A significant part of having a fantastic website is making sure it functions as well as it looks. Make it peppy! Here are five steps you should take to improve your website’s speed: Optimize your website Nearly every website you …
5 Key Tips to Help Clients Manage a Website Project
An experienced website agency will provide a project plan and manage it well–ensuring that your project is completed on time and on budget. On the client side, though, proper project management is also vital to a project’s success. Here are …
Boosting SEO Like a Pro using Internal Links
One of the most important actions to take when you have a WordPress website is to drive qualified traffic to your content. By optimizing your website, you improve your chances of being ranked higher on search engines like Google and …
5 Ways You Can Use Your Website as the Ultimate Marketing & PR Tool
Checking out a company’s website is one of the first things people do to learn more or request a service. But one of the most overlooked opportunities is all the secondary information that is communicated. Your website plays an integral …
Happy Women’s History Month
At AndiSites, we’re joining people around the globe to celebrate National Women’s History Month. As a woman-owned company, AndiSites is proud to be intentional about creating an inclusive space where all people, regardless of their gender, race or cultural differences, …
How to get higher ed students’ attention during COVID-19
Online learning for students at colleges and universities has become an absolute necessity amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But let’s face it, online learning can be extremely booooooring. That’s why it’s imperative that institutions think more creatively about what attracts …
How to Create Anchor Links (AKA “Jump Links”) in WordPress
Anchor links defined You know how sometimes on a web page you click a link, and rather than taking you to another page it jumps you further down on the same page? That’s an “anchor link,” and it’s a great …
Do I Really Need to Care About GDPR? Maybe.
August 7, 2018 Think GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) doesn’t apply to your organization? You might want to think again. The regulation could have implications you haven’t considered. And with related regulation being passed in California, it’s wise to take …
Save 15 Minutes or More on WordPress with the Command Line
In this presentation, Alex Centeno shares an introduction to the Bash Command Line and WP-CLI to install, administer and even delete WordPress in seconds. Save 15 Minutes or More on WordPress from Alex Centeno
Quick Thoughts on Where to Put Your Sidebar (or, Ode to the Sidebar)
Ode to the Sidebar Ah, the website sidebar. Holder of secondary navigation, Keeper of ad space, And container for random things That You don’t Know Where else to Put. They’re not absolutely necessary, but if you decide to use them, …
The Return of the Beautiful Web
Where have all the gradients gone? Design trends come and go, and the “utilitarian” look of websites has persisted for the past several years. Flat design brought large blocks of solid color instead of gradients and textures. Full-page photo backgrounds …
Creating Solutions Beyond the Obvious: Ideation
As proud members of the Interaction Design Foundation, we love creating online user experiences that are easy, intuitive, and engaging. Solutions aren’t one-size-fits-all, though, and creative thinking is an important part of the process. Website projects can be tricky. Budgets and …
5 Ways to Build Trust With Your Website
The Internet can be a scary place. Users worry that personal information they enter can be used against them; that their behavior is being tracked; and that the information they see and read can’t be trusted. Fake news is everywhere, …
VIDEO: Choosing WordPress Plugins: Like Being a Kid in a Candy Store
Plugins extend the functionality of WordPress and are a great way to add sophisticated features to your website—without custom coding. But with more than 45,000 plugins available in the WordPress repository and a plethora available independently, how do you choose? …
Reflecting Your Brand Values in Your Website Design
Defining your brand values is crucial to the success of your business. Knowing what your company stands for aligns and strengthens your team. Defining your personality (e.g., caring, family-friendly, professional, exclusive, etc.) is also an important part of humanizing you …
How to Embed Video into a WordPress Page or Post
Why Use Video? If content is king, then video is a jewel in its crown. Embed video into a WordPress page or post to enhance your marketing strategy and increase engagement with your website users. Among other video marketing statistics for 2016, …
How to Write an SEO-Friendly Blog Post
Make sure your blog posts are relevant to your readers. Write clearly so they’re easy to read and share. Use headings and subheadings so search engines can scan them easily. These and other tips are suggested by Yoast, developers of the powerful …
Are your links connected? Tips for SEO-friendly internal links
According to Moz, “Internal Links are hyperlinks that point at (target) the same domain as the domain that the link exists on (source). In layman’s terms, an internal link is one that points to another page on the same website.” …
Securing Your WordPress Login Page: You Can Never Be Too Safe
Last week we helped thwart a hacker who was trying to gain access to a WordPress website using a “brute force attack”. In a brute force attack, the hacker systematically tries all kinds of commonly used passwords as quickly as possible. …
Ensure Your Carousel Does More Than Go Round and Round
Follow Best Practices for the Most Efficient Use of Home Page Space Carousels (also known as sliders) are widely used on home pages. However, they can have adverse consequences on user experience and affect your website’s performance. To make your home …