To Chat or Not to Chat: Adding Live Communication to Your Website
Having a live chat feature on your website could give you more leads … or more headaches.
Category: Tip of the Week
Update Your Google Chrome Right Now to Fix a Serious Security Issue
Stop what you’re doing and get to updating.
Is Your Password Unsafe? Find out with Google’s Latest Tool
The Password Checkup extension can help keep your information secure.
3 Tips to Boost Your Ecommerce Earnings
Gain additional customers, make more sales and improve your website with our easy tips.
5 Ways to Get Your Website Ready for Small Business Saturday
Whether Small Business Saturday, Black Friday or Cyber Monday is the sales holiday you want to tackle, it’s a good idea to get your website in good working order so you’ll be ready.
How to Trim Time Wasting from Your Workday
Get more done, in less time, with our five easy solutions.
What is Two-Step Verification and Why Would You Need It?
Keep your information secure with this simple addition.
You’re Probably Not Changing Your Password Often Enough
If there’s one bit of spring cleaning everyone needs to do, it’s changing your passwords.
It’s Alt Good: How Alternative Text Can Upgrade Your Website
Make your site more accessible, to both users and search engines, through easily adding alt text to your images.
How to Organize Your (Digital) Life: 5 Tips from Project Managers
Did you promise yourself big changes in the new year? Now that February’s hit, maybe your inspiration has waned — if so, our Project Managers have the right advice to help you stay motivated.
Best Practices for Password Security
Password security can be tricky. Creating and remembering secure passwords can be irritating, but the results of having a simple password — getting hacked and losing control of your information — are scary. The good news? A strong and secure password that will protect your website is just a few steps away.
How to Get Better Customer Service
Getting great customer service is possible. Here’s how to ensure your phone call or email results in the support you need.
Photo Upload Size Too Large? Resize Your Pics for Free!
Have you ever been trying to put a photo into your WordPress Media Library and gotten a message saying your picture is too big? Or have you snapped the perfect selfie for your social media profile, only to be told your file size is too large? Finally finding the right photo and not being able to use it is frustrating — especially if you don’t have an image resizing application like Photoshop.
If I Like Another Website’s Blog Post or Photo, Can I Just Copy It?
“Copy and paste” can’t be your approach to content strategy. Here’s why.
In a Time of Internet Sensationalism, How Do You Spot Fake News?
Step right up! Step right up! We’ve got the most amazing, fantastic, fool-proof, cure-all-of-your-woes blog post you’ll read this year! We’ve got the top 100 reasons to keep reading and #57 will leave you in tears!
What’s Going on with the Ransomware Attack on Microsoft?
Worried about whether the malware attack on Microsoft’s operating systems could effect you? We’ll help you protect yourself.
Five Blog Conferences to Put on Your Radar
Need to find your blogging mojo? Whether you’re looking for tips, networking or to gain exposure, consider adding one of these conferences to your calendar.
Five Essential Items in a Blogger’s Toolkit
Get your blog up and running with these essential (and free!) resources.
Seven WordPress Superpowers You Didn’t Know You Had
If you’ve ever daydreamed about leaping tall buildings in a single bound or flying an invisible plane and resolving problems with a lasso of truth — well, so have we. Who hasn’t wanted to save the day or find a creative approach to common tasks?
Can’t See Changes You’ve Made to Your Website? Try Clearing Your Cache
At Infomedia, we create custom websites for our clients — and we usually build them in a CMS like WordPress or Craft so clients can update their own websites with up-to-date information, new blogs and even navigation and page changes. But sometimes these changes don’t show up until you clear your cache — here’s how to do it.
Student Portfolio Reviews Can Teach Pros a Lesson
In December, Infomedia web designer Joy Sandlin visited the University of Alabama as a guest of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations’ portfolio review. The review is part of a program the University began in 2015 to assist future art directors and writers with developing professional portfolios before graduation.
Keep Your Site Secure in 2017 with Updated SSL
Secure your website’s data and improve your site’s SEO ranking with SSL.
All You Can Eat, Drink, Read and Write
If you love to eat, drink, read or write, this Birmingham Public Library’s six-day festival kicking off October 1 is for you.
Staying Healthy at Work: Tips, Ideas & the WordPress 5K
Staying healthy at Infomedia, including the WorldWide WordPress 5K — otherwise known as “the 5K blogged about around the world.”
Our Favorite Free Travel Apps take the Work out of Business Trips
Whether you’re using a laptop, tablet, or mobile device, here’s a checklist of apps and tech tips to make traveling easier.
Overheating Phones: What to Do When Your Smartphone Is Too Hot to Handle
With temperatures consistently reaching the high nineties or more, leaving your phone in your vehicle can quickly lead to overheating. How do you prevent an overheating phone, and what do you do when you realize your phone has gotten too hot?
Spooky Password Horror Stories for Friday the 13th
Want to learn how to take the next step in personal and web security? Need a refresher on the very best practices for passwords? These scary password stories remind us why web security is important. Our password best practices can help.