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“How Can I Turn My Handwriting into a Font?” – a Quick Tutorial on Making Your Own Font Free

K. Wagner — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:27:38 +0000

I remember when I first discovered the power of a great font. It was the late 90’s (that’s the 1900 and 90’s) and I was just starting to get into website design and graphic design. I had been struggling to bring this particular design to life through drawings when it hit me. What the image needed was a better font. I began searching online and found great websites like 1001fonts.com and dafont.

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How Are Your Plugins Affecting Your WordPress Websites Speed and Performance?

K. Wagner — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:37:01 +0000

Plugins are pretty amazing, like apps for your website. But some plugins are poorly designed and can drastically reduce the performance and speed of your WordPress website. Why, you ask? Well, since you asked, let me explain. Every plugin is designed to perform a specific task, create contact forms, put interactive maps with inline directions to your locations, post automatically to Facebook…

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Don’t Wait for Them to Call – How to Engage Your Customers Right Where They Are

K. Wagner — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:28:06 +0000

The phone call is going the way of the dinosaurs! The reality is, people just don’t make phone calls any more. It used to be if I wanted to find a company to fix my air conditioner or order a pizza, I went to a phone book, opened the yellow pages, and found the business that met my needs. Let me ask you a question. When was the last time you opened the yellow pages? It was the 1900’s for me…

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Slow Websites Lose Customers. This One Trick Can Double Your Speed

K. Wagner — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:33:07 +0000

Wordpress is a fantastic tool for your business or organization to have a strong presence on the internet, but if you don’t know what you are doing, just like with anything, you can really get yourself into a mess. In the world the world of websites one of the biggest messes people get themselves into is creating beautiful websites that are slow to load. The problem is…

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Online Donations Made Easy for Churches and Non-Profits

K. Wagner — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:01:23 +0000

We at Targeted Solutions have worked with lots of churches and non-profits over the years and we are always looking for ways to help organizations to receive donations in professional, beautiful, and easy ways. One of the best options out there for Churches or organizations using wordpress who are looking to making online giving easy is “Donorbox”. Donorbox is easy to use and provides a…

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The Customization Conundrum: Why it Matters How You Create Your WordPress Site

K. Wagner — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:55:54 +0000

When customizing a WordPress theme we ALWAYS use a child theme if we are going to be modifying the hard code of the site (this does not apply if your theme has built in customization modules). Why do we use the child theme? Because the next time you update your theme, if you have not built your customizations into a WordPress child theme, you will lose EVERY SINGLE change you or your web…

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The Biggest Mistake You’re Making With Your WordPress Website and You Don’t Even Know It…

K. Wagner — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:42:29 +0000

The biggest mistake people make with WordPress websites is 100% avoidable, so why are so many people still making this mistake? What’s the mistake you ask? The number one mistake is not keeping your WordPress software up to date and on the most current version (this goes for WordPress themes, plugins, and WordPress base software). You might be thinking, “what’s the big deal?” If you are like…

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