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Is your WordPress Website costing you customers? A slow, broken, or out of date site can drive away visitors instead of engaging them. Keeping your WordPress website maintained, secure, and up to date benefits your site users and your business too, but how do you get started with a WordPress website maintenance practice? With our […]

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How did we get here? CMS and Content management styles and what they’re good for Back in the olden days, websites were made by writing code and content together in the same text file, and uploading the collection of files to the web server. Ta da! And to edit the content, add a page, image, […]

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“Use AI or be left behind” is a message blaring loud and clear across the Internet and business spheres of influence. It’s easy to succumb to fear of replacement by these tools as their virtues of generation ability are extolled. Can we benefit from using AI and still keep the human touch and value of […]

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  If you’re a business website owner, you’ve likely been hit with the dreaded notifications for website platform and plugin updates: “A new version of your plugin is available.” “Time to update your CMS.” And the inevitable thought crosses your mind: “Do I really need to do this again?” You’re not alone — most business […]

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Spring is a season of awakening, and we can apply this spirit to our websites as well. Reviewing the timeliness and relevance of posted content to align with your website goals, and then making a plan to update or edit content to keep your visitors engaged. If this project sounds daunting to you, don’t worry. […]

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I first started my business after more than a decade working as an employee. I was very excited to have my own business. Not long after taking this leap, I had the next thought: wait, do I really have to do all of this myself?? Right at the beginning this may well be necessary. Here […]

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We hear a lot of catch phrases in web design, and there is pressure to align your site with the current wave. It can be confusing to parse out what might be fashion from an enduring best practice. “Accessibility” is a word spoken of often. What does it mean for your website, and why does […]

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ucaft.org is a long standing website originally built on the Drupal platform for University Council-AFT. It hosts information for chapters, individual members, contracts, news and history. Our goals for the redeisgn project were: Prioritized navigation structure for ease of use A fresh look from updated organization branding collateral Migrate from Drupal to WordPress Switch focus […]

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Adding custom image sizes to your WordPress theme is a common task that has multiple steps. If you are building custom themes, it’s great to have a go-to system for this. These are the steps i use to implement custom image sizes in my WordPress themes for myself and for my clients. These steps work […]

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Making website documentation for content administrators. Raise your hand if you love reading or writing documentation. …Anyone? Well, in either case, there is no denying how appreciative we are when we need it. At The Web Atrium, our focus is on building customized website interfaces, and this is not just for the end users, but […]

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