It’s tempting to take a web developer up on a package deal when they pitch to you that they’ll take care of everything–for a monthly fee. Included in that “everything” is usually web hosting–where your website files will physically reside. Why not just have him or her handle it? That way, you’ll have one person…
Many people ask me: “Why do I need to hire a web developer? Can’t I just use one of those website builders like WIX or Squarespace?” Sure, of course you can. But don’t be fooled by their ads that portray these services as easy as 1-2-3. Just upload some pictures, write some content and POOF!…
You suddenly get this errer when upgrading WordPress: Fatal error: Call to a member function do_all_hook() on a non-object in yoursitepath/wp-includes/plugin.php I fought this last night for about ninety minutes until after reading all the threads on WP.org I figured it out: Solution: DELETE OR RENAME THE FILE wp-content/object-cache.php Whether you upgrade automatically or manually,…
After the last Thunderbird update there were so many bugs in the software, I just couldn’t deal anymore. I love supporting Mozilla–and still use Firefox–but Thunderbird had to go. I finally decided to move all my mail over to Apple mail. I had already used it on my iPhone and iPad, so it was time…
It’s the middle of a hot, hot summer and my iMac kept shutting off on its own. Just blacked out. I set an appointment with the Genius Bar, but since that’s a two-hour round trip for me, I decided to first do some research. I found that this is a safety mechanism for when the…
Yes, it’s a fad, but it’s all the rage, and many businesses are taking advantage of this crazy craze! First off, let’s define Pokémon Go: Pokémon Go is a video game played on a cell phone that places the fictional game in and around the real world, so players have to find them and “catch”…
There’s a lot that goes into getting a website created and launched, so I wanted to break it down for you. Some of my clients are not aware of everything that goes on “behind the curtain” but it’s helpful if you understand the basics. You have to have two things to get a website up…
There are some hosting providers that don’t provide great cron options when it comes to WordPress scheduled posts. What does that mean? It means that some of your scheduled blog posts don’t get published. This may happen on certain hosts, or for blogs that just don’t get enough traffic to trigger the WordPress function. We’ve…
It’s frustrating when you have a corporate Facebook page and you want to assign others to be able to post to it. It only allows your personal account FRIENDS as available. But there is an easy workaround to this: 1. The person must first LIKE the page. 2. The other person must temporarily set their…
I have a client with a WordPress installation on GoDaddy. I installed Formidable Forms for their registration process. Problem was, about 75% of their users were not getting their registration emails. After troubleshooting with GoDaddy and Formidable for months we finally found a solution. I’m posting this, because I’ve seen many other webmasters post about same…