Sometimes, taking your online presence to the next level is as simple as upgrading the graphics you use to illustrate your social and blog posts and tell your brand story throughout your website. But for busy business-focused website owners and managers, the...
The digital landscape is ever-changing, with web development at its forefront. WordPress, the titan of content management systems, has always managed to keep its users on the edge of their seats with its triannual updates. The upcoming WordPress 6.5 release,...
Oh no. You’re trying to load a page on your website, but all you get is an ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error message. In many cases, this is caused by a gremlin on your device. Bad browser extensions, misbehaving proxies, and poor internet connections are all...
In the dynamic and ever-evolving world of website management, staying updated isn’t just a matter of keeping up with the latest trends, but a necessity for security, performance, and an improved user experience. WordPress 6.5, the next version of the content...
URL redirects are necessary when you need to change the addresses of a website page permanently or temporarily. However, as a result, sometimes your website can get stuck in a redirection loop. If this happens, you may face the ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error,...
It’s Monday morning. You’ve barely taken a sip of your coffee (or tea or smoothie) and are already buried under a mountain of emails, customer inquiries, and endless to-do lists. As a small business owner, you wear many hats — balancing bookkeeping, sales,...
Choosing a domain name is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make as a website owner. The wrong domain name can make your site hard to find, negatively impact your brand’s reputation, or even give squatters opportunities to impersonate your website for...
In today’s lightning-fast, digital world, there’s nothing more frustrating than trying to visit a website, watching the loading bar creep slowly across the page… and then getting an error message instead of the site you expected. When this happens, a lot of...
Trespassing is illegal. But, if you’re encountering the 403 Forbidden error, you’re probably not trying to break into some sort of a top-secret black site. The 403 Forbidden error typically occurs when you’re trying to log in to WordPress or visit a specific...
Have you ever imagined a world where AI could craft compelling narratives, answer complex queries, and even engage your website visitors with human-like text? That future is here, thanks (at least in part) to ChatGPT. If you already use WordPress, you’re...
Have you guys heard about this thing called “the Internet”? Seriously, I know we’re all just trying to survive the generative AI era and still have jobs (any job?) a decade from now. And there’s one thing that can’t hurt: Learning to code. Even with the rise of...
WordPress is by far the most popular system for managing websites. In part, this is because you can adapt the platform for any purpose using plugins. Whether you’re a budding blogger or an aspiring e-commerce entrepreneur, there’s a tool out there to match your...
You’ve almost certainly heard of generative AI. This subset of machine learning has become one of the most-used buzzwords in tech circles – and beyond. Generative AI is everywhere right now. But what exactly is it? How does it work? How can we use it to make...
Back in my day, a stylesheet was just a stylesheet. You hand-coded the CSS for every element. And we liked it that way. Ahem. Okay. Disengaging curmudgeon mode. CSS has come a long way since the days of raw HTML pages, and one of the most important...
How are your emails doing? Are they resonating with recipients? Do they contain valuable information? Are you sending them at the right times with the right subject lines? One way to evaluate all those factors is by keeping a close eye on your email open rates....
The times, they are a’changin. In the early years, AOL, Lycos, and Ask Jeeves were the most prominent search engines on the web (and most of us hung out on old-fashioned forums). But now Google owns approximately 85% of the global search market. For almost all...
Funny enough, HTTP error codes are both really useful and incredibly frustrating at the same time. Seeing an error when you load a page makes it very clear that something has gone wrong with the website — But most of us haven’t got the faintest clue about what...
Picture this: You’re in a Zoom meeting, and your coworker joins — but he’s accidentally added a filter that makes him look like an adorable puppy and he doesn’t know how to remove it. It’s a viral video in the making, but no one is recording the call. You have...