Whether people are saving a PDF format or printing out pieces of paper, visitors sometimes want to have a permanent version of your content (especially if you are posting evergreen articles). Unfortunately, most default website styles don’t translate well to the printer. Optimizing your WordPress website for printer-friendly design is a subtle, yet powerful way …
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An In-depth Tutorial on How to Use Yoast SEO (Updated 2017!)
Question: Which plugin appears first in Google when you type in “WordPress SEO,” has over one million active installs, a 4.8-star rating in the WordPress directory and is a regular on the favorite plugins list? If you just answered Yoast SEO you would be correct. The plugin by Team Yoast is one of the best …
The Decision Maker’s Guide to eCommerce
Now more than ever, shoppers are going to the web for their purchases. These days, we can order pretty much anything online, from clothes and electronics to software and even groceries. Customers appreciate the convenience of making purchases from the comfort of their homes 24 hours a day. There are several other reasons why more …
Everything You Need to Know About Hiring a WordPress Developer
WordPress sites are everywhere these days, but hiring a good developer is challenging. Before you go out and start trying random developers that may or may not work out, read this guide for how to hire the best WordPress developer for your team and decide on the best type of WordPress site for your business. …
How to Auto-Sync Your Git Repositories to WordPress
Many developers use sites like GitHub, BitBucket, and GitLab to automatically deploy changes to a staging or live website. For most developers, the workflow goes something like this: you develop a theme or a plugin locally and then host it somewhere — for me, it’s usually GitHub. Over the years, GitHub has become one of the …
How to Set Up Live Chat in WordPress (In 4 Simple Steps)
Live chat often seems like a feature only huge commercial websites employ. After all, it probably isn’t easy to set up – and staying on top of support queries would take up too much time, right? Fortunately, neither of those statements has to be true. WordPress makes it simple to set up a live chat solution …
6 Simple Ways to Create an eCommerce Website in WordPress
Lately, we have been putting a lot of emphasis on WordPress and eCommerce. For example, with posts like 30 real-life examples of eCommerce websites built with WordPress and how to build a WordPress eCommerce site with Shopify. As it turns out, WordPress is an eCommerce powerhouse. Not just because the leading WordPress eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce, …
How to Add a Free SSL Certificate to Your WordPress Site
Adding an SSL certificate to your site’s domain is one of the best ways to secure your WordPress website. Although a secure (and SSL-enabled) site is necessary for many sites, the cost and implementation concerns linked with it have stood in the way of its widespread deployment. Up until recently, getting started with a functional …
Designing Demos for Your WordPress Themes and Plugins: 5 Things to Keep in Mind
As a WordPress developer, it’s important that you set your themes and plugins up for success from the very start. Spending some time creating a high-quality demo is a great way to give potential customers a sneak-peak of your product’s functionality. If you have a high-quality product, a demo is one of the best sales tools …
5 Tips to Create a Human Experience on Your WordPress eCommerce Site
WordPress is a fantastic resource not only for building your website but also extending to effectively run your eCommerce services as well. Most business owners are using WooCommerce to allow their site to sell and handle all of the process items that come with an eCommerce business. It can be tough to know where to …
A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Favicons
Your brand is undoubtedly going to suffer if you don’t establish a clear visual identity on your website. People don’t want to revisit sites that offer a poor user experience and incoherent design. Ensuring that your site stands out in a web browser’s tabs and bookmarks list helps strengthen your brand, and favicons are a simple way to do …
How To Future-Proof Your WordPress Website In 4 Easy Steps
Making sure you’re one step ahead of the WordPress update merry-go-round is vital. Not only do you get to take advantage of any new functionality immediately, you’ll be doing your utmost to make sure your website is set for any future advancements in the platform. With some big enhancements on the horizon, such as the REST …
