About a year ago, my husband found some Gunnar blue-light filtering glasses for cheap on MassDrop, and got me a pair. We had been hearing about blue light and how it affects sleep, as well as the strain of computer screens on our eyes when we are on a computer all day for work. The …
Time-saving PHP PDO Code Generator
There are certain tasks I end up doing for every project, like creating database inserts, selects, and updates. I hate the tedium and repetitive nature of copy-pasting, or find and replace operations. The more work I do for clients, the more I realize I’m doing similar work for each client. This is my first step …
Creating Automatic Backups on a GoDaddy VPS
VPS vs. Shared Hosting Shared Hosting on GoDaddy is usually a great level of functionality for my clients, even those with larger sites and custom programming. With Shared Hosting, you share an environment with other sites that other people own, so you can’t make major changes to PHP and MySQL settings, and that’s usually just …
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My Favorite Freelancer Productivity Apps
As a freelancer, you know that keeping track of your projects, clients, and invoicing is critical to being successful. Unlike working for a company, you probably don’t have a project manager an regular meetings to help you keep on track, or a complicated and expensive ticketing system to keep every little task organized and prioritized. …
Custom Order Processing Plugin for WooCommerce
WooCommerce, built as a plugin for WordPress, is an incredibly powerful software tool on its own. The front end is well done, and you will find it familiar if you’ve used WordPress before. But when you want to do something beyond the essential functionality, it can be more than a little frustrating to figure out …
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Create a WordPress Site on GoDaddy
So you want to make a website. Maybe it’s a blog, or a website for your business. You’ve probably heard about WordPress for years now. Everyone seems to be using it, so you’ve decided that’s the way to go. But where do you start? This tutorial will take you step-by-step through the process of creating …
Should You Use MailChimp’s Batch Delivery?
A client recently asked me to generate a MailChimp campaign with staggered sending. He was concerned that if all emails were delivered at the same time, his Sales Team would be flooded with calls. Being put on hold is not a great user experience. MailChimp’s Batch Delivery sounded exactly like what he needed, but I …
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Integrate Plaid with PHP
Plaid provides a simple method for IBV, or Instant Bank Verification. By integrating Plaid into your app or website, your customers can use their online banking usernames and passwords to give you secure, tokenized access to their bank account. With that access, you can verify their identity, check their balance, or take a look at …
What is Google’s Project Fi?
The Details Google created a really simple mobile phone plan called Project Fi, and you can probably get on it. They have an awesome and cute website for it here. I have written up my experiences to help you decide if it’s for you. Phones You need to have one of the few phones that …
Do I Really Need to Hire a Web Designer?
You’re starting a new business, and, like any good entrepreneur, you’re looking for ways to cut costs. You ask yourself, “Can I just make my website myself instead of paying a Web Designer?” The truth is, for a lot of small businesses, you don’t need to hire a Web Designer to create a whole custom …