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WordPress has RSS functionality built in, but we've never utilized this. This is because RSS was a declining technology, so much so that Google and other big tech companies stopped working on and even ended software products related to RSS. If you aren't familiar with RSS, check out Wikipedia for details. The most important part of the Wiki to this blog post is at the bottom, where it details the end of RSS Readers...
As the end of the year approaches, we are doing many things to prepare for the incoming year and season kickoff. Part of that involves cleaning up Google Search Console. Throughout the year, as you've made requests to remove pages, add services, or redefine your services, your website has grown and changed. Some links Google crawled eight months ago have moved or do not exist. However, even though they have been removed from the...
This blog post provides information about the ongoing updates of our services concerning the functioning of the websites under our management. We are providing this update due to advancements in the software we use and changes we make because we are always getting a little better at what we do. Please contact us if you have any questions about the information in this blog post. Your website or websites are now running PHP 8.2...
This year we began with a blog about revamping our services on all managed websites. Some of those changes were followed by a secondary change, and some went very well. This blog post recaps what the revamp was all about and what the results were when the dust settled. But, of course, we will always be in a state of improvement, so these blog posts are never intended as a conclusion but more of...
Statcounter is the software we use to track website visitor statistics. We use Statcounter over other analytics solutions because they comply with privacy laws worldwide, combined with valuable and actionable visitor data. You can find more information about Statcounter and useful links on our Performance page. Since we rolled out Statcounter to all managed websites, we have noticed that not every client finds a need or use for this software. We are making Statcounter...
During the month of August, we moved all managed websites over to new Virtual Machines. The reason for this move is that some websites were experiencing downtime. We attributed the downtime to running out of disk space on each instance, which were set at 10GB. When we looked at the space being taken up, it was due to excessive logging by MySQL and Google Cloud related software. The configuration that created this scenario was...
Over the next few months, we plan to adopt services and technologies that we have been keeping an eye on since shortly after we began our journey. We have already taken advantage of advancements made by the software vendors that we already work with, such as new features from SiteOrigin that allow us to create an entirely different layout for individual page sections for mobile and desktop devices. We also added visual enhancements such...
