Category: Technology
Learn Enough To Be Almost Dangerous: Domain Names
If you’re a small business owner and run an online business (or even a website), as annoying as it is, you should learn enough to be almost dangerous about domain names and how they work.
Why I no longer suggest WordPress for (most) new websites
After my years of consulting for small businesses and solopreneurs, I've learned there are many situations where a WordPress-driven website is either overkill, too complicated, or overly expensive to run correctly.
Don't Get Caught With Your Security Pants Down! 👖 Web Security Made Easy! 🔐
Shopping on the Internet is like wandering around a crowded bazaar or farmer's market. While you can install these security certificates for no cost, there are certain situations where you might want to pay a small fee and do some extra paperwork to gain your customers' trust.
Learn why your site is slow with some Inspector Magic ✨
I made a 4-minute video describing a method you can use to determine if and why a website is slow using Google Chrome, Lighthouse, and a little Inspector Magic ✨.
Learn to code from the beginning 📚
Understanding how to program or code took me a while. First I had to get around the gate-keepers who said coding was impossible to learn. Programming is hard, but it's not impossible. In this article series, we go through the basic building blocks of learning to code from the beginning.
Avoid getting trapped by your web host
One of the more intimidating choices for non-technical small business owners is the overwhelming number of options for creating and hosting your website and registering domains. The following is a list of 10 tips about web hosts and domain registrars every entrepreneur should know.