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Gutenberg Small Business Web Design

Food Blog layout using the block editor

This food blog home page layout is a simple layout that works well for the home page of a food blog. This has been put together using the TwentyTwenty theme and the block editor. TwentyTwenty is the default WordPress theme and has awesome support for the block editor. The layout has multiple blocks that include […]

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Plugins Small Business WordPress

Choosing the best membership plugin for your WordPress site

WordPress is a powerful platform to build and maintain membership sites. As with anything related to WordPress, there are many different plugins available to build a membership site. There are free and paid options. I am going to compare some of the free plugins to help you decide which one works best for your site. […]

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Gutenberg Small Business WordPress

Gutenberg (Block Editor) for Small Businesses

The block editor also called as Gutenberg was merged into WP core in Dec 2018. It was made the default editor as part of WP 5.0. I have been testing the editor even before it was released and I love it. In the past few months, there have been a few improvements and updates to […]

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CSS JavaScript Small Business Themes Web Development WordPress

Adding custom CSS and JS to your WordPress site

WordPress provides many different ways to customize your site. You can build a custom theme that is unique to your site or you can use an existing theme and tweak it to suit your needs and style. In all these years of working with WordPress, I have had countless occasions when I had to add […]

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Small Business Web Design Web Development WordPress

Importance of strong online presence for small businesses

A couple of weeks ago, on our way back from the beach, we decided to go to an Indian restaurant for dinner. We wanted to try a new place. So, I started googling for restaurants near us and started checking out the ones that we could try. I wanted to check out their menu to […]

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Small Business Web Design

How to build a website using a free or purchased WordPress theme?

In all my years of working with WP, I have to admit that there have been very few instances where I had to setup a free or purchased WordPress theme for a client. So, I have not seen the frustration that is caused when you try to setup a theme and it ends up very […]

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Small Business Web Design WordPress

Does my website need a re-design?

One of my favorite pastime is scrolling through websites randomly just to see the design layouts. This gives me inspiration. There are truly awesome websites that I come across and this is one of them –https://www.spaceneedle.com/home/. Then, there are sites that clearly look like they need to be updated – not just the design or […]

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WordPress Site Maintenance

When we think about websites, the first things that come to mind are the ease of use, design and performance of the website. Most of us choose WordPress because it is easy to use and the ease with which you can add additional functionality using plugins. But, one thing that is easily overlooked is the […]

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Gutenberg Small Business Web Design WordPress

All you need to know about Gutenberg

 What is Gutenberg? Gutenberg is the new WordPress editor project named after Johannes Gutenberg. It is more than an editor replacement. Gutenberg is the new way of managing content on WordPress. There are mixed reactions on whether this is good or bad. My initial response was not a good one. When I first tried Gutenberg, […]