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Divi 4.0 Release and New changes to Divi
With each one of our sites, we design we use the Divi Builder from Elegant Themes. Recently they have released version 4.0 that is a huge change from the way we design things in Divi. Don't worry because the way you edit things still remains the same. The new version...
Houston Texas Web Design for WordPress
That's right, we now have a WordPress web designer now in Houston Texas! We can't wait to help those in Houston get the eye candy designs that Coffee Web Design is known for! We recently had the privilege of working closely and training an art...
Divi Security Patch – Update your sites that use Divi or the Divi Builder!
The developers of Divi announced on Jan 17th that All WordPress sites using Divi or the Divi builder must update their plugin or theme. it is always important to keep up with updates on any WordPress site. If you don't then you could be at risk. See the announcement...
Web Design for Color Blindness
When developing a site design, we at Coffee Web Design take into account people who have color blindness and make recommendations on site designs and colors keeping this in mind. We have to remember that people have different optical views when viewing their computer...
51 Amazing Facts You Probably Don’t Know About WordPress
Throughout the years, WordPress has evolved from a simple blogging platform into a versatile content management system. Today, this open source software tool enables you to create anything between a simple blog and a fully functional website. The popularity...
7 Steps to Secure Your New WordPress Installation
If you are a WordPress designer or developer who installs WordPress many times, and you are still installing WordPress automatically (e.g. using SimpleScripts or Softaculous in your cPanel), you should read this article. I will explain how to install WordPress the...
How to Generate Code for your MailChimp account
Many people are using MailChimp® as their preference of newsletter tools for sharing content with their audience. MailChimp® not only has a friendly user interface but it also has the ability to manage and generate code to put on your website so that others can...
Understanding Copyrights, Trademarks, & Patents (And How They Affect Your WordPress Business)
Copyrights, trademarks, and patents are somewhat complex topics. However, they each can have an effect on the way you run your WordPress site, which makes understanding their basics important. The good news is you don’t need to hit the law books to figure out how each...
How to add a link in WordPress
When adding a new link in your Wordpress pages or posts, there are a couple of different ways to do this and two things to consider. Rule of thumb on creating a link in Wordpress Is the link Internal? Is this link going to link to another page or post that you have on...
Some Great Reasons Why You Need a Website
Before you shove the idea from your head of why you don't need a web site, there are many reason why you DO need one. Over the yeas we have had clients who do not even have an email address. They still do business with having a web site. Have you noticed over the...
Is your home router hacked? How to check and what to do.
Tuesday morning Wordfence published a post showing how thousands of attacks we see on WordPress sites come from hacked home routers. In the past month alone we have seen over 57,000 unique home routers being used to attack WordPress sites. Those home networks are now...
Difference between Facebook Pages and Groups?
Simple explanation of the difference in Facebook "pages" or "group" to help you decide what is best for your business. So you have your web site and you now are setting up your social media pages to help in marketing. You can't decide which to set up on Facebook, a...
Creating a Facebook Page for Business
Simple step by step instructions and features to set up a Facebook™ business page for your business, entertainment or services. This will get you started and show you tools available that you can use for a Facebook™ page for business. Creating a Facebook page -...
How to Use Google Photos
Sometimes we have events or family outings where we have a multitude of photos we want to share on social media or for others to download. if you have a Google account, you can store your photos directly into your Google Drive under Google Photos. Google Photos is...
2017 The Year of Encryption Everywhere using SSL certificates – Time to get ready!
2017 is going to be probably the most secure year for website owners because Google released updates to force people to get site SSL ready. In the coming year, Google’s browser (Chrome 56) will begin to show warning message as “Not Secure” to all HTTP sites to make...
Why we use Divi by Elegant Themes
Thats right...we went all Divi! Some of us at Coffee web design have been in the web business for 15 years or more, doing web design. Our favorite theme to use and convert sites to is the Divi theme by Elegant Themes and we will get to why in a minute. Our designer...
14 Steps You Can Take Today For Better WordPress Security
a) Secure Your Admin Account Never use obvious usernames and login credentials for your main Admin account. Instead, go with something that is more fun and difficult to crack and hack. b) Use the Editor It is risky to use your main Admin account to edit and publish...
The Current State of WordPress Security in 2016
Essentially, WordPress hacking and insecurity has been on the rise. The number of reported hacks is in the hundreds of thousands. What about those that go unreported? Of course, you might be wondering why anyone would even want to hack your website. However, you...
How to Prevent Your WordPress Site From Being Hacked
WordPress security and safety is not something to joke about. If your blog site gets hacked, you will have to spend countless hours trying to fix things that you might not even understand. Similarly, a hack could potentially make everything start performing in a weird...
Learn WordPress and be Independent!
Kicking off the month of July after a national recognition of our independence day, we are now offering training for Wordpress so that you can to become independent in managing your Wordpress site. Maybe you have thought about a new web site and heard about Wordpress...