Posts by Pat Dumond
GoDaddy Security Breach Affecting WordPress Sites
GoDaddy 2021 security breach affects over a million WordPress sites hosted there.
Read MoreWhy Do I Have a High Abandonment Rate for My Shopping Cart?
Seeing that a customer has added items to their shopping basket and then abandoned their purchase can be incredibly frustrating. If this is happening on a regular basis, you need to get to the bottom of where you’re going wrong. Below, we are going to take a look at some of the most common reasons…
Read MoreHow to Clean a Hacked or Malware-Infected WordPress Website
Malware can ruin your website. Not only can it insert ads or redirect users to a different site, but it can also get your site blacklisted from search engines and other online services. Fortunately, the malware is usually coded in a file such as within a database, in a plugin, or in a theme that…
Read MoreWhat is the Best Pop-Up Plugin for the Divi WordPress Theme?
Popups are a great way to show content on your website. They can display special offers, show information, and lots more based on triggers that you control. There are three popular popup plugins for Divi: Divi Overlays, Divi Popup Module, and Divi SOS. All three display layouts made with the Divi Builder and all three…
Read MoreGetting a New Logo on 99designs is Difficult and Cumbersome
99designs? Try 800! These are the the pitfalls and struggles of getting a logo through 99designs. It’s not all bad, but it’s certainly not the wonderful opportunity that 99designs and many of their proponents trumpet. I just want you to know what you’re getting into, if you go that route. Why We Chose to Rebrand…
Read MoreThe Best WordPress Gallery Plugins (2019)
Ever wanted to add a lightbox gallery to your WordPress website? In this post, we’ll take a look at the best plugins you can use to easily and quickly add a photo, video or animated GIF gallery to your website. Modula These are some of the best WordPress gallery plugins available, so let’s jump right…
Read MoreCreating Custom Post Types Layouts in Divi & Interlinking Them with CPT-onomies
We recently had the law firm of Hepworth Holzer become a wpXPRESS member. Their site looked and worked great for visitors and SEO. Unfortunately it was a bit of a pain to update content, especially if we wanted to add a new block of content to a page or something. It required first creating a…
Read MoreThe Things We Did for Our Members in 2018 – Year in Review
I remember one of the first times I got paid to do computer work. I don’t remember exactly what I did, I think I added some new hardware to upgrade a computer and maybe fixed some software issues as well. This was back in the Windows 3.1 days or maybe Windows 95’s early days. I…
Read MoreWP Upkeep (WordPress Maintenance Service) is Now Part of wpXPRESS
I recently stumbled across WP Upkeep, a WordPress maintenance service similar to what wpXPRESS offers. There were some signs that the business wasn’t a top priority for it’s owner so I reached out and began negotiations about acquiring the business. Valentin, the owner of WP Upkeep confirmed that he hadn’t had time to followup on…
Read MoreUse Font Awesome Icons for Your Website Checkboxes & Radio Buttons
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Styling Checkboxes & Radio Buttons” Great CSS-only guides to styling your CSS checkboxes and radio buttons on WordPress. How to Style WordPress’ Checkboxes & Radio Buttons to Use Divi Font Icons Use Font Awesome Icons for Your Website Checkboxes & Radio Buttons I previously posted a…
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