On my personal blog I spent the entire month of February covering black-owned businesses to celebrate Black History Month. After visiting dozens of small business websites I discovered too many of them do not employ SSL certificates for their entire website. Many only secured their sign-in pages and/or their cart/checkout page. Although this is fine, […]
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Images are extremely important to your website. Not only do they break up blocks of text but they also convey a message or emotion that words cannot. However, using images effectively on your website can be troublesome, especially if you don’t have an understanding about licensing or file types or sizes. Don’t fret! I’m here […]
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If you have a website that accepts and/or processes sensitive information, like credit cards, or updates databases, or both, you need a staging website. Why Do You Need A Staging Website? Because if you implement a code change or install a plugin update without testing it first on a live (production) website, you could cause […]
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About two weeks ago I created a business page on Facebook for my ecommerce store, Let’s All Meat. I did some initial setup but the site isn’t up and running just yet so I took a break. That includes my personal profile. Well, I decided to log into my account to do a few things […]
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While viewing articles on my phone today I came across a new service from Automattic, the company behind WordPress: Built By WordPress. This service, geared toward those who want a website and don’t know how to build one, costs a cool $4900 minimum. Oh Lord, that’s a lotta money. I will determine who is willing […]
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I wrote previously about the web host I chose for my WooCommerce-powered ecommerce site, but what if you don’t know how to pick the right one? The company has several web hosting companies they recommend on their site. Today I will review WooCommerce hosting partners to see if these are a good deal or a […]
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I have a problem looking through the WooCommerce extensions. I find one that didn’t know could solve a problem I didn’t run into. Or I see a plugin for an app I currently use and think I could use it on my website. This is why I equate WooCommerce extensions with potato chips: You can’t […]
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If you’re interested in building an ecommerce store powered by WordPress and WooCommerce one of the crucial decisions you must make before getting started is web hosting. Why? Because when it comes to WooCommerce hosting your server has to be PCI compliant. In this article I’ll explain what PCI is, why you need to be […]
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I wrote previously on my blog about starting my journey with WooCommerce soon since I’m launching a new ecommerce website in January 2021. Well, that journey is currently in progress! I bought the web hosting for my new ecommerce site (Let’s All Meat) on December 5. Shortly after, I installed WordPress and then the WooCommerce […]
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I’m creating an online store in January 2021 and I picked WooCommerce to power it. I’m creating a plan now for my journey with WooCommerce and I will document it for this website. What’s The Store And What Will I Sell? The store is called “Let’s All Meat” that focuses on the meat-eater / carnivore […]
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