…Now With More Blocks! Just swapped out old them…um…can’t remember…Agency Pro?…for Essence Pro, and I like it pretty well so far for a simple site that needs to just let the content shine. I don’t prefer to have much in the way of images on my site, as it distracts/detracts from what this site is […]
Philly WordCamp…with Lock Picking Kits!
Had a great time with a really nice group of people at Philly WordCamp two weekends ago. I even worked the Happiness Bar for the first time…actually, it was a lounge, which sounds far more glamorous that it actually was. But I was really glad to help people figure out their WordPress issues. And Wordfence […]
A Brief – and Fun! – Comparison of Pagebuilders for WordPress
WordPress is meant to be accessible to all, and that means users of all different levels of expertise. Page Builders (plugins and themes) are a wonderful tool when you don’t have the time or knowledge to code your site to look exactly as you want. This reviewer probably says it best: Divi is the KING […]
One Approach to Updating Your Site’s Version of WordPress
Some people are very reluctant to update their sites – they fear, perhaps not wrongly, that their stuff will break. So they stand on the deck of their slowly sinking ship (read – outdated website), afraid to step off into potentially shark-infested water. Well, that is maybe not the best analogy – the newest version […]
Stuff You Already Knew, I’m SURE (…but I didn’t…)
Went to update my version of WordPress (man, those things are thick on the ground lately, huh?) on a local xampp stack. Basically a Franken-site that I am hosting on my own computer so I can tinker with it and break it constantly. It ain’t pretty. The max-execution_time was too short, and things got all […]
Easy Way to See SSL Info
A quick way to see info on your SSL cert (even some hosts use it to show customer’s info). Specfically, go to https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=YOURDOMAINNAMEHERE Just a handy trick to have up your sleeve. Cheers!