This month, I was reminded how important it is for WordPress hosting companies to have great support. Here are three scenarios involving Steady Sites clients using three different hosting companies. I won’t mention specific hosting company names because this is not an actual review of their support services. If you want to discuss names […]
Continue readingThe importance of having a mobile friendly website is now commonly understood by most small business owners. You want existing and potential customers to find information about your products and services no matter what device they’re using. And we all know that the majority of people today are using smartphones to search the web. This […]
Continue readingA couple of months ago I wrote about optimizing photos for WordPress. Since then I have been testing various options and am quite pleased with the results. When I started testing, my goal was to make photos look as good as possible on retina/high definition screens such as iPhone and iPad devices. The procedure I outline […]
Continue readingIf you have an online store based on the most popular WordPress e-commerce solution, you probably have your own stories of updating WooCommerce. This post describes my own experience, how I’ve come to terms with major WooCommerce updates, and how to avoid (or at least minimize) significant problems after updating. If you’ve been running a WordPress website […]
Continue readingWhy is optimizing photos important for your website, and what does that mean anyway? As I’ve written elsewhere, it is important that your website displays content (text, images, video, etc.) for visitors as quickly as possible. If people have to wait more than a few seconds to find the information they’re looking for, they might […]
Continue readingHow often do you update your website? Last week I had a couple of requests to update Contact and About information on WordPress websites I help maintain. One was pretty straightforward and just needed some changes to the owner’s bio and credentials. The other was a complete change to staff bios, credentials, and new photos. It occurred […]
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