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Notes from the workbench.
Practical writing on WordPress, Gravity Forms and running a website that earns its keep. From the same people who build and look after sites every day, without the fluff.
Back up, read the changelog, test on staging, update in the right order, and know how to roll back when an update breaks something.
Chris Eggleston
WordPress can run portals, workflows, lead generation networks and SaaS products, not just websites. Here is what makes it a platform and what we build on it.
Chris Eggleston
How to set up church online giving on your website: what a good setup includes, three ways to add it, what to put on your Give page, and mistakes to avoid.
Chris Eggleston
Why WordPress rejects SVGs, fonts, and other files, and how to allow the file types you need without creating a security risk.
Chris Eggleston
What website maintenance really costs, from DIY to freelancer to agency plans, what a plan should include, and when a rebuild is the better spend.
Chris Eggleston
Why WordPress says “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page” and how to restore your admin access, even after a migration.
Chris Eggleston
The weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly WordPress tasks that keep your site backed up, secure, fast and working.
Chris Eggleston
Speed up a WordPress site in the right order: measure, then fix hosting, caching, images, plugins, theme weight, the database and CDN.
Chris Eggleston
How to create a WordPress staging site, keep it private, and push changes to live without overwriting orders, form entries or new content.
Chris Eggleston
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