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Giving Olive Oil Site a Tasty Makeover
Last summer a relative was visiting and we decided to go into the local olive oil store. It was an eye opening trip for me and I'm always looking for local businesses in need of a Web site. When I got back to the office, I gave their existing site a look and knew that...
Importance of Open Web and Cleaning a Hacked Site
WordCamp Phoenix was held a couple of weeks ago and it is great to spend two full days with other WordPress users of all levels. One of the speakers that always delivers great content is Aaron Campbell. His main job is working on the security of the core WordPress...
An Introduction to WordPress Security
If you have a Web site, security is extremely important. The bad guys are trying to hack it, no matter how big your site. Having a few layers of security in place is an absolutely must. Just over a week ago was WordCamp Phoenix and one of the speakers was Aaron...
10 Reasons Why It’s Worth Investing in Professional Web Site Development
Our friends at GoDaddy recently wrote a post titled 7 reasons why it’s worth investing in professional website development. I encourage you all to click the link and read the post as it contains some great information. When I read it, I had my own thoughts on the...
Determining WordPress Theme Used on Sites
As we work with clients on designing a Web site, we are interested in other sites they like. Sometimes they have an existing Web site of their own for which we need information to give them a quote on the makeover. When we see these sites, we want to know what...
Regularly Update WordPress Plugins to Avoid Site Problems
With any site built on WordPress, there are three major components that regularly get updated. There is WordPress itself, the theme or themes installed and the plugins. If they are not all updated in a timely manner, problems could arise. We recently saw evidence of...
Your Web Site is Under Attack and How to Protect It
Each time we hear about a Web site being attacked, the owner of the hacked site doesn't understand why their site was targeted. The short answer is that the bad guys are rarely looking to attack a specific site. Instead they are looking for sites that are vulnerable....
Unleashed Earns Mobile Sites Certification From Google
We know the importance of Web sites that work on mobile devices. Often when talking with clients, we explain the important and they don't think it applies to their site. That all changes when we look at their traffic stats in Google Analytics and see the exact...
WordPress Maintenance Services Keep Your Site Performing Well
WordPress is a very popular platform for Web sites with nearly 28% (and growing) of all sites built on the WordPress platform. This also means it provides the biggest target for the bad guys. Occasionally they will target a specific site, but that is fairly rare....
Converting an HTML Web Site to WordPress
I recently read a blog post entitled How Much Should An HTML To WordPress Conversion Cost? Anytime that a question is somewhat generic, it is impossible to give a cost. But the post did bring up some important information. First, let's talk about the conversion...
Why a Good Web Site Won’t Cut It Anymore
The folks at Website Magazine had a good article recently about what you need to have a site that works well for you. There was so much good information in this article that we'll have more blogs in the future that focus on a specific section of the article. We...
Outdated Plugin Caused WordPress Shopping Cart Failure
Clients come to us for our expertise in WordPress Web design. Some clients want us to handle everything while others want to have the ability to make any changes they desire. Even when we give clients the ability to make those changes, we try to give them advice that...