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24 Oct 2018

Torque Toons: Ouija Dashboard

Gutenberg is coming! Don’t be spooked, keep up to date with our newest tutorials. Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living in San Francisco. As a full disclaimer, he is neither a doctor nor popular. The post Torque Toons: Ouija Dashboard appeared first on Torque.

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23 Oct 2018

WordPress Site Not Ranking in Google? Here are 13 Possible Reasons Why

Do you ever find yourself thinking something like, “Why is my WordPress site not ranking in Google? I have done everything right! I even installed an SEO plugin! Why is this happening!? I hate my life.” I get it, it can be frustrating. Putting in all that effort to optimize your site, reading awesome articles …

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22 Oct 2018

Shared vs. Managed WordPress Hosting: Which One Is Right for You?

Your choice of web hosting is an important consideration. Getting it right is like adding jet fuel to your average car engine. However, a poor selection can hamper your site’s effectiveness, much like adding the wrong type of gas to your car. In other words, matching the right host to your needs is crucial. While …

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19 Oct 2018

How to Switch Website Hosting that Won’t Affect Your SEO

If you have put in a lot of effort into your search engine optimization, you might be afraid that your efforts will go down the drain if you switch hosts. So does hosting affect SEO? Yes, it does. Web hosting for SEO is a critical factor for your rankings as it affects essential attributes such …

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18 Oct 2018

How to Choose the Host for Your WooCommerce Website

WooCommerce is a popular ecommerce platform because of its simplicity and the high performance. However, as experts will tell you, the real performance of a WooCommerce store comes from the underlying hosting infrastructure that powers it. In many instances, the hosting solution is the make-or-break decision that determines the success of a WooCommerce store. Another …

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18 Oct 2018

MotoPress Hotel Booking vs HBook vs WooCommerce Bookings Plugin Comparison

If you want to accept online hotel bookings and reservations for other types of accommodation and hospitality services, then WordPress and its wealth of plugins will help you build a suitable website. However, with a number of excellent hotel booking plugins available for WordPress, which one should you choose for your website? That’s the question …

Themes

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17 Oct 2018

Making Mobile Web a Priority

More and more people are ditching their desktops for phones and tablets. If your site doesn’t display properly on mobile, you run the risk at falling behind your competitors. According to Global Product Partnership, Barb Palsner, the median mobile web experience has grown almost 1,000 percent in the last eight years. That is a staggering …

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17 Oct 2018

Using React For WordPress Gutenberg Development

This is the third post in a series on learning React, for use with Gutenberg, the new WordPress block-based editor that will be powering the WordPress post editor in WordPress 5.0. React is built on top of Facebook’s React library. In this post, we’re going to take the code from the previous two tutorials and …

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16 Oct 2018

Choosing the Right WordPress Theme for Your Business in 2019

Are you planning your next website update? WordPress has hundreds of thousands of themes you can download for free. It can be hard to find the perfect one. You need something responsive, engaging, and easy to use. How do you know you are making the best choice of WordPress theme for your company? We’ve compiled …

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16 Oct 2018

How to Develop a Strong Internal Linking Structure for Your Website (4 Key Tips)

We’re willing to bet that you’re always on the lookout for ways to drive more traffic to your site. In addition, keeping that traffic around long enough to experience a solid chunk of your content is vital. However, it can be a challenge to find easy ways to accomplish both of those goals. While there …

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12 Oct 2018

Doc Pop’s News Drop: A chat with Josh Pollock about React, Gutenberg, and his WordPress predictions

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop we have an in-depth conversation with Josh Pollock about React, Gutenberg, and his predictions for WordPress. Josh is the founder/lead-developer …

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12 Oct 2018

Why Every Business Needs a WordPress Site

The Internet gives companies and individuals access to people they would not reach otherwise, even letting them reach out to people in different states and countries around the world. It also gives a sense of authority, whether you are an individual who is trying to build a portfolio or offering a service online or a …

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