Five Reasons why similar-looking websites cost different amounts
“Wait, How much is it going to cost?” If you've ever asked someone what it would take to build you a website and then were shocked by the price, I'm going to try to explain it to you. Maybe you've ...
Protecting yourself against WordPress plugin collisions
WordPress plugin collisions aren't fun What do you do when you have a stable website and then you want to install a new plugin? How do you know that it will all work? That the plugins won't destroy each other? ...
Has Website AI Arrived?
If you haven't heard of website artificial intelligence, the concept is not hard to grasp. Instead of a designer or developer building your website, software creates it. And it does so by leveraging all sorts of logic rules and best ...
There is no such thing as 100% uptime
I work for a software company where we develop websites and web applications for large companies. So the question of uptime is one I get a lot. And the notion is that if we work hard enough, test out the ...
A new WordPress desktop client, and it’s open source!
My Hope: A Windows Client for WordPress In late October I purchased Microsoft's new Surface Book. When I tell you it's awesome, I'm not lying. It's absolutely fantastic. Soon after that, I realized the one app that was missing – a ...
The one thing many WordPress plugin developers seem to forget
Today I'm speaking at WordCamp Sacramento about the lessons I've learned while reviewing 30 membership plugins. While I get into product development, product marketing, writing review posts, and even membership details, I thought this quick review might help. Have you ...
You can share your landing page designs easily with Beaver Builder
You've seen landing pages like this before A landing page that collects an email in exchange for a free eBook download isn't something new or really all that interesting. Tons of products can make this—from themes, to hosted solutions, to ...
Are you struggling with a hacked website?
I don't know if you know this, but websites get hacked every single day. It's big business for folks who use hacked sites to route traffic to the sites of their choosing. In case you didn't realize it, people do ...
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 ...
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 ...