Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2017

In Part I of “Quick Fixes to Common WordPress Problems” we looked into five of the most frequently encountered hiccups that occur for both beginning users and well-versed pros. But when it comes to “common” and “problems” in regards to the WordPress platform, there are unfortunately a great deal more than just five.

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

It’s no great secret that one of the elements that makes WordPress so incredibly popular is the fact that it thrives on a sense of community. Indeed, message boards teem with useful information that WordPress users, designers and administrators at every level of knowledge and skill share and disseminate.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 24, 2017

It may be a funny sounding word to many beginning WordPress users, but widgets can be—and should be—a vital component to any WordPress design. In simple terms to the uninitiated, widgets are small blocks that provide very specific functions on your WordPress page. What exactly are widgets? Then find the link below it to delete.

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Elevation

MARCH 11, 2021

Many nonprofit organizations sign up for WordPress so that they can create a professional-looking website to spread awareness about their cause. It is estimated that over 409 million people visit 20 billion WordPress web pages each month, which makes it one of the most popular content management systems in the world.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The best and most noticed bloggers working on the WordPress platform no doubt attribute much of their success to being able to post, update and edit on the go. So what are some of the best smartphone apps that WordPress users should install and use immediately? The folks at WPBeginner.com have put together a nice little list.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

For anyone who designs, owns, manages or administers a WordPress site, the importance of the “community” that surrounds the wildly popular content management system cannot be understated. Here are some good tips for tapping into this information-rich resource and becoming an active player in WordPress world. Check out a forum.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

It’s little wonder that some 76 million websites worldwide are designed and administered via the WordPress platform given the ease with which any one—from tech newbies to Internet and design pros—can get their blog or e-commerce site up and running. Read about the issues WordPress gurus run across most frequently. *

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2016

And while a hack is rarely fatal—WordPress thrives on the fact that it’s easy to backup your data and information, so getting up and running after an attack isn’t too painful—it is a gigantic hassle that costs you time and, occasionally, money. Don’t let anyone browse the directory of your WordPress website.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

When it comes to choosing a Content Management System to build and manage your website, the choices available might seem a little daunting, especially to a novice just trying to get their feet wet. Not so with the behemoth of the Internet, WordPress. Staying Power. An Open Book. Money Talks. Easy to Learn, Easy to Use.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Ask any WordPress designer or seasoned administrator what is one of the most important aspects of keeping a website safe and secure and you’ll no doubt get a vehement answer: back up! And the sad reality is that too many WordPress users—especially beginners—believe that having a backup system in place is of no importance.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

It takes only a brief look at the impressive statistics surrounding website builder WordPress to realize what an online juggernaut it really is: Currently, nearly 75 million sites are built on the platform and half of all those accounts are hosted directly on the company’s site. registered domain names run exclusively on the platform.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2016

WordPress is an incredibly rich and multi-layered content management system, one packed with options and features that help it clearly stand head and shoulders above other platforms. That said, check out these seven helpful and easy-to-use features most WordPress users probably don’t even know exist. Hide and Seek. A Sneak Peek.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 18, 2017

WordPress experts and designers constantly harp on just how important it is to keep your plugins updated all the time. But the average WordPress user may not even know there’s a problem, so staying on top of updates means the latest and most secure version of the plugin is installed on their site. Two reasons.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In part one of this series we looked at some of the most common errors that occur with sites using the WordPress-based Content Management System (CMS). It’s not uncommon for the administrator of a WordPress-based site to forget or otherwise lose their password. A Lost Admin Password. A Misbehaving Admin Dashboard.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2016

As a business owner operating via a WordPress-based website, it’s important to leverage all the tools the amazing platform has to offer in order to maintain a competitive edge and keep your products and services relevant and noticed in the burgeoning world of online commerce.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2016

One of the hallmarks of the WordPress content management system is the ability to engage a user audience and create a back-and-forth conversation of sorts in the virtual world. WordPress experts will tell you that a website comment section can strain internal resources, especially for your web hosting server.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Far too often new users to WordPress, giddy with excitement, leave one critical element out of the planning process: security. After all, hackers love WordPress sites because there are so many of them, which makes exploiting security leaks a very attractive and perhaps even lucrative endeavor. But have you really? Paying for security.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

True words no matter whether you’re running on a WordPress site or another platform. So how do you fix a slow-loading WordPress site? So spend a few extra bucks on a host such as WP Engine, which is, by all accounts, super fast, easy to use as an administrator and comes with a solid support system. Faster is better.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

When it comes to WordPress, the Holy Grail of do-it-yourself Content Management Systems (CMS), updating isn’t just a good idea: it’s a critical component of using the site in the most efficient and secure way. Obviously, for most of us, security is of paramount importance.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 16, 2017

Thankfully, for those organizations that work from a WordPress-based website, it turns out it’s incredibly easy to add elements to their pages that allow for monetary donations: the trick is knowing how to set them up and customize them for a unique look that adds appeal for their specific cause or charity.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 11, 2017

It’s amazing to think that, when it was first launched, WordPress was a fairly simple and intuitive content management system designed to help the beginning blogger get their feet wet in the virtual world. However, the e-commerce tools now available to WordPress users can certainly be a bit mind-boggling.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 13, 2017

As wonderful as the WordPress content management system is, by its very nature—capable of supporting hundreds of different themes, thousands of plugins and so much more—it can be quite slow at times. The post The Fast Lane: More Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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Byte Technology

MAY 10, 2017

Fortunately for WordPress users, there are some absolutely fantastic business-based themes that can really bring attention to your good and services. There’s a good reason so many big-boy companies use the WordPress content management system and themes—and Executive Pro is one of them.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2014

Pongos is a Wordpress development firm located in Maryland. The decision to move from Drupal to WordPress was not taken lightly. However, while we plan to continue our support of the Drupal community as much as ever, we decided for our own website redesign that WordPress was the better option.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2021

You may have heard the words tossed around, and you’ve nodded along — but in reality, maybe you aren’t quite sure what a headless Content Management System is. Let’s pull back the curtain to clarify some things about headless, decoupled, and hybrid Content Management Systems (CMS). What is a Headless CMS?

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Since your website is such a vital component of your online outreach strategy, you’ll need to choose the right content management system (CMS) to build and manage it. You may be considering revamping your website by migrating it to a new system or creating a brand new site from scratch. Compare top platforms.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It’s an all-to-common scenario: a new user to WordPress builds their site, goes live and starts blogging or selling or raising funds without giving much thought into how their site’s performing. To begin, check your website server and determine if you’re on a shared host system or a dedicated service. Are your pages loading quickly?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

There are my three most-used Wordpress plugins : Postalicious ( Get this plugin ). Postalicious is a WordPress plugin that automatically posts your delicious, ma.gnolia, Google Reader, Reddit or Yahoo Pipes bookmarks to your blog. These Twitter mentions are handled like Posts Comments, using WP built-in comment system.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 28, 2015

Enter the Content Management System (CMS), the standard in website design protocol that allows site owners and managers the ability to update often and easily. For open-source options, perhaps the most well known operating today is WordPress, free for its basic version and still very affordable if you choose to upgrade features.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 31, 2021

1) 60% of nonprofits worldwide use WordPress as their website’s content management system. To receive future updates about of the Global NGO Technology Survey data, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter. 6% use Wix. 5% use Squarespace. 3) 20% have websites that are available in more than one language.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It might live on your website, social media, product center or be integrated with one, or all of, your association management systems. There is a diverse selection of vendors, including HubSpot, Salesforce, and WordPress. Salesforce and WordPress offer similar products. Integration with member data gives the bot real clout.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Anyway, WordPress is a blogging tool (in fact, the one that runs this blog.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

Similarly, we’ve seen the coming and going of content management systems (CMSs) over the years. As WordPress became more capable, Joomla and Drupal lost market share; their shrinking support communities translated into higher maintenance costs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2021

The challenges of designing and deploying robust, efficient and cost-effective systems and processes, configured to your unique needs with strong governance, adoption and lifecycle management are daunting even for the largest organizations. But there is a catch. HAVING tech is not the same as USING and MANAGING tech. .

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Elevation

JUNE 3, 2021

As part of the different changes and improvements that WordPress has incorporated since it launched its 5.0 version in December of 2018, the Content Management System (CMS) has replaced the Classic content editor with a brand new Block Editor, also known as Gutenberg.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Developer Experience : From a developer standpoint, the separation of concerns between back-end and front-end systems makes life a lot easier, the developer experience a lot cleaner, and workflows more streamlined. On the open-source front, Drupal and WordPress have been a little slower to move when it comes to Composable Architecture.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

Our pals over at Idealware have just released a pretty comprehensive report comparing some open source content managment giants — WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. This report also includes our new directory of the consultants and firms who help nonprofit create websites and implement these Content Management Systems.

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