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Licenses keys, do you own them or does the website developer/designer?
The answer is, it depends on the developer/designers business model. For me, the answer is both. All of my WordPress designs are based on Elegant Themes’ Divi theme. If you are reading this and don’t know what a theme is, we discussed it in last week’s...
Great, this WordPress theme comes with everything I need!
Or does it really? A few weeks ago I wrote about taking over the maintenance of a WordPress website and how in my initial review, I found numerous problems. I now know how the problems started, a WordPress theme that had everything included. Or so the...
Why do I need an SSL Certificate, I don’t sell anything?
With respect to having an SSL certificate, starting in July 2018, to Google, it is not going to matter whether you sell anything online or not. If your website does not have an SSL certificate, Google is going to flag your website as "Not secure." Meaning,...
What do you really know about the company you are purchasing your website maintenance from or design for that matter?
I’m taking over the maintenance on a website that hasn’t been updated, in, I don’t know how long. When I first logged into the Dashboard area, I found there were twenty-one plugins and a theme that needed to be updated. I do know that has been at least four months...
One-page or a multi-page website? Which is best for you?
After suggesting a one-page website to a potential client, the response was, “A one-page website? What can I possibly accomplish with that?” I explained that since there was only minimal content, it would be more beneficial than a multi-page website, “You...
Inspiration; where do you find it when designing a logo?
Inspiration; where do you find it when a client comes to you for a new logo design is a question I’m often asked. When I first speak with a client regarding a new logo design, I ask them two questions: What are your favorite colors? Do you have an icon idea that you...
LayerSlider to SmartSlider; why I switched and never looked back
LayerSlider, by Kreature Media, was my go-to plugin for years. One the costs was, $26.00 for a lifetime license per website, and for me, it was very intuitive. Over the last couple of years, any website I designed that had a slider, which was almost all of...
A case of don’t do as I did; rather do as I recommend.
Most logo designs come from a personal story. Some of those stories bring problems for the design. Here are the problems caused by my logo story. Recently, I decided to get polo shirts with my company logo embroidered on them. There are several places on...
What does niche mean to you?
I was originally going to title this post “Why would you box yourself into a niche?” For the life of me, I can’t understand why anyone would do that. Let me clarify, I’m talking about graphic and website designers. If you are a cardiovascular surgeon, yes,...
In a blink of an eye, everything goes black
Two weeks ago I sat down to my trusty 10-year-old 15” MacBook Pro to work on a project I had just received. The computer was running slow and seemed to be doing some funky things, so I restarted it. It starts up fine. Then in a blink of an eye, everything...
Word is not a typewriter; nor is it a design program!
Recently, I went round and round with a client on why she shouldn't use Word to layout a book she was independently publishing. A member of her family had worked on it with her using Word for the layout and design. When he finished, he prepared a PDF...
Skype Account Stolen! Microsoft No Help!
The nightmare with my Skype account and Microsoft. Last Saturday, I received a text from 723-873 stating that my phone number had been "deleted from ng*****@send22u.info. Not you?" I had no idea who either 723-873 or ng*****@send22u.info were so I didn't...