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4 Reasons Why You Should Use The Salient Theme

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The Salient theme is one of the most popular WordPress templates available on ThemeForest. It is a highly customizable theme that you can use in a variety of different ways. Salient has a ton of robust built-in features such as page animations, sliders and custom post types. These features allow developers to build websites for a variety of different clients without jumping back and forth between different themes. Throughout the rest of this post, we will discuss 4 reasons why you should be using Salient for your WordPress website if you aren’t already. If you’re building a WordPress site, you’ve…
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Know your liabilities for having a website

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YES, you can get sued for having a website.  Know how to protect yourself and what you need to do to protect data, deal with conflict, minimize risks.  Each website must have these three notices:  Terms of Use Privacy Policy Legal Disclaimer Kelly Bagla of Bagla Law is an excellent resource for your legal business needs.  Feel free to email her at [email protected] or call her at 760.784.9109.
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Questions to ask when choosing a web company to build your site…what you MUST know!

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DONUTS!!! Okay, I know that's your first thought (it was mine), but isn't that what grabbed your attention?  A cute design and something savory? Well, unfortunately, there's more that goes into choosing the right web development company than one might think.  First of all, we all use similar terms and acronyms you've probably heard of:  SEO, CRM, Social Media, Branding, Design, Development, Customization and more.  But what does it all mean and how can one understand enough to compare?  In my opinion, the THREE most basic things to ask are: who's doing it? what's their expertise? what does it include?…
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Why is keeping your WordPress site updated important?

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Performing Updates Sure, you see the little notification from your WordPress Dashboard or get emails that updates are available.  Should you automatically do them?  They work fine on my phone and computer...most of the time.   But what about your website where you run your business?  You've probably performed updates to plugins many times without fail.  Great! But, have you ever had weird words in code display at the top! Or, a 500 Internal Server Error?  Or better yet, the dreaded "white screen of death"? Maintenance and updates might seem easy to do on your own, but can actually be…
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Simply Styled Sites’ Favorite Website Trends 2017

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Well, who doesn't want to be trendy?  Embrace it, it's a good thing, and it helps when catering to your users.  As a company with a website these days, when you're organically searched and found, your website is your user's first impression.  And when I say user, I mean potential client.  And by potential client, I mean more money for you.  With a hip, current site it's important to stay on top of the latest technology, trends, and ways websites interact with users.  From design to marketing to psychology, here are a few of my favorite trends for 2017.such as…
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WordPress Upgrade 4.7.2 Security Alert

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Learn more about WordPress's latest security update with 4.7.2 HERE. To ensure your site always staying up, performing optimally and securely, you might want to consider an ongoing Maintenance Plan with Simply Styled Sites. We also highly recommend the best hosting platform out there for WordPress sites with WPEngine.  Watch this video to learn 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Welcome!

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I'm Laurie Barron, a creative entrepreneur, and am passionate about combining style & tech to create beautiful, functional, and simply organized websites!  I primarily work with WordPress and can help you build and design a brand new site or assist you in maintaining your current one. I love establishing relationships with clients and working together to meet your needs.  I can integrate email marketing, social media, subscription plans,  special forms, e-commerce, and more.   With an Accounting & Computer Information Systems degree and over 4 years of building 2 companies, I also can offer advice in business development and entrepreneurship.  There are endless…
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