Your dream website is built, it looks magnificent! Before you pop the champagne, you need to decide which company you are going to trust to host it and send it to the World (Wide Web!) for everyone to see. The choice of your web hosting service provider is not one to be taken lightly. What…
The holiday season is here, and The Coding Shop is happy to be offering our followers a number of special promotions on cool and artsy accessories from Fine Art America in November and December! Please take a look at the promotional calendar and the examples below and get ready for the holidays early this year! Here…
When I launched my blog in 2016, I went about it like this: I Googled “WordPress blog,” clicked a button that said, “get a free blog,” and I started rolling. A year later, I realized I should have done more research. I wanted to change my site layout and add functions, and I realized (oh nooos!) I…
It’s back to school season parents! Are you excited? Frantic? Both? You have a lot on your plate – starting hectic morning routines anew, helping with homework, packing healthy lunches, managing after school activities, WHEW. And of-course during all this you’re probably wondering if your kids are learning the right things at school and how…
This tip might come in handy My son’s cheap laptop died last week. Black screen of death. Would not boot up at all anymore (just battery led would turn on, no other action). I tried: Forced shut down and restart, draining battery Pressing Window and B or V key and Power, F11, F12, shift and…
When you ask a web server for a page, it’s PHP’s job to create it. When you browse a WordPress blog or make a post on Facebook, PHP is putting it all together. If you wanted a very simple PHP page to greet you every time you looked at it, it might look something like…
Skillcrush – just the best! Codecademy– I owe them my sanity! Rails Girls – Super cool, international code learning organization. Girl Develop It – Equally awesome in-person workshops all over the US. Code School – Great advanced tutorials and learning.
A great morning routine can really make or break your day. In her book What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Laura Vanderkam writes, “Seizing your mornings is the equivalent of that sound financial advice to pay yourself first. If you wait until the end of the month to save what you have left, there…
When starting a web site or a blog of any kind on WordPress there are certain plugins that can make your life 1000x easier. Not only will they save you time, but plugins can bring your site to the next level by making it more usable, searchable, and innovative. So what is this magical “plugin”…
As you wait impatiently in line for your mislabeled coffee cup (you’re already going to be 20 minutes late to the office), take a step back and think: THIS could be your office. You could skip the commute, bring your laptop and charger, and power through your to do list from anywhere, wherever you are. Working…
