Websites
SSL 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 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…
Read MoreAdSense Auto Ads – An interesting idea. But how does it work out?
Google AdSense has launched their new “Auto Ads”, the most exciting improvement in AdSense since responsive ad units! What are auto ads? They are pretty simple. You place the auto ads code snippet on your page once and the computers at Google will do their best to pick good placement for AdSense. I decided to…
Read MoreWordPress Issue: Lightbox not working in WooCommerce 3.0
WooCommerce 3.0 no longer comes with a gallery feature. This can easily be re-enabled even if your template does not offer a woocommerce gallery option. Try this: Backup your entire wordpress website, including files and database. This is always a good practice before making changes. Simply add the following lines to your after_setup_theme action. (most…
Read MoreMagento – Powerful sites require power!
The company that I work most for uses Magento.
Read MoreShopify
Currently looking into Shopify for one of my clients. I will give a full review when I am finished with my research, and possibly testing. My initial impressions are: Good Support Nice stores if you want to stick with the basics Unfortunately, they do not allow anything to customize the checkout process. This means we…
Read MoreEast Texas Design Webhosting is moving to Harmonious Hosting
I started East Texas Design Webhosting in 2007, as a courtesy for clients whose websites were too small to justify a standard shared hosting package. My plans started at just 50 cents per month and included enough space for a simple website with a database and email. As times change, so do our needs. All…
Read MoreNew prices for East Texas Design webhosting
:: ATTENTION WEBHOSTING CLIENTS :: EastTexasDesign has recently updated our webhosting prices to better reflect our cost and time spent serving you. Customers paying on a 6-month or yearly basis should be pleased with the recent price drops. Customers paying on a monthly basis will see their bill go up by about 50 cents. Customers…
Read MoreAdSense stopped working on my website
On May 20, 2016 after almost 10 years of being a happy, loyal user of Google AdSense my ad units suddenly stop working. Ads stopped displaying, impressions stopped being counted. I searched my account and my websites for changes to code or notices of voilations. All is good … except AdSense ads are not showing…
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