Isn’t buying stuff online cool? You get to click a few buttons, wait a few days (just enough time to think about something else) and suddenly a package with your name on it arrives. It’s like a tiny little birthday party. If you agree with me, and run a website to support your business, don’t you … [Read more...] about How to Sell Products with Gravity Forms
In the past, I’ve written about how small businesses and nonprofits can build simple websites that look great and provide only the most necessary information. For many people, a clean site with great content is enough. For others, a website can be a great way to support their business or their … [Read more...] about How to Accept Recurring Payments and Donations with PayPal Using Gravity Forms
I was searching for your website, but Google says your site was hacked. Have you ever gotten an email or phone call like that? It can be terrifying and disorienting—where do you even begin? How did you get hacked? What does it even mean to be "hacked"? Are you in danger? How do I get that notice … [Read more...] about Remove “This Site May Be Hacked” From Your WordPress Website’s Search Result
Your choice of which drag and drop WordPress page builder to use can have dramatically negative consequences for your site—if not immediately (without your knowledge), then certainly in the long run. Here’s why: the most important asset on your website is your content. If you choose the wrong … [Read more...] about Content Traps in Drag and Drop WordPress Page Builders
Building a WordPress website visually—using drag-and-drop tools—is a reality today. Over the last few years, the tools available have matured and gained a tremendous amount of traction in the market. People can now create and change any part of their website without any coding knowledge. As … [Read more...] about Design Traps in Drag and Drop WordPress Page Builders
Some things feel like they never change: a great email list is still your most valuable marketing asset. It’s literally a group of people who have given you permission to talk to them about your company, your products, your services, and yourself. What an opportunity! Often, though, it can be … [Read more...] about Build Your Email List with a Daily Digest of Posts
Recently, I experienced a highly annoying problem in Mac OS X Mavericks: any application (including Finder) would crash whenever the Dropbox folder was opened. This resulted in me losing a lot of work in Adobe Illustrator, for instance, simply because I was trying to open a Save dialog, and the … [Read more...] about Fix Dropbox Crashing OS X Finder
Almost four years ago, I wrote what would be one of the most popular posts ever on this site: Taking Control of WordPress Gallery Styling (Without a Plugin). I think it resonated because WordPress's gallery styling has been heavy-handed, injecting a
