Lockdown. Crisis. Work From Home. Layoffs. Unemployment. These are all very familiar terms right now as the world reels from the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The average worker is panicking because they fully understand how fragile their employment situation actually is. Just the slightest rocking of the world economic boat can send millions
Although I normally use the default WordPress editor to write my blog posts, I am choosing to use Elementor for this particular post because I want to test out a new 3rd-party Elementor addon called Designer Powerup for Elementor. Designer Powerup currently has 11 main features, but there are only a few that really intrigue
I’ve been hosting either my own, or my clients’ sites, for over 20 years. Crazy, right? During that time, I’ve used many many MANY hosting companies, or have been forced to work with the hosts that clients were using. So many hosts are really awful, but there are quite a few that are very good.
I’m currently using a WordPress theme called MyListing to create a directory of wedding officiants, and of course, there are limitations in how much the theme can be customized out of the box. One of the requests from some of the officiants who are signing up to be listed in the directory is to be able
I don’t talk much about 3rd-party Elementor addons, but there are quite a few of them these days. Usually when someone asks, which addon should I purchase, I tell them, “get the one you need for your project”. I mean, no matter how many cool widgets an addon comes with, if you don’t need any
For this demo, I created a tongue-in-cheek team member page, with a photo and bio for the profile of each “staff member”. For desktop, we want to alternate each layout, photo left / bio right, photo right / bio left for each member. We also want each profile to fill the entire viewable area of
I wanted to try a few new features from my favorite page builder, so I decided it would be a good time to redesign my personal blog. Here’s how I did it in just a few short hours.
Does this sound anything like you? The Freelance Web Designer Scenario Mary hired you to create a website, design an ad, make a logo, or any of the myriad design or development work you specialize in. Over time, you’ve learned that you need good communication between you and your clients, so that your projects move
Since the beginning of this century, I’ve worked with small businesses to help them attain their online goals. Most small businesses either didn’t have a website at all, or they had one that was held hostage by a shady web development company. My goal was to change that for as many small businesses as possible.
This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive post on everything pertaining to moving a site from // to https://. Instead, this is more like the quick cheatsheet. This is basically the list of steps I use to move my small sites (all pages) from HTTP:// to https://. There may be bumps in the road or