Here's a surprisingly effective productivity hack. All of us are super busy with careers, side hustles, kids, spouses, family, pets and every once in a while even some recreation too! I understand. Aside from running Duffweb, I'm also co-founder of DroneStock.com, a recently-launched stock marketplace for imagery shot by drones, I'm writing a book, helping my [...]
Technical level: Intermediate || Please read this whole thing and understand it before you start in on any of the steps. Let us know if you have any questions. Why You Need To Know This WordPress is possibly the most widely used website creation platform. It's flexible and robust and has [...]
by Michael Duff, Founder & Design Czar We've had web design clients tell us their sales increased as much as 125% after we redesigned their site. While we love hearing numbers like that, we don't believe an increase in sales is the main reason why design matters. Sales is only a by-product of good design [...]
How Secure is Secure? Google likes it when your website uses what's called an SSL. I'll explain why later but first: SSL stands for Secure Socket Layers. That's the official geek term for the technology that encrypts information while it is sent from your host server to a web browser, or mailbox, etc. Remember those [...]
What IS a CDN? CDN stands for Content Delivery Network and simply put, it's a series of computers in multiple data centers strategically scattered throughout the world available to deliver content. Did I say "simply put"? OK, stick with me. What does a CDN do? The goal of a CDN is speed. This is achieved by [...]
So you got a memory error, something like: "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 12345678 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2345678 bytes) in /home/your-username/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php on line..." Don't worry. You'll be fine. Themes are getting more robust and require more resources than the default limit WordPress gives you. And it appears that different hosts have different requirements, making it [...]
24 March 2015 I’m not one for scare tactics or hype. But this is the real deal and it’s important to you if your business has a website. You may have already heard the news: Google is changing its Algorithm. The main thing you need to know is that on April 21st if your site [...]
Does the spinning version of either of these look familiar? There are some “popular” reasons why your computer may be slow, and although it varies case by case, those reasons include things like: viruses, malware and lesser known ones like an over-crowded desktop or over-filling your Hard Drive, but the hidden reason I want to tell you about is (drum roll please): [...]
by Michael Duff, Founder I think we can agree that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the Holy Grail of Internet activities currently. I probably get asked a couple times a week by clients wanting to boost their Google ranking, and I suppose it’s the product of our times, but each client seems to be looking [...]
by Michael Duff, Founder Well, mine isn't, but I know some people I thought were pretty smart who have used it. Yikes! This is an edited version of an article I had tucked away in an earlier newsletter but I'm not sure how many people ever saw it, and I think it's really important so [...]
