One of the things we love over at ACA Web Consulting is helping WordPress beginners learn how to manage and maintain their websites. We want our clients to feel empowered to make updates on their own without the help of a web developer. We also recognize that for WordPress newbies, there are a lot of…
Writing blog content for your WordPress website is great for helping educate and entertain your readers. It also helps boost your search engine rankings which expands your online presence, allowing you to grow your business. But all this content is most helpful to readers when it is properly organized. That’s where categories and tags come…
We often get asked why we use WordPress as our content management system for client websites. Many people think that because WordPress is free, and because it started as a blogging platform, that it is not robust enough to adequately serve larger businesses or e-commerce websites. But, with over 30% of CMS-based websites around the…
One of the biggest mistakes that many new website owners make is neglecting to maintain their WordPress websites. Regular maintenance is key to keeping your site safe and secure. It will also keep your website loading quickly, ranking high on search engines and providing your readers with a positive user experience. Your website is one…
Not all websites are created equal. Let’s talk about web site usability. These days every business owner, organization or personal project has a website. This makes perfect sense, right? Your website acts as your business card, your sales funnel and your online store all in one. But not all websites are created equal. The…
Revisiting one of my blog posts from three years ago, I had talked about how some companies in San Diego charge a monthly WordPress maintenance fee and it really isn’t worth it if you take care of your site yourself. For the most part I hold true to that post, you don’t need to pay for…
Backup first then update WordPress For goodness sake… As I encounter more and more of my client’s sites getting hacked, I feel the urgency to write an article about why you should be updating the WordPress platform as all updates are released. Actually this goes for plugins as well. The onslaught of ill-willed hackers disrupting…
I know that SEO takes quite a bit of work on my part; competitive research, keyword analysis, content generation or manipulation, coding precisely and making sure pages load quickly. However I can’t help but think that WordPress’s unwavering quality as a content management system combined with the clean coding that a myriad of talented programmers have devoted…
Web Consulting San Diego People come to me for web consulting for many reasons. Sometimes they just need a quick fix on their web site or need a bit of advice. Others have taken on the task of building their own business website but they’re befuddled by a WordPress function they would like to incorporate. …
REMEMBER…Content is King! Many times when I am approached to build a website, the client often doesn’t have a clue of what’s in store…for them. What I mean by that is many people are under the assumption that when they hire a web developer, that they (the client) will have little else to do except give some…