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Tech Changes in 2020
2020 Forced Lots of Technical Changes 2020 was weird. There. I said it. The past nine to twelve months has change the way many of you work and live. Commutes, water coolers and being interrupted by a co-worker walking around have been replaced by video meetings,...
WordPress 5.6 Is Available
WordPress 5.6 is Available to Download WordPress 5.6 was released for download and installation on December 8, 2020. On today's episode of the WP Wednesday Podcast we'll talk about what's in the release, and why you should, or should not install it.WordPress 5.6...
Fonts In WordPress
Using Fonts in WordPress Most websites have images. Some have videos. Others have database connections, feeds from other sites, shopping carts, and others item. But it's fair to say that EVERY websites has fonts. From the classic Times New Roman, to newly launched...
What Technology Do I Need to Manage WordPress?
What Do You Need To Manage WordPress? WordPress lives entirely online. The wp-admin portion of a WP site allows the admin to manage everything from one spot. On the admin you can create posts and pages, add media (images, videos, audio and documents), add/manage...
Sending Emails from WordPress Sites
Why doesn't WordPress send emails without any configuration? The easy answer is, it does... sometimes. Some hosts and website work without any editing to the WordPress install or even the plugins to send emails from forms. It' uses the PHP Mail function. But some...
Sending Email From Your WordPress Website
Why Send Email From A Website There are many reasons to set up your WordPress website to send emails. Recover WordPres account passwords Send emails to the website owner, specific people in the organization, and even to people outside the site or business. Special...
Online Learning Opportunities
Learning A New Skill In These Weird Times This weird time has us looking to fill time that used to be spent going to movies, out to dinner, in longer in-person meetings or other recreational activities. So, with that free time, maybe it's time to learn some new...
Do Headings Affect Your SEO Rankings?
Do Headings Have to be Used in a Specific Way? Heading tags are a great way to format your web pages by giving them primary headlines, separate a new idea or topic, or even easily identify important ideas. But for years it's been widely accepted that these headlines...
Protecting Your WordPress Sites With Good Passwords
WordPress Admin SecurityThe most obvious security issue with WordPress is your administrator account logon information. By locking that down you can protect your website content and install information. But there are other security measures you should implement if you...
Conduct Meetings with UberConference
Online Conferencing Use Had Recently ExplodedWith so many kids and adults stuck at home for school and work online conferencing has gone to the next level. Now instead of just a few team members logging in and the rest joining in a conference room, 10, 20, and even...
Adding Notifications to Your WordPress Site
Adding Notifications Sometimes you need to get specific information out to your customers like operation times, newsletter signups, new product lines, or even business sale or closing messages. There are many ways to do this, and also many things to consider when...
Best Methods for Sharing Files
How Can I Share Files With Clients and Co-Workers? Sharing files in an office environment is often easy. There's often different email rules set up for internal sharing, an easy to use shared server environment, and company-provided usb thumbdrives. But what if you...
Getting Inspiration For Your Website Redesign
Where Do You Start On A Redesign One of the critical parts of website research is what you do, and maybe more importantly, what you do NOT like on how a website looks and works. Often clients refer to competitors when they point out these likes and dislikes, which is...
What Sounds Can Make You More Productive?
Using Noise to Be More Productive We are all used to a certain amount of noise while we work. In a quiet office it can be the sound of keyboard, maybe a phone ringing, or even the HVAC system running. But in a noisy office space it can be office equipment, people...
Anticipating Technical Challenges Working From Home
Technical Challenges Working From Home Working from can present some very unique, and possibly unforeseen challenges for companies and workers. It's easy to say that events like the coronavirus outbreak can be handled just by sending workers home with their laptops,...
Remember Paper & Pen? The THINKERS Notebook
Remember Paper & Pens? Earlier today, Google Drive went down and sent a good portion of the internet info a slide as the youth of America struggled to figure out how to get work and classwork done. I typed, deleted, retyped and decided not to post several...
10 Reasons You Should Be Using GSuite
Why I Don't Manage Email Accounts For the first few years of hosting domains at BeBizzy Consulting I issued each customer one email address, with more available for additional cost. I quickly realized this was a mistake, as well over 50% of my support issues were...
My Three Word – 2020
What Is The "My 3 Words" Exercise? Several years ago I stumbled upon a Twitter post from Chris Brogan called My Three Words. It's an exercise when you select a three-word mission statement to govern your business and/or personal life in the following year. When it's...
