Category Archives: Do It Yourself

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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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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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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Getting Your Google Maps API Key

Some plugins and site integrations generate a Google map through their API system instead of using a map embed. In this article we'll walk you through the requirements of using the Google Maps API. Let's get started! Log into the Google Maps Platform Create an account or use an existing gmail account and log in…
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Steps to Creating & Sharing New Cloudflare Accounts

Creating & Sharing New Cloudflare Accounts with AWD At Austin Web & Design we recommend to our new, and our maintenance, clients to sign up for a free Cloudflare account. This way the can enjoy better performance, security, and managed DNS. [hr] Step 1: Sign Up Go to the Cloudflare sign up page and enter…
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Adding Users to Google Search Console (Webmasters)

How To: Add Users to Google Search Console (Webmasters) We often get asked, here at AWD, to add our websites to Google Analytics (GA) and to the Google Search Console (GSC), which was formerly called Google Webmasters. You can always send us your login information, but that is not recommended. A much safer way is…
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Adding Users to Google Analytics

We often get asked, here at AWD, to add our websites to Google Analytics (GA) and to the Google Search Console (GSC), which was formerly called Google Webmasters.

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