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Making Remote Work, Work
Pagely is a distributed, location-independent company. We have employees around the globe, and while a chunk of our folks are in the Phoenix area, the majority live and work elsewhere. It’s an amazing gift to be able to do your job from anywhere in the world. I chose to embrace the idea and take it…
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Our Lean Startup
There are a lot of misconceptions about lean startups. This is a great introduction to the nuances of the topic, with concepts we subscribe to. However in the context of this post, I’ll equate “lean” practices to bootstrapping – or the efficient use of resources. How did Pagely evolve from a Managed WordPress Hosting company…
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Leaders in WordPress Series: Ben Pines and Elementor Page Builder
Welcome to the first post in our Leaders in WordPress Series. In this series, we will feature individuals and products in the WordPress community who illustrate leadership and innovation. We’ll be talking about how they made their way in the WordPress space, how they’re making their own unique contributions and what they hope to do…
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My Role: Brian Feeley
Brian Feeley Title: WordPress Support Engineer Who am I? In 1996, I started a high school class doing web design hosted on Geocities. I spent many years as a Business Solutions Analyst doing contract work. Then, I evolved back into web design and large scale hosting support. I’ve always had a passion for PHP and…
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A Quick Guide to Hiding the WordPress Login Page
Want to frustrate hackers with a good ‘ole fashioned game of hide and seek? If so, hiding your WordPress login page is a great way to secure your site from both targeted hacks and automated brute-force attacks. In this post, I’ll dig into two different ways to hide your login page: The easy way –…
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The Best Plagiarism Checker Tools for WordPress and Beyond
From famous cases of forgery to instances of accidental self-plagiarism, anyone can become a victim of content theft in one way or another. Anytime you publish original content online, you become vulnerable to the threat of being plagiarized. You also increase the risk of unknowingly plagiarizing someone else. To protect yourself and your brand from…
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Centralizing WordPress Code with a Theme Wrapper, Custom Actions and Layout Classes
I’ve been developing WordPress themes and plugins for the past 6 years, and in that time, I’ve learned a lot about how to efficiently centralize and organize WordPress theme files. For a long time, I thought that using Template Files was the right way to organize my WordPress theme– just whip up a post-type-specific template-file,…
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3 Simple WordPress Security Tips
We’ve all been enjoying the benefits of WordPress’s popularity. We’re surrounded by beautiful themes, high-powered plugins, and helpful communities. But there’s a dark side to that popularity – it makes WordPress sites an ideal target for hackers around the world. Before going any further, let’s get one thing straight: WordPress, as a site, is secure.…
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Platform Updates
March 7, 2017 All shared sites are now on our updated platform, and can switch between PHP 5.6 and PHP 7 from within Atomic We’re currently more than halfway through the VPS rebuilds New rebuilds being scheduled every week Average cut-over time is 4 min 32 seconds for VPS January 12, 2017 The great thing…
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Positioning Your Brand in a Competitive Space
We often cover a variety of digital marketing topics here at Pagely, but rarely do we (and others) mention the importance of branding. That ends today, as we draw from our own experience and the advice of others to help illustrate the importance of positioning your brand in a competitive space. Branding Tips from the…