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Disgusted With ProfilePress Hijacking, We Switched to WP User Avatars
Three months ago we told you about WP User Avatar Plugin Ruined by ProfilePress. The WordPress community has had a massive response to this plugin being hijacked and the original plugin has been flooded with one-star reviews. Strangely there are also some new...
Check Out More Than 400 WordPress Web Design Tutorials
No matter your level of Web design experience, there is always something to learn. There is rarely a day when we don't learn something new to help us build better sites in less time. We want to share some of our favorite tutorials with you and we have added more...
WP User Avatar Plugin Ruined by ProfilePress
The core of WordPress links user profiles to a "gravatar" for their image. In some ways this does simplify things as my email is linked to any WordPress site where I have a user account. If I changed the picture stored at gravatar.com, it automatically changes on...
Unleashed Productions: Showcasing Businesses & Exceeding Goals
A few months ago I was interviewed virtually by Art Martori at GoDaddy. We covered how I got to this point in life which might provide some interesting tidbits for you. Then we talked about our current focus of creating WordPress sites for clients. You'll learn...
Four Seasons Total Landscaping Builds Quick Following and Sells Merchandise
One thing I want to make clear up front is this post has nothing to do with politics even though politics was involved in the story. My focus is on how a family-owned small business turned a circus-like press conference in their parking lot into online success. For...
Web Design Solutions Unleashed Voted Arizona’s Local Favorite
Back in July, Web Design Solutions Unleashed was nominated to be considered one of Arizona's Local Favorites in the Business Services category. When nominations were closed, there were about 20 companies listed in the Business Services category. At that point...
OpenWeStand Interviews Foster Coburn
The folks at GoDaddy and CLARAfi put together a LinkedIn group entitled OpenWeStand as a way to help small businesses navigate the crazy times caused by COVID-19. Recently I was a guest on their weekly show and had the opportunity to share my perspectives. If you...
Importance of Owning Content in Thrive Global Interview
Recently I sat down for an interview with the Ben Ari at Thrive Global. I was asked a range of questions about how I got started, some of my best tips and even ways to avoid burnout. For those who have followed me for a very long time, you'll learn how I got into...
Olive Oil Site Makeover Has Led to Huge Sales Increase
Back in May 2018, we gave the site for Cave Creek Olive Oil a tasty makeover. Exactly two years ago I wrote Giving Olive Oil Site a Tasty Makeover about the process. Now that two years have passed, we're going to revisit the site to measure the sales improvement....
Perfect Landing Page for Utah Airport FBO
I first met the Gardiner family more than 25 years ago. One thing I knew from the beginning is that flying and airplanes was a big part of the family. In fact, the family business was running a FBO (fixed based operator) at the Vernal, Utah airport. What they...
New Look For Neighborhood Wine Bar
I was enjoying dinner at the neighborhood wine bar last December when the owner approached and asked me a few questions about their Web site. It was originally built using GoDaddy's Website Builder and now they were having trouble making changes to it. Some ideas...
Just a WordPress Website Makeover
Before we talk about the makeover, I need to tell the story of how this project happened. Roll the clock back to 2015 and I saw a post on Facebook about a free book written by Jinx Schwartz. That was around the time I started to read books on Kindle so a free book...