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$1,500 $2000 Despite being in a pandemic, webpopular.net has been able to grow as a company with its most successful year yet and this holiday season, we would like to give back to the community. We will be donating to the Tarrant Area Food Bank, a nonprofit based in Fort Worth, TX with the goal to…

A sitemap is a file that lists a website’s pages, Google can find and crawl these important pages. Additionally, this can help search engines understand your website structure. With that said here is how to create an XML sitemap for your website. How To Create XML Sitemap: Advanced users: Download Screaming Frog SEO. Enter URL…

Create a new directory in your existing wp-content–>themes folder and name it <parent-theme>-child. Access newly created folder and create a new file called style.css Populate that file with the following code: /* Theme Name: Twenty Seventeen Child Theme URL: webpopular.net Description: Twenty Seventeen Child Theme Author: John Doe Author URL: webpopular.net Template: twentyseventeen Version: 1.0.0…

Add the following code to the beginning of your .htaccess file. Remember to back it up first!   <IfModule mod_deflate.c> # Compress HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Text, XML and fonts AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE…

Add the following code at the end of your .htaccess file # Compress HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Text, XML and fonts AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE…

Create a database Log into webpopular.net hosting. Don’t have hosting, get website hosting now. Click on your name in the top right menu, then select “Visit My Account”. Scroll to the section “Web Hosting” and click “Web Hosting”. Then click “Manage” for your host. Click “CPanel Login”. Click “MySQL Databases” in the “Databases” Section Create…

Every business or non-profit needs to let the world know of its services. With information at your fingertips, it is necessary to market your business online. Having a website is only the beginning but when you are able to get your message in front of the people who are looking for your services, you are…

Editing your WordPress site is essential in providing updates or fixing content errors. Here is how to edit your WordPress page. Log into your website by going to http://[yourwebsiteaddress].com/wp-admin Use your username and password – if you don’t have or forgot your password, click “forgot password” and type in your email address (this will send…

Editing a menu can help customize your website by including important or ideal pages that you want to showcase to your visitors. These menu items may include links to outside sources, pages that need more attention, and more. Here is how you can edit a menu in WordPress. Log into your WordPress site On the…

Accessibility Functional Accessibility Evaluator Use this tool to evaluate the functional accessibility of your web site. WebAIM Wave Wave is my favorite Accessibility service – it shows you the mistakes and it is quite productive.   Cross Browser Testing Browsershots A great service for testing your site on all browsers on most operating systems. IeTester…