Our resource library

Our curated selection of resources put you in control of your website & branding

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Helpful resources for your business journey

Practical website and graphic design tips to empower and support you.

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Our top WordPress plugin recommendations

Read on for a list of the core plugins we like to include on our clients’ WordPress sites! Classic Editor This one might be a bit controversial, but with over 5 million downloads, we’re definitely not alone. We prefer the look and user experience of the classic WordPress editor over the more recent Gutenberg editor....

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WordPress plugin best practices

If you’re a WordPress user, you’ll know that one of its best features is its extendability thanks to their massive library of both native and third-party plugins that allow a site owner to create virtually any type of website. A plugin is a piece of software that “plugs in” to your WordPress site to add...

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How to select a Content Management System

If you’re starting to think about creating a website for your brand or revisiting your existing site configuration and you want to retain some control over content updates moving forward, you’ll need to select a Content Management System (CMS), which allows you to build and manage a website without having to know any code at...

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Free guide – The Website Planning Roadmap

Getting ready for your new website and don’t know where to begin?

We are on a mission to take the overwhelm out of websites and bring beautiful, functional, easy-to-maintain websites to women-owned businesses, so that you have a professional presence online.

We are so happy to share this Website Planning Roadmap with you and hope you’ll find it helpful as you begin your new web journey or set out to make your existing site do more for your business and brand.

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Tricks and tips for making your WordPress site faster

People often reach out to us asking what they can do in order to improve their WordPress site’s page speed. In addition to providing a better user experience when visiting your site, page speed is also important for search engine optimization (SEO) as Google includes it as one of the ranking factors for their search index....

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Backing up WordPress

Backup before you upgrade

10 minutes now can save you hours later. Do you ever see a “Please update now” message after logging in to your WordPress website? Or a message that your theme or plugins are out-of-date? While it is tempting to take action immediately please make sure you have a full backup of your website and database...

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