What is Caching?

What is Caching?

Caching stores copies of files in a cache so that cached content can be accessed quickly.  Caching improves how a website loads, but caching can occur in numerous locations. Caching is technically complex and seen on both the website client- and server-side. Caching...
SSL in 2017:  a new Google mandate

SSL in 2017: a new Google mandate

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So what’s the buzz about Google issuing penalties for sites that don’t employ SSL?  Well, it’s true, and in the next month, I’ll certainly be busy converting over websites to use HTTPS and not just HTTP pages....
Stuck in maintenance mode

Stuck in maintenance mode

It happens to me, too!  Don’t fear Maintenance Mode Woes! Maintenance Mode is a functionality built into the WordPress core feature to suspend access and various functions during updates and installations. When one presses update, some backend processes stop for...
Should you press update?

Should you press update?

Is it safe to press update? [pullquote style=”left” quote=”dark”]We just pressed update and now the site won’t load.  We’re getting a fatal error!  Help![/pullquote] No.  There is a false sense of safety in logging in to a WordPress...