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Beaver Builder: Creating a homepage with a video background
Create a Video Background in less than 10 minutes Creating a video background hero shot on your homepage doesn't have to be super difficult. The other day I received an email question about how to do it and I thought I would show you using Beaver Builder - an incredible solution for creating drag &...
WooCommerce Upsells and Cross Sells
Did I mention I love headphones? I do. I love them. I love them so much that I likely have a problem. But the first step is admitting that you have a problem and I've admitted it. In fact, I've been on step one of this journey for just over a decade. :) So as...
You know who needs grace? I'll tell you
Remember when I said Embrace Grace? The other day I wrote about grace, from the perspective of dealing with drama in a community. My challenge to you was to assume the best in people, to live with the knowledge that you don't know the whole story, and to embrace grace. And you do that. I...
Membership Plugin Review: WooCommerce Memberships
WooCommerce Memberships: Sometimes you save the best for last For weeks people have been asking if I was going to review WooCommerce Memberships. The answer was a loud, \"Yes!\" But I had plans. Because you don't just throw in a review like this in the middle of the series. You bring it out towards the...
Why my corporate sites don't show \"the team\"
I'm ok agreeing to disagree... I want to share with you why my corporate sites - I'm talking about any company where I'm one of the execs - won't ever show a \"the team\" page. It's not because I don't want to share the spotlight. I'll tell you a story about my experiences and see...
Membership Plugin Review: Paid Memberships Pro
Way back in 2012... My first email to Jason Coleman - the developer behind Paid Memberships Pro - was to request a particular feature. I had written a post about membership plugins and in early 2012 he had written me a note (and comment) about his plugin that he wanted to bring some attention to. Not...
Can we talk about Work Life Balance for a second?
The Truth About Money If we're going to talk about the balance of family, relationships, work, and all that, it seems like it's pretty important to start with why people even feel like they have to make a choice. Why not just spend all your time with your family and friends and enjoy life? And...
Why do I need a staging environment? Let me tell you
Does this match your experience? You have a developer working on your website. Whether they're working on it locally (on their own computer), or on some hosting that they have set up for themselves, one thing thing is clear. They aren't coding it on your hosting account. You think nothing of it, because every time they show...
Membership Plugin Review: Memberium, The WordPress/Infusionsoft Membership Solution
We're in the last legs of this 30-plugin review We're just five posts from the complete review of 30 membership solutions you can use with WordPress to build membership sites. Are there more that I didn't cover? The truth is, the answer is yes. There are even more.
Can you build a membership site with WP eCommerce?
Have you heard of WP eCommerce? There's a good chance that if you've been around WordPress a while, you've heard of WP eCommerce. The reason is because it's the oldest, the original, eCommerce solution for WordPress. Years ago, when there was nothing else, I gave it a try and used it on a few sites. It...
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