Clint SI recently received a frantic email from a friend stating that his WordPress blog had been hacked. I looked at the site, and sure enough it was full of rather unsavory content, the sort of which you’ll find in the darkest corners of your Spam folder. I was able to remove all the unwanted content … Read more
Often, when we design a site, we want to be able to manage different kinds of paid site members, each with their own separate attributes. WordPress has its own set of member levels by default, but these aren’t very useful when you have your own special requirements for members. There are, however, plugins available to offer … Read more
Note: Our original Magento vs WooCommerce post was written July 2014. Since then we have developed and maintained numerous WooCommerce and Magento sites. The following is an updated version of the original post with almost 2 additional years of experience under our belts. Magento vs WooCommerce? For many small business owners the most important decision … Read more
A contact form is an important part of any site for allowing users to submit questions and feedback to site owners. For WordPress sites, creating contact forms is simple with the Contact Form 7 plugin. Contact Form 7 is the most widely used and best supported plugin for creating contact forms in WordPress, and it’s … Read more
MailChimp, one of the most popular and reliable email service providers, offers versatility and a wide range of useful features while still being fun and easy to use. Often, our clients here at Watermelon Web Works want to increase their market reach along with maintaining a consistent web presence. With MailChimp, it is easy to not … Read more
WordPress is renowned for its almost limitless ability to add features through plugins. With a plugin repository growing daily, it is tempting to add a massive amount of bells and whistles to your site. Custom themes, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), fancy menus, events management, and state of the art Ecommerce are all available with just … Read more
WordPress is an often overlooked aspect of web design. So much effort and planning goes into creating a visually pleasant experience for our human users that we forget that web crawlers care about actual content rather than presentation. While SEO may seem daunting, implementing it is easier than one might think. Increasing your rankings with … Read more
Magento e-commerce is the leading open source e-commerce platform for high-revenue sites. It has unparalleled power and features out of the box, making it the best choice for high-volume retail sites with thousands of products. However, the main drawback to Magento is its rather lousy content management system (CMS) that pales in comparison to WordPress. … Read more
The core of any site is a good menu. A menu is the primary way that users get around your site, and a well-designed menu can guide your users to the exact pages you want them to see. The default menu options provided by WordPress may be adequate for simple menus, but it’s fairly lacking … Read more
Magento is one of the most powerful open source e-commerce platforms in use today. According to some reports it has the greatest market share of any Ecommerce system. Like any open source platform, Magento should be kept up to date for both security and performance reasons. However, the complex nature of Magento makes upgrading it … Read more