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From Pavements to Pixels: Ememem’s 4 Lessons for Better Web Design

Ememem is an anonymous street artist from France, that spent years filling potholes and pavements with beautiful mosaics. He is taking ugly, and making it beautiful. He’s taking a problem, and turning it into an opportunity to create something beautiful. Like this pothole that was filled in front of Notre Dame: You might be thinking…
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How to Add a Team Member on Cloudways

Once you are logged in to you Cloudways account, your dashboard will be in your browser. Step 1 Hover over the left side of the screen and the mini menu will expand to view all your option. Choose the "Team" option. Step 2 On the next page, click the "Add Member" button. Step 3 On…
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Server Cache vs. Local Cache

If you think of your server as a kitchen that cooks up website pages according to the recipes you create in the WordPress admin area, the server cache is the hot window where premade pages are stored for future use.  That way, when someone says, "gimme the projects page" the server has a projects page…
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ADA Compliance

Here is a response I drew up for a client who was concerned about ADA Compliance for their website. I'm sharing it here in case it's of use to anyone else. Thanks for your e-mail.  We're delighted to help your site be ADA compliant.  In answer to your question, I would say about 5% of our…
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Sync A Shared OneDrive Folder to an External Drive on Windows 10

In this guide, I'll show you how to sync a shared folder from OneDrive to an external drive attached to your local Windows 10 machine. The first thing you'll need to do is connect your external drive to your computer and format the drive to NTFS by right-clicking on the drive in the file explorer…
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Our Team Member’s San Antonio Real Estate Business

Our team member Gabrielle Zachary has started a real estate agent business in San Antonio with his lovely wife. If you're looking to buy or sell a house in the San Antonio area, give them a shot!Here's their website: https://www.gabrielandkristina.com/
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Log-in Security Options for s2Member

Brute Force IP/Login Restrictions If your website uses s2Member for membership functionality then you have additional options for adjusting log-in security. To reach these extra security settings you'll click "Restriction Options" under the s2Member menu item in the admin panel. Once you're here click on the "Brute Force IP/Login Restrictions" accordion and you'll be able…
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iThemes Security Lockouts and How to Prevent Your Users From Getting Blocked

iThemes Security is an extremely effective security plugin for WordPress, but sometimes it can block the users you want accessing your site from logging in. In this post I'll show you how to make take steps towards preventing this frustrating scenario from happening. Local Brute Force Settings One of the main methods hackers use to…
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What About Your Brand?

Here is what we ask when we conduct the brand discovery exercise that inspires our from-scratch design work:1) Elevator Pitch - just a broad overview so we can get to know you.2) Who is your target audience? What do we know about them? What do they know about you? What problem are they trying to…
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