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Breaking and entering into websites for malicious purposes has been and will continue to be a big problem. Particularly with database-driven content management systems such as Drupal and WordPress where known vulnerabilities exist, the risk and probability of intrusion and disruption is high. The question is not if, but when, your site will be hacked. … Continued
If you glance at Google Tends comparing Drupal content management system (CMS) to Wix, you might think that Wix is the cause of Drupal’s downfall. I’m not so sure this is true. What does appear to be true, if Google Tends is an accurate indicator of demand is that both Drupal and Wix have been around … Continued
Tagged: drupal vs wix, drupal vs wordpress, wix vs wordpress
It is tempting to invest a lot of time wordsmithing the perfect headlines and getting input from one or more colleagues for a blog post. After all, your website is a direct reflection of you and your organization. But, if we are not careful, it is easy to fall into the Analysis Paralysis trap and … Continued
Tagged: how to rank on google, how to select the right keywords
WASHINGTON, DC – WordPress Developer WordPress and Joomla! Content Management Systems WordPress and Joomla! are two very popular content management systems (CMS), each utilized by literally millions of websites across the web. There are several similarities between the two software. For one, they’re both free. They also both have strong support and development communities backing … Continued
Tagged: DC WordPress expert, migrating joomla to wordpress, Washington DC wordpress developer, wordpress vs joomla WASHINGTON DC – WordPress Developer When you’re setting up your site, finding a lot of neat plugins that add cool new functionality to your WordPress website can be fun and exciting. However, there are so many interesting plugins out there that it can be easy to go overboard installing things you may not actually need. … Continued
Tagged: DC WordPress developer, washington dc wordpress expert, Wordpress plugins
When I graduated from my career, I was considering a professional future in everything from designing video game user experiences and interfaces, to gamifying apps and websites for higher purposes (social improvement, educational, etc.). Never once did the idea of becoming a Project Manager (PM) in a web development company form in my mind, and yet, a … Continued
Tagged: lessons learns, project manager, tips
This might sound like a strange thing to do, but it could happen that you need to do it. For example, imagine that you just have one database both for your staging and production environment. I know this is probably not an ideal scenario, but if you consider monthly expenses for database services (like Amazon RDS) and … Continued
Tagged: wordpress
If you’re on a team just starting to get into agile development, or on a team who have long been applying it but suspect you may be doing it wrong, then you will want to read on and discover how to correctly perform a Sprint Review. Let’s go back to the basics. A sprint review … Continued
Tagged: how to conduct a sprint review, what is a sprint review, what to do in a sprint review scrum agileSometimes you realize the technology you used for your application or website is actually more complex than needed (do you remember what this acronym KISS means?) or maybe you just want to get on the same wavelength and try this famous CMS (WordPress) everybody is talking about. In either case, you cannot just dismiss your thousands … Continued
Tagged: drupal, migration, wordpressA lot of people use the WordPress multi-site feature to build and manage their sites (even wordpress.com does it) as it allows them to have an almost infinite number of web sites in just one installation. This might look like an efficient approach, but it has disadvantages and remember that all that glitters is not gold (see more on https://pantheon.io/blog/nobody-ever-goes-back-multisite). … Continued
Tagged: migration, multi-site, multisite, pantheon, wordpressQuestion: I know what a blog is but worry my clients won’t get it. Would “news” be better? But that doesn’t convey to me what blog does. News/blog? What should we label the button to the page with all those things we publish? Answer: The purpose of this thing (blog, news, whatever) is to drive traffic to … Continued
Tagged: blog vs news, how to rank on google, how to use a blog, how to use a blog for seo, How to use WordPress for SEO
This was a day of firsts for me. My first WordPress meetup, my first actual Meetup, my first time in DC, and now, my first blog post. As my first time in DC, it was disappointing, since we only got to know the CHIEF offices. As my first time in a Meetup it was ok. … Continued
Tagged: chief wordpress meetup in dc, wordpress meetup in dcLet me start by saying that I’ve never gone to a WordPress meet up before, so this was a whole new experience that left me intrigued, but ultimately, not entirely psyched to return. After taking considerable time walking down the streets of DC at 6pm trying to find the right building, we were warmly welcomed … Continued
Tagged: chief wordpress meetups, wordpress meetup in dcWASHINGTON, DC – October 19, 2015 – Washington DC based WordPress design, development, hosting, maintenance, and marketing company, Balystic; is pleased to announced the launch of TTen Services website. T-Ten Services are Board-Certified Professionals With Expertise In Principles Of Learning And Behavior. Using The Latest Research In Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in the Washington DC … Continued
Tagged: ABA specialists in washington dc virginia maryland, ABA therapy for autism virginia, ADHD therapists in washington dc maryland va, Autism specialists in virginiaI was working with a dentist today on optimizing his website for search engines. He wanted his website to rank for dozens of key words. Most of the keywords he was giving me were quite technical keywords, used more by doctors probably than patients. Then, he suggested we look to Google analytics to discover what … Continued
Tagged: how to do seo, how to rank on google
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