Category: General web help
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Ask a SuperGeek: Understanding domain names and web hosting
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 terminologies and counter-intuitive processes in place, that it’s enough to want to pack it all in and get out in the sunshine. That’s one reason I started…
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How to create responsive tables in WordPress
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 heady early days of building websites on Geocities. Those rudimentary (by today’s standards) websites embraced wallpapers of repeated images, rainbow gradients, and questionable graphic design. And they…
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Ask a SuperGeek: How to redesign your WordPress website with no downtime
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 redesigning your website, you’ve probably wondered about this. Well, I’m happy to tell you that you don’t have to take your site down white redesigning it! There are…
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How to set up SSL on your WordPress website
The biggest buzzword around WordPress, and websites in general, for the last several months has been SSL.
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Ask a SuperGeek: What is PHP?
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 miss the articles on HTML and CSS? Check them out now!) In this article, the focus is on PHP. With PHP, we’re getting away from the pretty, relatively easy-to-grasp…
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How to make your WordPress website secure
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 small personal blog, you are at risk of your website being compromised. This can, understandably, be scary. If you don’t know when and how a hacker is going to attack…
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Ask a SuperGeek: What is CSS?
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 important to have an understanding of how your website works, even if you don’t want to change any of the code yourself. With that in mind, for this Ask…
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How to use cool and interesting fonts on your website
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 element of your website, it’s all too easy to get stuck on the question of bold vs italic, from Amatic to Zapfino. I’d like to demystify some…
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Ask a SuperGeek: What is HTML?
I often come across people who are completely baffled about the languages and terminology used online. HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP… what are all these things? It’s totally understandable that many non-technical people struggle with coding languages. After all, these are complex languages, and require time and dedication to learn. I’m a firm believer that not…
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Ask a SuperGeek: What is FTP?
For this Ask a SuperGeek, I’m tackling a question that comes up pretty frequently when I’m working with clients who aren’t familiar with internet jargon. That is, most of my clients. Because who would be familiar with internet jargon if you didn’t have to be?? Anyway, that question is: What is FTP? In most cases,…