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Highly Available WordPress Sites on Amazon Elastic Beanstalk with EFS, RDS and ECS
Read on to find out how to make a highly available WordPress site, or group of WordPress sites, using Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, ECS (Elastic Container Service), RDS, and EFS! Elastic Beanstalk: Create an application To get started, you'll need to create an application...
How To: Creating Urgency Coupons for WooCommerce in ActiveCampaign Automatically
A great marketing strategy is to offer the readers and subscribers to your mailing list a discount coupon for use in your WooCommerce store. Even better is when you combine this with a sense of "urgency" or "scarcity." Jump to section: How you can use urgency to your...
How to set up Contact Form 7 with Google reCAPTCHA
Google reCAPTCHA is a very powerful solution for stopping spam on your sites. It integrates nicely with Contact Form 7, a really popular option for contact forms on WordPress sites. Register for a reCAPTCHA using your Google Account To get started, first you'll need...
How to Make Basic Changes to Your New Divi Website
As we mentioned in our article about why we recommend Divi to the majority of our clients, one of Divi's primary selling features is the fact it can be easily updated. Once the actual design and coding are in place, it is easy for anyone, regardless of web design...
Why Divi is a Great Theme Option for Your New Website
It can be hard to decide on a WordPress theme, but Divi is the best option for the vast majority of modern websites. Let us tell you why.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Modern Web Design
Modern web design is a field which is always evolving as new trends crop up and technology advances. What worked for a website in 1997–or even 2007—is now a bad idea for 2017. So, let’s take a look at seven of the deadliest sins when it comes to modern web design.
How To: Add a Page or Post to Your WordPress Website
It's easy to add a new page or a new post to your WordPress website. You may be wondering what the difference is between a "page" and a "post." Pages and Posts Briefly, a "page" is filled with information that generally doesn't change (or changes very infrequently)....
How to Create a Google Analytics Account for Your Website
Overview - What is Google Analytics? It's easy and free to create a Google Analytics account. Google Analytics, sometimes simply called "Analytics" or "GA," is a great way to track visitors to your site, where they come from, how long they stay, and show you ways to...
10 After Retirement Job Ideas
More and more people are deciding to continue working in some capacity after they retire. While making more money is a common reason for delaying total retirement, it is also true that a lot of people find the unstructured life of a retiree can sometimes be a bit...
10 Reasons why everyone needs a personal website
Do you have information you would like to share? Do you have something to sell? Are you applying for a job? Are you starting a new project in which others can join with you? Then you need a website! A website is not a luxury – instead, a website is a basic, affordable...