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How to Change Thumbnail Size in WordPress and Why You Want To
Apr 21, 2019
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When you set up a new WordPress website, the platform gives you three image sizes to play with: thumbnail, medium, and large (plus the file’s original resolution). This gives you a solid number of options to work with. However, thumbnails in particular can be tricky…
How to Use Font Awesome On Your WordPress Website
Feb 14, 2019
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When given the choice between using a vector icon or a static image, it’s a good idea to go with the vector. They’re small and fast to load, and they can scale to any size without a loss of resolution. Font Awesome is a superb library of vector icons that you can use…
15 Best Fancy Fonts for Your Next Special Occasion
Dec 31, 2018
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Whether you’re designing a wedding website or putting together an announcement for an annual business dinner, finding the right font for your special occasion can be difficult. Many fonts sacrifice readability for extra flourishes, while others just don’t stand out.To…
How to Minify Your Websites CSS, HTML & Javascript
Dec 27, 2018
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When you minify your website’s CSS, HTML, and Javascript files, you can shave some valuable time off of your site’s page load speed. Now we aren’t talking about cutting your page load speed in half or anything, but when it comes to the speed of your website, any…
10 Great Websites To Help You Learn Web Development Online
Dec 21, 2018
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If you are looking to learn web development online, there are more than enough resources out there to teach you everything you need to know. In fact, many (if not most) of the web developers in the world today have launched successful careers by learning web…
How To Add Breadcrumbs To Your WordPress Website
Dec 19, 2018
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The term “breadcrumbs” refers to an efficient website navigational tool that (Like Hansel and Gretel taught us) is meant to help trace one’s steps back to a website’s “home” (or homepage). They allow users to see how the current page fits into the whole site structure…
How to Create an Organizational Intranet (or Extranet) with WordPress
Dec 7, 2018
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An intranet is a “closed-circuit internet”. It is available only at a certain location or via certain protocols. Some companies may have a network for their business that is only available while in their building. Or perhaps a college has a campus-wide network for…
How To Create Redirects With WordPress
Nov 13, 2018
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There are several reasons you may need to create a redirect on your WordPress website. You may want to change your permalink structure, remove an old post or page, or create a new blog post to replace an old one. Whatever your reason, the best practice in these…
How to Write a Good Interview Follow Up Email
Nov 12, 2018
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Sometimes, you’ll ace an interview only to never hear from that company again. There are few things as frustrating, and in our experience, it can throw you off your game. In some cases, someone else may have expressed more interest in the job, so they snatched the…
How to Create a Custom WordPress Login URL
Nov 9, 2018
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By default every WordPress installation has two login URLs: yourdomain.com/wp-admin.php and yourdomain.com/wp-login.php. While perfectly functional, there are two very good reasons you may want to change these URLs. The first and most important is security. The second…
How to Write a Press Release (Free Template)
Nov 4, 2018
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When running a business, you’ll sometimes need to spread news about what you’re up to. For these situations, a press release is ideal. If you don’t know how to write one, you might miss out on a lot of potential interest.Writing press releases is an art form. They…
How To Customize The Style Of Contact Form 7 To Match Your Website
Oct 10, 2018
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With over a million active installs, Contact Form 7 is by far one of the most popular WordPress plugins ever. It’s popularity probably has a lot to do with the truth behind its description: “Simple but flexible.”Contact Form 7 allows you to create multiple contact…
How to Add a YouTube Subscription Button to WordPress (In 2 Steps)
Oct 9, 2018
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If you have both a WordPress site and a YouTube channel, you might want to integrate these platforms. One way is by simply posting your videos on the website, but you can also use a YouTube subscribe button to get more subscriptions for your channel.In this article,…
How to Add a YouTube Video Background to a WordPress Site
Oct 6, 2018
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A popular design trend that isn’t going anywhere is the animated, video background. Instead of a large hero image, visitors are greeted by a moving visual feast that draws their attention and dazzles them. Unfortunately, that functionality is not built into WordPress,…
Converting HTML Sites to WordPress Sites
Oct 5, 2018
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In the beginning (of the web) all websites were made with nothing but text and static HTML. Now though, over 20 years later, the web is a much different place. Websites are much more complex. They provide richer and more enjoyable experiences for site creators and…
How to Create a Networked Library for WordPress Multisite Setups
Oct 3, 2018
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Running multiple WordPress websites is tough enough without having to deal with separate media libraries for each of them. If you need to re-use the same files, you’ll have to upload them over and over again, which wastes a lot of time and space.In this article, we’re…
How to Allow Your Website Visitors to Request a Callback
Oct 2, 2018
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For any online business, figuring out ways to stay in touch with your visitors is key to increasing conversions. Phone calls strike a perfect balance between convenience and personalization, but it can be difficult to convince people to provide their phone numbers. A…
How to Ask Google to ‘Recrawl’ Your WordPress Website
Oct 1, 2018
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Usually, Google is pretty good when it comes to listing your site’s content. However, sometimes the search engine may not be up-to-date with all the changes to your website, even if you’re following good Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practices. In those situations,…
How to Migrate Your Website from Drupal to WordPress
Sep 28, 2018
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WordPress is the internet’s most popular content management system (CMS) and people migrate to it from other platforms all the time. Which is why services like CMS2CMS exist. They will perform a site migration for you at a price and if you don’t have the time or…