Changing a Domain on an E-Commerce Site
Recently I had the task of rebranding a website and changing the domain (url). The site has a lot to contend with: Mail is managed at GSuite, e-commerce downloads are managed at Amazon AWS, there [...]
June 2020
August 2019
“Did I get Gutenberg’ed?”
Best question I've seen in awhile in a support ticket. Yes, indeed, she did get Gutenberg'ed. Her entire layout became a weird white screen with some blocky blocks and text. Simple solution: Install Classic Editor [...]
January 2019
Save Yourself from Gutenberg
The latest update of WordPress completely changes your page and post editor. While some might welcome the interface that is meant to compete with inferior products such as Wix and Squarespace, over 2 million users [...]
August 2013
To remember once again…
I move sites a few times a year and every time it feels like the first time, to quote Foreigner. I really like this guy's tutorial using Backup Buddy - it's nice and clear. I'm [...]
November 2017
Avada and WP 4.9
I'm getting more annoyed with 4.9 on the one site I updated... it warns you about editing your child theme saying that you really shouldn't edit the core file and should use a child theme. [...]
July 2013
Do NOT use i-Page for hosting
I'm seeing ads everywhere for iPage hosting and it is driving me absolutely crazy. I am running a shopping cart system by Woo Commerce and the client wants to /needs to use Fed Ex. I [...]
September 2012
WordPress and excessive p tags
I am attempting once again to use the GetShopped! gold cart for a shopping cart. This one is relatively simple because there are only two product types; cds and mp3 downloads. Simple. Right. I just [...]
March 2012
Free or Cheap Shopping Cart Software
I've worked with several free or low-cost e-commerce shopping carts. Here is my review of several of them. This is from a designer's perspective, as one who can hack a bit of code, but not [...]
April 2017
A Fix for the Ineffective Avada Child Theme Style Sheet
Update 1/31/2018: I finally got it worked out... at least for now, with help from a support ticket at Avada. The Dynamic js/css settings need to be set to compile the js, and set the [...]
August 2012
Windows Live Mail, Office 365 Exchange, Sky Drive, Plesk: Kill them all.
Lately I've been spending less time coding and designing web sites and more time troubleshooting Microsoft products. It wouldn't be so bad except that there are so many other options available that just plain WORK [...]