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“Don’t frown your face will freeze that way”
This is a phrase I heard many times growing up. For some reason, I tended to frown a lot. It might have been being out in the sun without sunglasses. Or it might have been I was deep in thought. Who knows I don’t? What I do know is my face didn’t freeze, but instead I...
With Facebook being down all day how much money did you lose?
The title of the original article was "No, Facebook should not be your company’s website, and here’s why", written in 2018. Today with Facebook being down since noon Pacific Time, it's time for a repost. Here are three questions to ask yourself due to their problems:...
The surprises you find in a good newsletter to your fan base.
Yesterday I sent out a newsletter for another website, and when looking at the stats, what surprised me the most was the percentage of people who open the email on their mobile devices. Eighty-one percent of those who opened the email were on a mobile device. Twelve...
Why you should consider making the switch to Mailerlite
I had been with MailChimp since 2010. Well, I should say I have had an account with them since 2010. I didn't know who I would email, as I spoke to my clients regularly. Further, I had no idea what to put in an email. Maybe once or twice a year, I would send out an...
Sorry, This File Type Is Not Permitted for Security Reasons
You are trying to upload an image, document, video, or a custom font to WordPress and you get this message: Sorry, This File Type Is Not Permitted for Security Reasons Fear not there are two very easy solutions. But first, it is recommended that you backup your site...
My favorite part of SitePresser
My favorite place to get my images for my child themes is either Pixabay or Unsplash. This was never a problem until I want to sell them on Elegant Themes. Unless you own the images you are using in your child themes, all other images must use the CC0 license on the...
Completing the license.txt file
I’ve been selling child themes on Elegant Marketplace since 2015, as well as my own website shortly thereafter. I had never been required or thought about adding a license.txt file. Further, I did not know that Unsplash, Pixel, and Pixabay (where I get 99% of...
Are you having trouble focusing now working at home?
Roughly eight years ago, I moved my office home from my “dream” office; that was until my dream office became my nightmare. I hated to leave it; there was nothing like it in Fort Lauderdale. Located on the swanky Las Olas Boulevard, it looked like it belonged in the...
Automation; Henry Ford had the right idea
Getting automated brings changesFor years I’ve had a free MailChimp account and during those same years, I’ve had some kind of a “Sign up for my newsletter” form on my website. I had collected 36 subscribees but I am ashamed to admit not one person has heard from me...
The launch of Amalia’s Bakery & Catering’s website
New owners of the neighborhood bakery Formerly known as the 45th Street Bakery, Angel and Amalia became the new owners in November and changed the name to Amalia's Bakery & Catering. Seeing an opportunity to get to know the neighborhood better, Angel approached...
An award-winning dream comes true
Way back in the dark ages when we did everything by hand in art school, one of my favorite classes was package design. For our final, we were to take a current product and redesign it. Since, I’m Irish, half from the orange side and half from the green side, I decided...
The age-old question; should you put your company name in the footer of a website you’ve designed?
This has been a conundrum for me since I started designing websites twenty years ago. On one hand, I liken it to how I feel about car dealerships who paste their logo on the back of your beautiful new car. Who gave them the right to do that? Didn’t you pay them for...