Search engine optimization (SEO) helps people find your organization and website among search engine results in Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc. There are many important components to improving SEO: It’s a lot of work, especially when you’re new to the topic and don’t have actionable guidelines to walk you through related tasks. Fortunately, there is a Read More >
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Creating and Managing User Roles in WordPress
One of the best functions of WordPress is the ability to create and manage different user roles. The WordPress user roles create many different levels of engagement, from additional admins to contributors to customers. Learning and understanding user roles in WordPress will ease your workflow and help you manage your website. Continue reading to learn Read More >
HTTP Headers WordPress Plugin for Better Security
The HTTP Headers WordPress plugin allows WordPress Hosting administrators to create and manage HTTP headers to improve security, privacy, and performance for visitors without needing to manually edit the .htaccess file. This is useful for: In this article, we’ll discuss the most popular HTTP security headers available within the HTTP Headers WordPress plugin that can Read More >
Adding a Widgetized Area to a Web Design Services Theme
When we build your site, we definitely do our best to “future-proof” your site so that you have access to everything on the site. This means, access to the items in the header and the footer. We use a plugin called Black Studio TinyMCE which allows for a visual editor to be used in the Read More >
Adding a Featured Image to Leaderboard of Web Design Serivces Website
A leaderboard can be a nice visual addition to website pages. So, how can we add this to a WordPress site, and make it easy for a customer to as well? The answer is to pull in the Featured Image into our page using a little PHP recipe and a dash of CSS styling: Standard Read More >
Membership Functionality Considerations for Web Design Services Websites
Membership Functionality Questionnaire We offer a simple membership setup in Web Design Services. We don’t offer portal setups or advanced membership setups along those lines, but we’re able to set up a membership site that will restrict your content. This is ideal if all you want to do is charge a membership fee for your Read More >
Optimizing Your Images for the Web Design Services Process
In a collaborative session, we reviewed some example graphics and images and discussed as a group what would be the best format to save each as for choosing the best image format. Below is a list of the best image formats. Image Formats for Websites JPG GIF PNG SVG XnConvert is a freeware batch image converter that can Read More >
Choosing the Best Image Format for Web Design Services
In a collaborative session, we reviewed some example graphics and images and discussed as a group what would be the best format to save each as for choosing the best image format. Below is a list of the best image formats. Image Formats for Websites JPG GIF PNG SVG Take Aways When saving images to be used on Read More >
Total Upkeep – WordPress Backups & Automatic Updates
The Total Upkeep plugin allows you to create and schedule backups of your WordPress site. Giving you peace of mind as you maintain and update your website. With the plugin, you can securely restore and move your WordPress site with ease. The Total Upkeep backup plugin is free but it has a premium extension that Read More >
How to Backup WordPress with the BackWPup Plugin
Backing up your WordPress site is important. You already know that fact. However, the act of backing up your site shouldn’t be complicated. With the BackWPup backup plugin, you can create backups and restore your WordPress site within minutes. Allowing you to protect your website from potential hacks and perform site maintenance without the fear Read More >
Backup WordPress with All-in-One WP Migration Plugin
Backing up your WordPress site is arguably one of the most important things you should learn how to do. Even outside of website maintenance, ensuring you have a backup of files, documents, and other items is an important mitigation task for all aspects of life. If you’re new to WordPress, the good news is you Read More >
How to Backup & Restore WordPress Sites with UpdraftPlus
Backing up your WordPress site is one of the most important tasks for website maintenance. Creating, storing, and maintaining a WordPress backup ensures your website can be quickly restored if disaster strikes. Luckily, you can easily backup WordPress with the UpdraftPlus Backup plugin. The easy to use tool allows you to create and manage your Read More >
How to Review Bash History
When working in a Linux command-line interface (CLI), you may find yourself wondering exactly what commands you ran during the course of your workflow. Fortunately, most Linux operating systems store your commands in a bash history file, which is a stored list of all commands a given user has entered into the system. By reviewing Read More >
Email: Getting Started Guide
When you sign up for your web hosting package with InMotion Hosting you gained the ability to create email addresses. If your domain is “example.com” you could have many different email accounts such as “[email protected]“, “[email protected]“, and many more. Anytime you want to create a new email address you can do so in cPanel. Read Read More >
What is SELinux?
As cybersecurity becomes increasingly necessary, it is useful to familiarize yourself with some common security infrastructures that are used on modern web servers and personal computers. For Linux users, one such infrastructure is SELinux, the Linux kernel security module that dictates access control security policies, including mandatory access controls (MAC). SELinux consists of a set Read More >
Helping your Developer Transfer your Website with a WordPress Backup
Building a site with WordPress is all about having options. Any site feature you want to add will have a variety of plugins created to help you out. Site transfers are no different— there are many plugins that can be used to backup and transfer your site. Regardless of which you choose, though, the procedure Read More >
Literate Programming and WordPress
WordPress is all about user customization. It provides the groundwork for managing your content, and the rest of the creativity is up to you. Not only is WordPress expressive with regard to style but also in how you choose to develop and manage your customization. In this article, you’ll learn about how to apply literate Read More >
New Domains: Addon, Parked, and Subdomains
In this tutorial we will discuss the various types of domains that can be added on your cPanel account. By the end of the article, you will know the difference between add-on, parked, and subdomains. If you have recently purchased a new domain name and wish to host it on your account you will need Read More >
Manage WordPress with WP Remote
Managing WordPress can seem like a full-time job, especially if you’re maintaining multiple websites. If you’re looking for an easier way to monitor and complete WordPress maintenance tasks, you may want to try WP Remote. WP Remote, a 3rd party tool with a WordPress plugin for full site integration, allows you to manage themes, plugins, Read More >
Git Fundamentals Complete Beginner Guide
This article will introduce the uninitiated beginner to all the immediate Git fundamentals needed to start work right away. This is a crash course in Git for beginners. Git Fundamentals and Options (Why Learn Git?) Git is (arguably) the world’s most popular version control system. It is actively developed and supported by a large community Read More >
