Lots of site task focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), as it can increase your visibility and search ranking. Part of your SEO strategy should be based on your URL structures, although if your permalinks are not working in WordPress, you’ll struggle to dent your traffic figures. It’s straightforward to know when you have a broken permalink, but what’s not…. Continue Reading
How to Use FileZilla: A Step-By-Step Guide
One of the most common tasks for a WordPress site owner is using Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to access files and folders. As it happens, it’s also one of the most scary aspects of running a site. After all, you’re working on your site in the most direct way possible. As such, you’ll want to have a great SFTP…. Continue Reading
How to Build a WordPress 404 Page: An In-Depth Guide
While most site URLs are readable and easy to type, there’s no accounting for human error. Even the best of us sometimes mistype a URL, and end up at a location on the web we’re not expecting. A WordPress 404 page helps users understand that they’ve made a mistake. Though, it can also help keep lost users on your site…. Continue Reading
How to Add a New WordPress User Via the MySQL Database
WordPress’ design goals offer you flexibility, but the most efficient way to carry out a task is to do so through the dashboard. Almost every aspect of your installation is available to you here, often with an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) to assist you. Sometimes though, using the dashboard might not be the best approach. For instance, you might…. Continue Reading
How to Help WordPress Repair Its Database
It’s no understatement to suggest that your database is almost the most crucial part of your website. After all, nearly every piece of data lives here. As such, when your site breaks, there’s only one place to look first. The problem could be that you need to repair the WordPress database. Because it’s a vital cog in your site’s wheel,…. Continue Reading
The ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR In WordPress: How to Fix It For Good
In the early days of the web, security wasn’t a primary concern. Though, as more information shuttles about the internet, there’s a necessary need for personal and computer security. Though, the protocols we have in place to help will sometimes falter. This could produce the ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR in your browser. To read between the lines, one endpoint can’t verify that a…. Continue Reading
A Beginners’ Guide to WordPress File Permissions
Trust us when we say that you don’t want a free-for-all on your WordPress website. An open server and file hierarchy is like blood to a shark for malicious users. Of course, your server is (in most cases) safe and sound. Meanwhile, WordPress’ file permissions take care of the folders and files within. In fact, every file hosted on the…. Continue Reading
How to Convert a WordPress Multisite to a Single Site
WordPress is one of the most flexible platforms on the market. The Content Management System (CMS) provides the backbone for a number of websites and networks. In fact, WordPress Multisite – a way to network installations – powers WordPress.com. It’s a testament to the power behind the platform. Though, in some cases, you’ll want to migrate your WordPress Multisite installation…. Continue Reading
How to Use the WordPress Debug Mode to Fix Site Errors
Despite how stable WordPress is as a platform, you will encounter an error at some point. What’s more, it could be that you have no idea how it got there or what you can do to fix it. In this sort of situation, the WordPress debug mode is a lifesaver. Debugging is a way to find out why a ‘bug’…. Continue Reading
A Beginners’ Guide to JPEG vs PNG (And How to Use Both)
What would the web be with images? Within a few decades, the internet has gone from a digital dot matrix printer to a dynamic server of multimedia, including images, video, animations, and more. When it comes to digital stills though, there can be confusion over JPEG vs PNG, specifically when to use each one. If you looked at a JPEG…. Continue Reading
