Posts by David Innes (Admin)
WordPress 5.0 will be cool, but waiting a week for WordPress 5.0.1 will be worth it
The new Gutenberg blog editor is just one of the nice improvements that comes with WordPress 5.0. It’s a very big change though. And while it’s been tested by thousands of users they were still making bug fixes and feature changes almost up to the last minute. That might be par for the course, but in…
Read MoreCan Wix, Weebly, SquareSpace, other Site Builders “Do” SEO as Well as WordPress?
Most of the SEO pros I know gripe, that compared to self-hosted WordPress websites, site-builder platforms like Wix and Weebly are a nightmare both to work with and in terms of search-engine indexing/ranking results. Wix, Weebly, and other partisans (and paid staff!) naturally bitterly object that they are too just as good as WordPress. My…
Read MoreDo You Need Customer Testimonies on your Website?
The Best Plugins to Showcase Your Business Reviews Customers are key to any business! Using the customer voice is a great tool to help your potential customers look into other’s experiences. Showcasing these reviews can be tricky connecting to review sites like Yelp or Google reviews. Here are some great plugins from an article by…
Read MoreDo you Backup your Website Enough?
Website Backups…you may be asking, “Why do I need to?” and thinking “Nothing’s changed on my site, no need!” A popular blog WP WordPress Coach tells us that a lot of undesirable events can happen to your site like: If you update the core WordPress files or a plugin, sometimes the update may not run…
Read MoreOnce you get your website secure it’s easy to keep it secure!
It’s a mistake to say “WordPress is insecure.” Yes, it may have once been insecure but then Toyota’s cars once had motorcycle engines! A lot’s changed. David Hayes recently said this very clearly. It is very common for people who know very little about WordPress to say that it’s insecure. And there’s some reasons from history that this diffuse…
Read MoreHas Your Account Been Breached? How Would You Know??
It’s more common than you’d think! Today, millions of websites are vulnerable to attacks including top brands like LinkedIn, Adobe, Target and more. However, when companies refuse to release or even admit their mistakes, it can leave the rest of us out in the open with our usernames and passwords. Luckily, there’s a site that…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome Now Displays Warnings for Unencrypted Websites
You heard that right! It is estimated that Google Chrome has over 1 billion users today. Given that it’s one of the most popular and up-to-date web browsers, I am glad they’re finally taking a step in the direction of alerting users when a site is not secure. This labeling system is currently active…
Read MoreWhat is Alt Text and why do I want to add them to all images?
So when you insert images with WordPress there’s a box marked “alt text.” First question would be what should you do with it? Alt text is what you would see if for some reasons the picture didn’t load at all on a browser. (This sometimes happens with news readers as well. on devices for the…
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