A client asks you to update all their plugins, but there's no staging site to work to assure nothing breaks. How do you properly update their plugins in a safe manner? Years ago I did some contract for an agency out of Colorado. One of their managers asked me one ... Continue Reading
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If you are looking to add an ads.txt to a Ghost Blog on platforms such as Digital Ocean, there are few minor adjustments you must make. I'll show you how to do it in this tutorial. What is an Ads.txt file? According to the docs, its an initiative ... Continue Reading
When setting custom Nameservers for GoDaddy domains, an IP Address is required for each. In this article, I'll show you how to easily locate that IP Address. I recently moved my blog to Digital Ocean. My domain is with GoDaddy and when changing the Nameservers over to the three required ... Continue Reading
Hosting websites for clients is easy. You just need a process. In addition, it provides a steady stream of income to an often feast or famine freelance cycle. In this video, I’ll walk you through my exact setup and what tools and processes you need to provide a ... Continue Reading
Where can I safely store an API Key in WordPress and not expose it to the public or in the code? In this post, I’ll show you two ways. Two ways to store an API key in WordPress: 1. In wp-config.php Define the API key in the ... Continue Reading
When people ask me about a good Genesis starter theme, I now answer exclusively with “the Genesis Sample theme…..with an added Sass & Gulp workflow.” I’ll share it with you in this post. I’ve been back and forth on Genesis starter themes ... Continue Reading
In June of 2018, Google Maps became a “pay-as-you-go” platform. Depending on your purpose and usage, this may not be a beneficial investment for your business. In this post, I’ll show you a solid, free alternative to Google Maps. I see it at least weekly as ... Continue Reading
Creating a Paypal button is pretty standard, but what if you want to send and receive Paypal button variables with it? Here are a few simple examples of how to do so using Paypal’s Payment Data Transfer feature. I recently worked on a project where we needed to ... Continue Reading
Being an instructor on Udemy has its advantages as well as disadvantages in regard to Udemy Revenue Share. With most sales, you make at most 50% profit from it, often less. But there is one tactic you can put into practice to drastically increase that profit in your favor. If ... Continue Reading
To be sure you’re getting accurate results when using the Lighthouse Chrome extension to audit your webpage, you’ll need to run it in Incognito Mode. Why? Because the results are (often extremely) skewed by the other “active” extension used in the browser. In this ... Continue Reading