Website builders help you create professional websites in minutes. They can be used to create blogs, business websites, resumes, online portfolios, eCommerce stores and more. All you have to do is select a pre-made website design, move things around using a drag and drop page builder and then add your …
Most of us use the internet so frequently that we become blind to the individual elements that are used to build websites. It is therefore easy to forget how important images are to the websites we visit every day. High quality stock images are used by news websites, by online …
One of the biggest announcements at WordCamp Europe this year was the release of the page builder Gutenberg (other important issues, such as WooCommerce doubling their renewal fees, were not brought up). Gutenberg represents a step forward for WordPress and helps it tackle other platforms such as Medium, Wix, and …
There are a lot of great WordPress blogs that focus on the WordPress platform. These blogs report on news, the latest WordPress themes and plugins, publish tutorials and code snippets, and much more. This page lists some of the best WordPress blogs on the internet. aThemes Launched by Charlie Livingston …
I have been writing reviews for many years. I first started publishing online reviews in 2000 about shopping directories and later in 2001 on my affiliate review website. I would test affiliate networks and advertising services and gave my thoughts on them. A few years later I started reviewing poker …
Logos are at the heart of every brand identity. It is how people recognise your product, your service, and your company. Designing a logo, or having one designed, is an important part of a website’s development and key to its online and offline marketing strategy. I have had logos designed …
WP Engine is a popular WordPress hosting company that offers a managed hosting service. Historically, I have been one of the few WordPress bloggers who have not been actively promoting them. A number of people queried this stance when I was over in Vienna for WordCamp Europe 2016 and kept …
Only really big hosting companies keep all support in-house. The majority of hosting companies have a couple of permanent in-house staff members that handle support during the daytime and use third-party support companies to handle support outside of these hours. Before you choose a support company, please do your research …
Live chat provides a quick and user-friendly way for website visitors to ask a question and get a response immediately. It is a nice addition to email ticket support as live chat is mainly used to answer questions from potential customers, not address questions from existing customers. There are a …
Many hosting companies who sell VPS plans and dedicated server plans ask whether you want a managed plan or an unmanaged plan. A managed hosting plan is where the hosting company handles everything. They will set up the hosting control panel for you and help you manage it. For example, …