Brian GladuJuly 12, 2019August 21, 2019 Exploring Microservices Architecture: What You Need to Know Microservice Architecture (a.k.a. “Microservices”) is a method of developing software focused on building single-function modules. The term was coined in 2011 and the microservice approach quickly gained steam near the end of 2013: The advancement of microservices was driven, in part, by…Read The Story
Lizzie KardonJuly 2, 2019 WordPress Performance & Digging into PHP Traffic surges and overall growth are an indicator of business success. A big splash of attention resulting in lots of people coming to your site means you've done something right, but you've also got a lot on the line. You want to…Read The Story
Rod AustinJune 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Exploring Data Reliability Within WordPress Site reliability is generally talked about less often than other performance indicators, like page speed. With many web hosts offering multiple 9’s of guaranteed uptime, it’s become less of a ‘hot’ topic and more of the norm that your site will be…Read The Story
Rod AustinJune 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Make Your WordPress Website Faster with the Smush Image Optimization Plugin A fast loading website has many benefits for both you as a website owner and your visitors. Slow site speeds have been shown to not only hamper the user experience, resulting in reduced conversion rates and higher bounce rates, but it can…Read The Story
Lizzie KardonMay 9, 2019May 9, 2019 9 Advanced Uses for Gravity Forms in WordPress Regardless of what kind of website you run, forms can be very useful. They’re a simple and efficient way to build your email subscriber list, collect user feedback, enable customers to get in touch, and more. The first step to using them…Read The Story
Lizzie KardonFebruary 6, 2019March 20, 2019 How to Prepare a WordPress Site for Your Vacation It's winter time, and for most of us that means we want to escape. Maybe you booked a trip somewhere warm, or maybe you're too nervous to leave work behind, so year after year you just stay local and burn out. Either…Read The Story
Jeff MatsonJanuary 30, 2019August 7, 2019 To WWW or Not to WWW? How to Add WWW to Your URLs in WordPress There are a number of reasons you might need to change the URL of your WordPress site. Changes to the brand typically prompt updates to the domain name. The securing of a website will require a switch from http to https. Then,…Read The Story
Suzanne ScaccaOctober 24, 2018August 19, 2019 Common WordPress Login Errors and What to Do About Them Sometimes I worry we spend so much time focusing on external sources that could potentially harm our sites that we forget that we too can cause problems for ourselves. Take, for instance, the WordPress login page. It's such a simple thing, isn't…Read The Story
Colin NewcomerOctober 16, 2018 How to Use Facebook Debugger to Control How Your Site Looks on Facebook Have you run into a situation where Facebook doesn't display the right image or text when someone shares your site? In this post, you'll learn how to use the Facebook Debugger tool to fix that! First, you'll learn how Facebook decides what…Read The Story
John HughesSeptember 26, 2018August 19, 2019 9 Tools You Should Be Using In Your Plugin Development As web technology rapidly (and constantly) advances, it's important to learn how to use modern technology to keep up with your rival developers, or risk losing out on much-needed work. While there's a little bit of a learning curve for every new…Read The Story