DNS, IP Address, A Record, CNAME, MX Record. Wha??? It’s no wonder that the web can be a confusing place for many people. There are so many weird …
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Tessa is passionate about designing for and teaching WordPress! She also has a background in performance, video, design, photography and writing. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, baby boy and cat.
DNS, IP Address, A Record, CNAME, MX Record. Wha??? It’s no wonder that the web can be a confusing place for many people. There are so many weird …
[Read more...] about Ask a SuperGeek: Understanding domain names and web hosting
It may seem hard to believe, but until recently, I had a fairly manual system for time tracking and invoicing. I used an application called Billings, that I …
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How far back into the history of the Internet can you remember? I remember ICQ, fan message boards (my first teen celebrity crush was Billy Zane!), and the …
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A question I'm often asked is: how can I work on a redesign of my website while still keeping my current website live? If you've ever contemplated …
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This post is not about WordPress, but about an awesome iPad painting and drawing app called Procreate. I’m telling you that upfront, so that if you’re only …
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The biggest buzzword around WordPress, and websites in general, for the last several months has been SSL. …
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Without a doubt, I would say that my least favourite part of having my own freelance business is the admin. I absolutely LOVE to do the creative stuff: …
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In my continuing mission to demystify the world of tech for everyday people, I've been writing about different coding languages and what they do. (Did you …
Random ideas are always floating through my head. Does that happen to you, too? I like to trap them, to catch them in the moment so I can come back to them, …
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Unfortunately, we live in an age where website hacking is prevalent. Hackers don't discriminate - whether you have a large multinational company website, or a …
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I want to share with you a new website I developed for Karo Tak. Karo is a vegan cook, Jivamukti yoga teacher, and activist living in Portugal. Karo’s old …
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With WP SuperGeek, one of my missions is to demystify how WordPress and website work, so nontechnical people can grasp technical concepts. I feel that it’s …
When building a website, font choice is one of those things that can be a total time suck. Cycling through all the various permutations of typeface for each …
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The ease and low overhead of starting an online store is a wonderful feature of our current digital world. It’s understandable that so many people want to offer …
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I want to share with you a website project I recently completed. Mahboba’s Promise, an Australian non-profit organisation dedicated to the women and children of …