At first glance, location doesn’t seem to matter much when it comes to choosing a web host. Other factors, like cost, seem more important. But will an international company really provide the same quality of service that you can get from the best Canadian web hosting companies?
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The best WordPress form plugins compared: WPForms, Ninja Forms, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, Everest Forms and Wufoo, with current prices and picks.
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If you’re looking for a gentle introduction to using the Fetch API, a modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest-based Ajax-driven pages, this is the place to start!
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DigitalOcean has transformed the way teams and individual developers host apps and other web dev projects. It’s a unique form of hosting that removes the need to manage your own development infrastructure through powerful and reliable cloud hosting. DigitalOcean has also made this unique form of hosting more affordable. Why would anyone need DigitalOcean alternatives then?
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In this post we're going to cover the difference between a product (really "hosting company") called WP Engine, and WordPress (an open-source project that can run on many different kinds of WordPress web hosting).
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Trying to figure out how to move a website to a new host without breaking anything, causing downtime or any other issues that could hurt your Google rankings? As with any move, moving your site to a new host can feel a little daunting, especially if you haven’t done it before. However, it doesn’t have to be, and with the tutorial that we’ll share in this post, you should be able to move virtually any website to a new host.
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One of the best ways to improve your business' ROI, retain customers, and improve conversions overall is by using a customer relationship management (CRM) solution. A CRM can handle a number of tasks for you. From communicating with prospective clients, getting them on board, sending proposals, to collecting historical data, and analyzing the client life cycle. This can all help build better relationships with your clients and help your business grow.
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This is the July 2020 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” Hello WordPress aficionados, welcome to this month’s roundup of news about the world’s most popular CMS. I’m writing this post from the base of the mountains, where part of our team is hanging out for a few days to work and spend some time together.
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As you gain more work experience, it's only natural you will want to raise your rates. With a regular job, wage increases are usually part and parcel of employment. However, this takes on a different scope if you're a freelancer or self-employed. As such, you'll need to negotiate raises directly with clients, which sometimes might mean losing them.
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“You have to get on Facebook. Don’t forget about Twitter. Now it’s all about Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Try Quora!” It may seem like your small business is constantly behind when it comes to marketing, especially on social media. There’s absolutely no reason to be on all of them, but Quora marketing does provide interesting potential for learning about your industry and gaining website traffic in the process.
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Progressive web development has picked up in recent years after Google's initial proposal back in 2015. Progressive web apps (PWAs) utilize the best of web and mobile technologies to provide great user experience.
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Pitching new clients is one of the most exhausting aspects of life as a freelancer, but it is also one of the most essential. Luckily, you can make pitching easier by using quality cold email templates. In this guide, we will discuss why email templates work and what an email template needs in order to be successful. We will also provide specific email templates for pitching new clients and explain why each template works.
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When picking a web host, there are many questions you need to answer. Budgets and server parameters are just the tip of the iceberg. If you want to have full control over your server, the first thing to decide on is whether to go with Plesk vs cPanel.
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Hi everyone! The past weeks freed us from our houses and apartments a little bit. We could go out for long walks and some fresh air, respecting the social distancing rules, of course. I think it makes a difference, being able to change scenery even slightly. With a more optimistic view for the rest of the year, let’s review the latest happenings in WordPress!
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Google Maps helps us every day in navigating our way through roads and finding places in a manner that was unimaginative just a few decades ago. It is not only useful in wayfinding, but we also see many examples of maps used for data visualization, such as how recently many websites are using maps to visualize the spread of COVID-19 throughout the globe. Today, let’s learn how we can use the Google Maps JavaScript API to build custom maps for our websites and applications.
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Looking for cheaper SendGrid alternatives to serve all your email marketing needs – both your campaign email and transactional email? We have some good options for you here.
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If you’re looking to grab your website visitor’s attention, what can be better than animations? Using the many application engines freely available on the web, you can easily get your website’s elements to fade, bounce or whoosh. In today’s post, we’ll see how JavaScript animation libraries can help with all that.
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If you want to improve your WordPress site’s performance, you need to know where you’re at right now. That’s what the GTmetrix speed test tool helps you with. With GTmetrix, you plug in your site’s URL and GTmetrix spits back your current performance metrics, along with scores, recommendations, and analysis tools to help you optimize your site’s performance.
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