Want to use WordPress for your new small business website? You'll need a web host where your site can "live." There are more hosts out there than you can shake a stick at, so how do you choose the best WordPress hosting for your site? Well, that's … [Read more...] about How to choose a web host for a small business WordPress site
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tl;dr Skip to the solution. If you're a developer, then there have been times you beat your head against a wall trying to figure out why something that worked in local development doesn't work on a live server. So you troubleshoot... Is the … [Read more...] about WordPress ORDERBY RAND and WP Engine
Add Houzz Icon to Simple Social Icons Plugin
Howdy. I'm popping in today with a quick tutorial on how to add a custom icon to the Simple Social Icons plugin. For this example I'll be adding an icon for Houzz, a website dedicated to home renovation and design. Warning: There are affiliate … [Read more...] about Add Houzz Icon to Simple Social Icons Plugin
Case Study: Rebuild an E-Commerce Site with Beaver Builder and WooCommerce
Some years back I built an e-commerce website for a client using a StudioPress theme and the Shopp shopping cart. I customized the theme to match my client's brand and added custom functionality to Shopp to address features we needed that weren't … [Read more...] about Case Study: Rebuild an E-Commerce Site with Beaver Builder and WooCommerce
Nexcess Managed WooCommerce Hosting: What You Need to Know
Nexcess, part of the Liquid Web brand of families, recently announced the addition of Managed WooCommerce Hosting to their product lineup. It's impressive (I'll share why shortly), but first, let me loosely define a few terms so that we're all on … [Read more...] about Nexcess Managed WooCommerce Hosting: What You Need to Know
Working with WP Engine Staging Sites: What You Need to Know
Staging sites are to WordPress hosting as responsive design is to the web: At this point, there's an expectation that those things just are. Not all WordPress hosts have gotten on the staging site bandwagon yet, but the best of them have. If … [Read more...] about Working with WP Engine Staging Sites: What You Need to Know