Posts by Michelle Hestand
Useful Websites for Webmasters
There are several websites where you can get free or low-cost suggestions to improve website performance. Here are some of the tools I use most: Why No Padlock? https://www.whynopadlock.com/ is a useful resource when you cannot figure out why, despite setting up your SSL certificate and configuring your website to use HTTPS, you can not…
Read MoreDownloading all your Instagram photos in a snap!
A feature that I have long waited for … Thanks to 2018’s new rules for the EU, Instagram has finally made it easy to download all of your posted photos! It is a good idea to keep copies of all pictures and thoughtful insights that you post on Social Media. Something may happen to your…
Read MoreDownloading all your Instagram photos in a snap!
A feature that I have long waited for … Thanks to 2018’s new rules for the EU, Instagram has finally made it easy to download all of your posted photos! It is a good idea to keep copies of all pictures and thoughtful insights that you post on Social Media. Something may happen to your…
Read MoreUsing PayPal on WooCommerce with no IPN
I ran into an old problem while preparing to launch two new websites for one of my biggest clients. The client chose to split their overly-complicated Magento site into two smaller WooCommerce sites. Good idea! But the developer I am working with did not know how to make the built-in PayPal Standard option work for…
Read MoreHow to change your Amazon Seller Central email address
One of the guys I work for asked me to update the Amazon Seller Central email address. His inbox is flooded with spam and misdirected or unwanted emails. His top-level email address for all things important is barely usable due to all the unwanted spam and misdirected messages that really should go to other departments.…
Read MoreAdding domains to your Standard UCC SSL Certificate
These directions work on HarmoniousHosting.com , a GoDaddy reseller. Scenario: A client has 3 Managed WordPress websites with SSL Certificates. Two sites have individual certs. One has the UCC SSL Certificates, which will cover up to 5 sites! Certificates, domain names, and hosting are all under the same Harmonious Hosting account. The nice thing about…
Read MoreSSL for your WordPress
Quick Answer: Depending on where you get your SSL certificate and how you install it, you may need to take extra steps to fully enable https. EastTexasDesign, for example, has a free SSL certificate. But there are multiple places with hard-coded HTTP:// content. (no S, not secure) WordPress offers some great free plugins to help…
Read MoreTrying out the Grammarly’s free version & Premium
I consider myself to be a decent writer when I have the time to focus and proofread my work. Unfortunately, that extra time is getting harder to come by. I tend to avoid software that checks my spelling and grammar. As much as I would love for my writing to be perfect, a large portion…
Read MoreMy Adobe InDesign Cheat Sheet
One of the companies I work for has me build and publish a catalog for them about once or twice a year. I hear that Adobe’s InDesign is supposed to be great for this! But I find the InDesign tools less intuitive than those in Illustrator. So each year I start out in InDesign, picking…
Read MoreManaged WP – Complete wordpress backups from GoDaddy or Harmonious Hosting
Note: Please get help if you do not understand the steps on this page. You will be downloading files and the database for your WordPress account. Downloading should be perfectly safe, but accidentally deleting or editing a file could break things. I am a big fan of Harmonious Hosting’s Managed WordPress! (from the same folks…
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