Web Design
What in the World Wide Web Does that Mean? – A Guide to Website Terms and Acronyms
Website terminology can be confusing, but knowing a little bit can save you a lot of time and maybe even a headache. We have listed common terminology you will hear when working with a hosting company, a domain manager, or a web designer. Domain: A domain, also known as URL, is your web address. Ex.…
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…
Read MoreHow Do I Increase My Website’s Speed?
By now, you can guess that the speed of your website is pretty important, but just a quick recap or lesson for those who don’t know. Viewers of your website get pretty impatient, pretty fast. They want your website to load quickly and if they have to wait more than a few seconds will actually…
Read MoreCreating a Simpler Checkout Page in WooCommerce
When building Starfish Reviews plugin, we initially started with a WooCommerce-based solution for selling and licensing the plugin. I really didn’t like WooCommerce’s over-complicated checkout page. I wanted something simpler and more straightforward. So here’s how I got from complicated, to simple with some nice icons to help visually. While I did it with the…
Read MoreImage Size: Why it Matters
Have you ever had your web designer ask for a larger image or an image with higher resolution? Did it leave you confused and wondering what exactly the designer was talking about? Or have you had a designer tell you that they cannot use an image and you think they were being stubborn about the…
Read MoreMake the WooCommerce My Account Navigation Look Awesome with CSS
Lets face it: the WooCommerce “My Account” page navigation looks pretty lame with it’s default styling! It’s just a bulleted list. On Divi (the theme we use most) all the links in the list are the same color, even the one you’re currently on. So visually it’s just not pretty or very helpful to the…
Read MoreHow to Style Give WP’s Email Access Token Fields and Buttons
The Give WordPress plugin by WordImpress is a great plugin for taking donations. However, I noticed a problem: for whatever reason they failed to style the email field and submit button that are shown for users to retrieve their donation information via a link sent to their email (no WP account required). It’s kinda strange, because…
Read MoreWe Moved to Flywheel Hosting! …And Why We Did It
Here at wpXPRESS, hosting is an essential part of our business. We can’t provide “hassle-free” websites unless we have great hosting to keep those sites online and running at their optimum. So we take hosting very seriously. I personally know a ton about hosting, because I’ve used a lot of different hosts and server setups…
Read MoreWhere to Start an Online Business
Hello, this is Kurt Francom with wpXPRESS and this is one of the hundreds of videos where I answer the most commonly asked questions related to small business web design. Today’s question is “I have a great online business idea, where do I get started?” This is a question I get all the time and…
Read MoreWhy should I use Facebook Live for my small business?
Hello this is Kurt Francom with wpXPRESS (formerly Fiddler Online) and this is one of hundreds of videos where I answer the most commonly asked questions related to small business web design. Today’s question is “Why should a small business owner use Facebook Live?” For those of you that don’t know, Facebook Live is a…
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