The Care and Feeding of Websites

This post is half a rant and half a lesson for all to learn — and 100% an exercise in bravery for saying it all. I’ll start out with the rant because I just have to get this off my chest before anyone gets hurt, and then we’ll talk about how you can...

How to Know You’ve Been Hacked

While the only real way to know if your WordPress site has been hacked is to examine the files on the server, I often hear common themes when people contact me to figure out what is going on with their site. I’ve compiled this list so that you can know what the...

Sending Files to Your List and Clients

I read this question recently on Facebook: I need to share files with my clients and sometimes my list. I’ve tried Amazon S3 but it seems confusing. Can you help? Amazon S3 can be confusing for many people with its buckets and permissions, which is why I’m...

Make a Pay-What-You-Want Paypal Button

Having a set price for a Paypal purchase is great in many cases, but what if you want to have a variable price, pay-what-you-want sale, or a tip jar? That is when you need an input box for your price instead of using the standard Paypal code! These instructions cover...

Why Hosting Matters

I have often been asked why hosting matters for a web site. To many people, any cheap shared hosting will do. But is that the truth? Does it really not matter where you host your website? I think your choice of webhost is important — and by the end of this post,...

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