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Websites: Website Grader -- quick and easy look at how any website is performing and where there is room for improvement All-in-One WP Migration -- a Wordpress plugin that allows easy duplication of website content from one domain or subdomain to another Divi extras...
Handling WordPress migrations and cloning
Moving a website from one URL to another can be a pain and carry some risk. And there are many reasons to want to clone a website (on it's own domain or on a subdomain): you may want an archive site you want to play around with an existing site without disrupting your...
How to install WordPress and a WordPress theme on a sub-domain on Bluehost
This post refers to Bluehost hosting, although the process is likely similar for other hosting companies. Bluehost does offer easy Wordpress install, but so do many hosting companies. Log onto Bluehost Click on 'Wordpress tools' Click 'new install' Choose where you...
Creating a staging site with WordPress and Bluehost
If you are setting up a new site and use Bluehost with Wordpress install, your Wordpress C-panel will give you the option of setting up a staging site instead of a live site. You can even completely copy a live site to a staging environment and work on it there.
How to archive your website
Congratulations! You've decided to redesign your website. But maybe you still have some love for the old site and want to visit it every now and then. You can create an archive site. Just create a subdomain where you'd like your old site to live. You could call it...
Backing up your website with Bluehost
This post refers to Bluehosting hosted Wordpress websites, but other hosting companies are likely similar. This is easy, but often forgotten. Simply log onto Bluehost. Click 'Wordpress tools.' Then 'backup.' Select the site you'd like to backup in the dropdown. Then...
How to create a test/staging website
Many people build their websites live. That is, they set up a domain name, get it hosted, install Wordpress and a Wordpress theme (if using those), and get to work. New websites rarely have an audience anyway so having your ongoing drafts viewable as you go isn't...
More beautiful website color schemes from Canva
Why reinvent the wheel? Here Canva provides 50 gorgeous color scheme examples that you can use for your brand and website -- or use it as inspiration to develop a color scheme that is completely your own.
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In PR, good operating procedure is to make it as easy as possible for reporters to do a story on your product, service, or idea. Give them a well-written press release, photos, videos -- anything that makes it easier for them to get your story out there. The same is...
Guide to finding free images for your digital marketing
Guest author Amy Cowen gives a great list of 15 places online to get free images for your digital marketing. My favorite has long been Unsplash.