I had a customer with a WooCommerce store who had products that were “coming soon”, but the only option for out of stock was an ugly “Out of Stock” marker above the product image. I was surprised there were no plugins that seemed to work for this change. The one I found had a…
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You Need to Know About ADA Compliance
Maybe you’ve heard about ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Compliance but did you realize that your website should be compliant as well? New laws require many businesses to have ADA compliant websites and your business could well be one of those. According to Title I of the ADA, businesses that have at least 15 full-time…
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Should You Be Using Social Media to Market Your Business?
Yes. Here’s why: If you are already taking the time to produce a blog on your website (And if you’re not, you should be. More on that later.), then you already have what you need for great social media posts. How many eyes do you get on your website each day? I’m sure that number…
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Add Search Icon to Genesis Menu
Often times you might want to add the search functionality to your page without taking up too much space. A search icon in the menu is a nice way to do that. This is what mine looked like: Here’s how I did it: 1) Add this code to your functions.php file. (Please note- this only…
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Adding Google Analytics Manually
If you have a website, you should have Google Analytics. It only starts tracking your site from the date you install it, so add it today so you won’t regret it tomorrow when you’re wanting to know more about your site visitors. Analytics are the only way to make smart decisions about your site. If…
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WooCommerce Automated Shipping & Taxes
In the past, opening a WooCommerce store seemed easy – until you had to set up taxes and shipping. These often required a paid plugin or tedious setup. Taxes WooCommerce now offers an automated taxes plugin, WooCommerce Shipping & Tax, powered by Jetpack. It hasn’t gotten the best reviews, but it’s free. The problems seem…
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Attend WordPress Oxford: What is new in WordPress 5.7?
Note it’s 7:30pm Oxford time – be sure to verify for your own time zone! WordPress Oxford: What is new in WordPress 5.7? Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021, 7:30 PM Online event , 20 WordPress Users & Developers Attending Welcome to you all. — This months event is due to take place on March 17th and…
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Why is my Connection Not Private?
You might have seen this when you tried to visit your website: If you have an SSL certificate already installed and you’re still getting the little yellow warning triangle by your URL, you may be wondering why. A good way to find out it by using https://www.whynopadlock.com Testing your URL here will give you the…
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2020 State of the Word
Mark your calendars for the 2020 State of the Word – the annual keynote address of WordPress given by project co-founder, Matt Mullenweg. The event will be streamed on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter on Thursday, December 2020, at 16:00 UTC and will have live captioning in multiple languages. Meetup groups around the world are encouraged to host watch parties to celebrate this year’s …
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FEATURED WORDPRESS MEETUP
Several WordPress Meetup Groups in the U.S. are joining hands to organize the: WordPress “Mega Meetup”: The “Plugin Draft” Episode event on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at 6:30 PM EST. The event aims to highlight several useful plugins and demystify them for participants, and will also feature a host of talks and sessions. The organizers promise a fun event…
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