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Resource List for Your WordPress Website
Updated December 28, 2020 This resource list for your WordPress website highlights resources I actually use for my clients or myself. There are lots of other good resources; these are just mine. Domain Name Registrars Namecheap – This registrar has good prices and customer support. Their management interface is easier to use than most. Hover…
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Hide Sidebar Widgets on WordPress Pages and Posts
WordPress widgets are used to add extra features or functionality to your theme. They are added to your theme sidebars or widget areas, including footer and after post areas. Some of the widgets are included with the theme, such as Recent Posts or Search widgets, and others you or your website developer will add using plugins.…
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Fix MailChimp Form Connection Untrusted Browser Error
If you’ve recently changed your website to use HTTPS with an SSL certificate, you know that you have to do a bit of tweaking to make sure all “assets” also load securely. While this tutorial details how to fix HTTPS/SSL errors for MailChimp signup forms giving connection untrusted or connection not private warnings in the browser, the information may…
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Custom Genesis WordPress Website for Coaching Services
A recently completed Genesis WordPress website design and development project was for The Vitality Within, a small business in Phoenix that provides life and relationship coaching services. The Vitality Within specializes in helping people move forward in their lives and relationships. We started with a dark website background, the client’s existing, bright gold logo, and…
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Custom WordPress Website Design for Theater
A recently completed WordPress website design and development project was for the Herberger Theater Center, a non-profit that supports performing arts in Phoenix. They just celebrated 25 years contributing to the community as a performing arts venue, an incubator for local arts companies, and as an arts education and outreach center, especially with their youth programs. Their newly updated…
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Use Open Source Brick Webfonts in WordPress
Google Fonts and Adobe Edge Web Fonts have made websites more interesting and engaging with the multitude of open source fonts, but the more fonts used, the slower a website loads. To compensate for this, web fonts are usually modified and compressed. Brick means to change this with their motto, “Webfonts that actually look good.” They…
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Use Adobe Edge Web Fonts in Your WordPress Website
Adobe Edge Web Fonts is an open source font service, comparable to using Google Fonts in your WordPress website. It has over 500 font families, and is powered by Adobe’s better-known, commercial web font service, Typekit. Adobe has also partnered with Google Fonts to use most of the fonts originally commissioned by Google, to contribute two of…
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Holiday Resources for Your Small Business 2013
It’s the holiday season, and many small businesses do something special for their clients, customers, marketing, or websites to mark the season. So today I’m sharing some holiday resources to help you with images, fonts, messages, and icons for your small business cards, promotions, and websites, and a falling snow plugin for your website. Holiday…
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Finds for Your Website – November 5 2013
This week there are some great finds for your website, including Nice Things Icon Set (actually images) from Smashing Magazine, Permian font family from Permian Typeface, available at FontSquirrel, and the Soliloquy Lite slider WordPress plugin from Thomas Griffin. Nice Things Icon Set Smashing Magazine just released a set of 128 icons by Chris Behr,…
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Finds for Your Website – September 25 2013
Here are some finds to help you with your website, whether it’s for your business or for fun! Quirky Nots Font The Quirky Nots font above by Amit Jakhu was created as a student project for a typography class. Jakhu says, it’s “a little rough, clumsy & fun with a hint of delight.” It is a…
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Style Website Input Buttons Consistently
Some WordPress website themes style their input buttons so that they inherit the browser styles in iOS. The buttons will be rounded with a gradient as the top button above. If you see this with your theme, but you prefer your own button styles like the bottom button, you will need to add a line…
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What Is Responsive Website Design?
And why does your small business need a mobile friendly website? Responsive website design provides a mobile friendly website for your visitors. This allows your website to be viewed easily on mobile phones and tablets without having a separate mobile website. It allows for easy reading and navigation across all devices – desktops, laptops, tablets, and phones…
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