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The Ultimate Guide to Optimizing WordPress Performance

In our Ultimate Guide to High Performance WordPress for High Traffic Sites, we will show you how to identify and fix common performance issues with WordPress and the server it’s hosted on. Our guide combines over 20 years of experience of fine-tuning servers, CDNs, and website code to deliver high performance WordPress sites. If you’re Read More >

Cloud Server Security – Best Practices

Cloud server setup can vary greatly since you are free to utilize any combination of software and applications to fit your needs. Opting for a cloud server versus a cPanel-managed VPS means greater control over your Linux operating system (OS) and environment. But, this also means that it’s your responsibility to implement measures to help Read More >

How to Decide Between reCaptcha v2 and reCaptcha v3

If you’re looking to protect your site from spam bots and other malware abuse, then using reCaptcha should be at top of your security list. reCaptcha works to determine bots from humans. How do you decide between using reCaptcha v2 and reCaptcha v3 to protect your users? For this article, we’re going to look at Read More >

8 Common SEO Mistakes to Avoid

SEO takes a lot of time and effort, but just because you put in the work, does not guarantee you will see results.  In fact, many companies spend a lot of their mental bandwidth on optimizing their website for SEO, but they may actually be doing more harm than good by making some common SEO Read More >

The Small Business SEO Checklist: 10 Tips to Boost Ranking

With the right Small Business SEO Checklist, you can improve your online visibility and drive more organic traffic to your site. SEO is not a big mysterious phenomenon, it’s a road map.  Here are ten essential tips to boost your ranking and outshine your competitors. SEO Checklist for Small Business Owners 1. Do Your Keyword Read More >

Install Mastodon Social Media App on Ubuntu 18.04

The Mastodon social media application is a self-hosted Twitter alternative you can use to communicate with a private community or the Fediverse. Mastodon requires a Linux Ubuntu server (version 18.04 or greater). We recommend using a clean operating system (OS) image if possible as the Mastodon installation process requires many dependencies including PostgreSQL, Ruby, and Read More >

A Guide to Dedicated Server RAM Requirements

If you know that you need the power, control, and customization of a Dedicated Server, then you will need to choose a plan — and hardware — appropriate to your business. One of the biggest differences between our Dedicated Server plans is how much RAM (Random Access Memory) is available. Understanding this key component will Read More >

Matomo Rocket.Chat Integration

Rocket.Chat has native features for connecting with Matomo Analytics (formerly Piwik). This provides metrics to help you better understand how users access your chat system, whether any malicious links are being shared internally, and more. Read on to learn more about the Matomo Rocket.Chat integration. How to Configure the Matomo Rocket.Chat Integration Test Your Rocket.Chat Read More >

Joomla! 4.0 Smart Search Options

The Joomla 4.0 Smart Search Options include 20 items that can be changed or added to control how the search function operates. These options provide control over how search results are displayed, filtered, and sorted. They also provide the option to enable or disable many of the Joomla 4.0 Smart Search features. This article will Read More >

Drupal Mixpanel Integration Methods

Drupal Mixpanel integration grants access to a product analytics stack with powerful features centered around deep user segmentation and A/B testing. This is much more complex than most popular web analytics tools like Matomo. Those are primarily focused on reporting user activity, not modifying a website in accordance with someone’s user agent, geolocation, etc. From Read More >

How to Configure the Drupal Redirect Module

The Drupal Redirect module is useful for many situations common to website owners. Remember the benefits to having an active blog with content relevant to your industry: In summary, a blog creates more reasons for users to visit your site. That leads to more opportunities to generate sales. Every few years, you should audit your Read More >

How to Contact Drupal Developers

Being told by technical support that “you’ll need to contact a Drupal developer” for issues with a PHP-based content management system (CMS) rarely feels satisfying. Enlisting a third party web developer/designer for assistance means more work and research. You need to find a developer with some important traits: These are the same traits that helped Read More >

Manage Podcasts and Episodes with Google Podcasts Manager

Google Podcasts Manager is similar to Google Analytics but built specifically to help podcasters better understand their listeners. With this free tool, you can collect data about the traffic patterns, devices, and demographics of podcast listeners. Understanding your subscribers is an important step when targeting your marketing efforts, especially if you are spending money on Read More >

3 Best Mixpanel WordPress Integration Methods

Mixpanel is a powerful, on-site web analytics application focused on complex event tracking and A/B testing for deep user behavior analysis. Externally hosted on Mixpanel.com, the analytics toolkit can produce in-depth dashboards and experiments based on what users do in webpages, contact forms, and other interactive website elements. This will help you improve customer retention Read More >