Learn web design, content, & SEO tips from this summary of Building DIY Websites For Dummies.
Learn web design, content, & SEO tips from this summary of Building DIY Websites For Dummies.
See how to use the Wayback Machine to see what a website looked like in the past.
Learn how to prevent security issues with WordPress, and how to respond to and recover from security issues that you may encounter.
Learn how to make your WordPress site more secure, with advice straight from the official WordPress Support website.
Don't rely on your web host alone to back up your WordPress website. Learn why not, and how to back up: how often, where to store backups, and how long to keep backups.
Learn how to put Information Security (InfoSec) principles into practice on your WordPress website.
What can happen if you don't maintain WordPress? What are useful plugins, tools, processes, services? What's a good maintenance schedule? Get answers now.
Are you making mistakes with your small business website? Business websites exist to sell, directly or indirectly. Small businesses often lose sight of that, and make mistakes with the content, design, marketing, and technical aspects of their sites. Learn how to fix these mistakes so your site delivers business results. I gave this presentation, Website […]
SiteGround is an excellent WordPress-optimized shared host. They're fast, secure, and reliable, yet inexpensive. They're the host I most frequently recommend to small business and nonprofit clients. From firsthand experience, I've found their plans to be superior to similar hosting plans from GoDaddy, Bluehost, DreamHost, Hostmonster, HostGator, iPage, and small local hosting companies. For clients with larger and/or […]
"What does a small business website need?" This was one of the many questions asked at the Small Business Tech Panel at the Warehaüs, a coworking space in Holland, Michigan in March 2014. Here's an expanded version of the answer I gave. The items (in no particular order) are as follows: Effective content (text, images, video) Too […]
BackWPup is a free WordPress plugin that automatically backs up your WordPress database and files. You can back up to your web server, or send your backups offsite (highly recommended). I back my sites up to SugarSync, but you can also back up to Dropbox, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Rackspace Cloud, and other services. […]
Step-by-step instructions to copy and migrate a WordPress site with the free Duplicator plugin.