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WordPress and the plugins, web services, automations and processes that let WordPress do amazing things.
Advice – DO NOT CLICK anything from Vtimablebeach.top likely fake domain registration scam
If you have ever owned a domain registration, then you probably have received a scammy email or even postal mail request to renew your domain name. Usually these are at much higher rates than what you actually paid and they are never from a reputable source. I'm...
Where is Mailchimp email subscription link for inside a newsletter
Trying to figure out how to add a subscription link to your email newsletter INSIDE the Mailchimp newsletter? useful when subscribers want to forward your email to someone else who then might want to subscribe. Here’s where to go.
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Quick items we are working & researching
Three Easy to Edit Image Hover Effects Free Divi Layout from Divi Soup
This free Divi layout uses the native Divi image and text modules with absolute positioning to show or hide text or swap the image for another on hover. View the demo and download this free
Can you spot the phishing tip offs?
Can you spot the tip offs that this email is a phishing email pretending to be an account deactivation from Apple?
Advanced WordPress filtering – Search & Filter Pro & 2 others
1 - Advanced WordPress Filtering with Search and Filter Pro Just wanted to share a quick Wordpress plugin (paid) system that we came across while doing some research on a client project. We didn't use this tool this time as the client went a different direction.Still,...
How to Cancel Media Temple Hosting Plan
Can’t find that quick spot in Media Temple to close a service, cancel hosting or your account? here’s the easy link.
Password Managers – Zoho Vault from 1Password
Some of my initial reflections, goals and notes on moving from 1Password to Zoho Vault as part of a Zoho One plan. Currently undecided and still gathering information.
How Do I add Visitor Stats to my site so people can see it?
We get lots of questions from clients all the time. One that pops up from time to time is 'Can I put a number counter or ticket showing the number of visitors to my website? There's lots of variations to this question and 9 out of 10 times the answer should be, please...
Completed Flowgear Certification
Technical Certification iPaaS | Integrations and Automations with and from Flowgear. Connects systesm from ERPs to CRMs to content management and ecommerce and more.
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Quick items we are working & researching
Mechanism for selling Spotify Playlists or lists of Spotify tracks
Say you have created the best party playlist ever, and you want to sell it. How do you do that? In theory the process would be... Create a file of your Spotify tracks/playlists that can be sold and bought Just export your Playlist and then sell the export file and the...
Updated Roadmap for WordPress in 2019| WordPress.org
Joost De Valk, the founder of Yoast aka the WordPress SEO plugin and NEW head of Marketing for WordPress' Automatic, has updated the 2019 Roadmap for WordPress. Now that Gutenberg, the codename for WordPress update 5.x, has successfully launched, phase 2 of the Block...
Testing a Gravity Form to Conversational app converter
Having a little fun testing out a tool (Free on repository and Pro versions) that converts Gravity Forms forms into a conversation experience, sort of like AI but more of a chat bot. The key here is converting complex gravity forms into a better experience to increase...
Apple Touch Icon 404 errors
I run the Redirection Plugin on some sites. It logs 404 errors which is handy to clean up loose ends. The Apple Touch Icon 404 errors get annoying. Handing reminder of the solution here on Stackexchange. 2 solutions - Define the icon in the head file or upload 100x100...
Default Featured Image Plugin to transform site without
Found a handy, simple plugin for setting Default Featured Images on a Wordpress site. Client had 370+ posts (podcast episodes) without featured images. Going back and adding them one at a time for the old articles wasn't in the cards for now. However we needed some...