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Bulk remove posts from category 1

Bulk remove posts from category

By Pieter Hartsook / April 5, 2021 / 0 Comments
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After creating a child category I wanted to remove the parent category from 30 posts. I finally searched for “how to remove a post category in bulk edit in wordpress” and and lo and behold the second result led me to this plugin. It works perfectly. I’m only sorry I didn’t install this on all my client sites years ago. Kudos to the developer for giving us the functionality that really should be included in […]

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Privacy, Cookies, & ADA Compliance — Oh My!
— Privacy Pt. 1

By Pieter Hartsook / April 1, 2021 / 0 Comments
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With more and more privacy laws on the horizon, we advise all of our clients to not only have a Privacy Policy in place but also have a strategy to keep it up to date with newly required disclosures. An up to date Privacy Policy can help you avoid significant privacy-related fines and lawsuits. These laws apply to the location of the visitor to your website, not where you or your website hosting is located. […]

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Elementor vs Beaver Builder review

Elementor vs Beaver Builder review

By Pieter Hartsook / October 17, 2020 / 0 Comments
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I came across an Elementor vs Beaver Builder comparison review that was published in August 2020. While I am pretty biased in favor of the Beaver Builder platform the reviewer seemed to favor Elementor. If you are trying to decide which page builder platform to use I’d encourage you take a look at the review Beaver Builder vs Elementor – An Ultimate Guide and Comparison (2020). But the problem is trying to keep up with […]

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When should I NOT use WordPress for a website 2

When should I NOT use WordPress for a website

By Pieter Hartsook / July 23, 2018 / 0 Comments
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click the green switch at the top of the screenshots to compare the WordPress vs the Static HTML versions of the same website the static version is live at: http://halcyonlearning.com/

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How to embed a viewable pdf in a WordPress post 3

How to embed a viewable pdf in a WordPress post

By Pieter Hartsook / September 29, 2015 / 2 Comments
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Normally putting the URL of a pdf on a line by itself doesn’t display the pdf on a Word­Press page, and if you use the add media button and paste the URL for the pdf into the URL field, you get a link that will open the pdf, but the pdf does not display on the page itself,

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WordPress site migration, copying your site and moving it 4

WordPress site migration, copying your site and moving it

By Pieter Hartsook / November 7, 2013 / 3 Comments
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There are several reasons why you might want to copy your website,

you want to make a “sandbox” copy to experiment on, without affecting the public-facing production site
you want to change hosting companies to get a better deal, faster performance or more functionality
having a complete copy of your website is a great insurance policy should something happen to your host and your site is lost.

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