by Roy D | Dec 3, 2020 | DNS, Email Service Provider, WordPress |
Even though the default WordPress wp_mail function has been a staple for years, mail clients are not as accepting as they used to be. Now, messages from your WordPress website are starting to get marked as spam, dangerous (phishing), or even not being delivered at...
by Roy D | Sep 8, 2020 | Hosting, Website Builders, WordPress |
Sometimes an F5 refresh or clicking the refresh button in your browser will do the trick for you. However, what about changes that don't show up when you refresh? Most of the time, clearing your browser's cache or using a Shift + F5 refresh (or shift + click) will...
by Roy D | Jun 15, 2018 | WordPress |
Blogger by Google is an amazing blog platform that houses many newbie blogs. The blog options and even the monetization methods are pretty easy to go through and configure. Eventually, though, you want better themes or extendability and Blogger doesn't offer easy ways...
by Roy D | May 22, 2018 | WordPress |
WordPress.orgWordPress.org is the open source, self hosted content management system designed for everyone, emphasizing accessibility, performance, security, and ease of use. The simple WordPress software is easy and predictable so you can effortlessly get started.The...
by Roy D | Mar 22, 2018 | WordPress |
We’ve come to accept that an avatar is a visual representation of you online. It's been this way for decades. It’s basically a small image of you, regardless of whether it actually is you or not. This little picture of you is next to your username when you interact...
by Roy D | Feb 23, 2018 | WordPress |
Thrive Themes child themes are one of the easiest child themes to setup. You don't need to enqueue scripts like some of the other theme companies require, just properly reference the parent theme in the style.css file and you're good to go. Here's an older example of...
by Roy D | Jan 22, 2018 | WordPress |
Last time we talked about a few things you can do to setup a new WordPress website. Now let's go over some things to cleanup for an established website. Here's an audit checklist you can go through to finalize your website after you get through Step 7. Just to...
by Roy D | Jan 10, 2018 | WordPress |
This overview is for a basic, vanilla installation of WordPress (WP). Think of this post as a new WordPress website settings checklist that you can build upon. Depending on what type of website you want to make and the tools you have available, your mileage may vary....
by Roy D | Nov 19, 2017 | WordPress |
Creating a Divi Child Theme is pretty easy. You will be up in running in like 5 minutes. All you need to do is setup a few files and enqueue the parent style. I'm not going to go too far in the weeds in this article. Elegant Themes actually has a great post on their...
