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Paving the Way for a Smooth Black Friday Experience
Every November, thousands of people pile up in front of major brand stores in hopes of being the first to cash out on the best possible deals that the Black Friday rush has to offer.…
WordPress 5.3 Comes in with New Default Theme, Blocks, and PHP 7.4 Support
WordPress 5.3 is now available for download. The name is Kirk, in honor of American jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk. This major release comes with many new features and improvements, including such in the user interface, accessibility, a lot of new block editor features, and a new default theme—Twenty Twenty.…
How to Format WordPress Blog Posts
WordPress is globally the most used CMS for content creation. With the new block editor, Gutenberg, which came with WordPress 5.0, you have multiple ways to format your WordPress post with ease.…
Spotlight: Joseph Condon’s View for a Better World
This time around, as part of our Spotlight series, we have a Runner Up Winner from our Showcase Contest. He has been our customer for four years now, and the efforts he puts in spreading positive news to his digital audience around the world are astounding.…
WordPress Version: To Hide or Not to Hide?
There is a security tip that can be seen often on the Internet. Articles and tutorials about WordPress security tend to say that hiding your WordPress version enhances the security of your website.…
7 Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins (Pros and Cons)
Having transparent communications with your site visitors is key. Only communication on a regular basis will enable you to take the proper measures and to improve your website’s top priority, which is more visitors/clients.…
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New cPanel Licensing Tiers on Cloud VPS and Dedicated Server Plans
In late June, the most popular control panel for web hosting – cPanel, has announced a significant change to its license pricing structure. The new model from “per server” to “per account” has been effective since September 1, 2019.…
MySQL 5.7 is Available at FastComet
Currently, MySQL is the most trusted open-source database platform. 9 out of the top 10 most popular and highly-trafficked web, E-commerce, SaaS and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) websites in the world rely on MySQL primarily for its proven performance, reliability, and ease of use.…
Cover Image vs. Featured Image in WordPress Gutenberg
Since WordPress 5.0, we have Gutenberg set as our default block editor. With it, we got some new features, including the Cover block. It gives you the opportunity to add cover images to your site pages and posts.…
Spotlight: Shaun Low on Using Games to Tackle Learning Difficulties
Today, as part of our Spotlight series, we have another Grand Prize Winner from our Showcase Contest – Shaun Low. He has been with us for almost two years and even started another project recently.…
Why You Should Always Use the Latest Version of WordPress
With new WordPress updates often come questions like: “Should I update my website now?” The answer is, and will always be: “Yes, you should definitely do it right away!” This article is to explain exactly that.…
Laravel 6.0 Comes in Hot with LTS
Yes! Laravel 6.0 is officially out now! Since you are here, you probably already know that Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks, used by developers across the globe.…
