websites. So

How to fix “site experiencing technical difficulties” error

Thanks to the 5.2 updates to WordPress, the good old maintenance screen for WordPress is gone. Now we have “The site is experiencing technical difficulties.” screen. So what does it mean? Well, frequently, it means “wait 5 minutes”.

WordPress Hack Removal & Clean out: A Case Study

A client recently came to me with an issue: one of her friends had a hacked WordPress site, and GoDaddy (their hosting provider) had restored the files, but the site still wasn’t working. Unfortunately this example is far too common — what many people forget is that hosting companies maintain their

How to Select a Business Email Provider

You’ve selected and purchased a domain for your business, now it’s time to decide how your email will be powered. If you go out and search for “email provider” you’ll see tons of possibilities out there, but honestly very few of them are relevant to your business.

WordPress vs Squarespace: Is Open or Closed Source Better for You?

There are a lot of WordPress vs Squarespace articles out there, but they strongly leaning towards one or the other. While I am a WordPress developer and love WordPress, it’s not right for everyone. And I’d rather not take on a client than have a client have a bad match

How to Securely Send Logins, Passwords & Files

We all know that we shouldn’t just send our logins, passwords and sensitive or large files in regular email. But while we know we shouldn’t, most people don’t know how to send these types of things safely & securely.

Resetting a WordPress Password Using the Database & phpMyAdmin

You’ve lost your WordPress password and can’t log into your site. And what’s worse, the reset password feature isn’t working (either because it can’t send mail or something else is wrong). This tutorial covers how to regain access to your site by direct database manipulation with phpMyAdmin.

What are registrars, hosts, nameservers, and DNS records?

This is a question that I get asked about all the time. What are registrars, hosts, nameservers, and DNS records? And more importantly, how do they actually affect me and my website?

7 Reasons Why You Can’t Get a Good Google PageSpeed Score

You’ve all heard that Google factors their PageSpeed score algorithm into rankings. But, you just haven’t been able to score well on it. So what are the reasons that you score poorly, and what can you do about it? 1. You don’t understand what Google wants you to do Google

WooCommerce Code Snippets

This post with WooCommerce code snippets is mostly for myself, but I also answer questions at the WooCommerce Community Boards periodically, and this list of snippets can be useful for answering those questions. /** * Remove WooCommerce Updater Notice */ remove_action(‘admin_notices’, ‘woothemes_updater_notice’); /** * Code to fix HTTP Error on

How to Move Your WordPress Website

I’m a designer and developer, so I move WordPress sites a lot. Of course I also move clients between different hosting companies, between servers, create duplicates of their sites, and more. So I’ve gotten a lot of opportunities to test out WordPress migration approaches. Here is a breakdown of how to