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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 back up your...
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 wanted 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 my...
Are you having trouble focusing now working at home?
Roughly twelve 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 changes For 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 subscribers but I am ashamed to admit not one person has heard from me...
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...
A profession that needs some kind of certification program
We don’t build or change buildings, we don’t cut people open, we don’t drill or remove anyone’s teeth so why on earth would we need a certification program? We are in a profession that allows anyone to start a website design business claiming they are an expert at...
Why you don’t rent your website
What do you mean by “Don’t rent your website?” Are you on Squarespace, Weebly, Wix or using a website builder provided by your hosting company? Then you are renting your website. Here are four examples of why you should not rent your website Sorry, your access is...
Be careful about what you wish for
A client decided to run Google Ads on two products that they are trying to get some traction on. One of the ads stated: Hair Loss Treatment | Hair Loss ShampooFree Samples. Reactivates hair follicle stem cells, causing a new cycle of hair growth! Both started with...
The death of the sidebar
My website designs are known for being well thought out and easy to navigate. One of the first steps I took in achieving this was to get rid of the sidebar. At first, not everyone understood my logic, that was until smartphones and tablets became the main devices for...
Silencing the voices in my head
We all have them, the voices that wake you up in the middle of the night, or are sitting on your shoulder during the day asking, “What are you thinking? Who told you could do that? Why would anyone listen to you?” They go on and on, and you continue to listen to them....