Author: Liquid Web

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Jan Koch; The new WordPress editor Gutenberg marks a big shift away from the TinyMCE editor towards a WYSIWYG way of building pages and writing posts. While there are many 3rd-party page builder plugins already, WordPress version 5.0 has made Gutenberg the new default editor.In today’s article, I’m going to explain how you, as a developer, can start leveraging that new editor by creating your own blocks for WordPress Gutenberg. A block is a single element that can be positioned on a page or post, like an image, a paragraph or a video. We’ll code a ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Mayra Pena; LANSING, Mich., Dec. 11th, 2018 — Liquid Web, LLC, (www.liquidweb.com), the market leader in managed hosting and managed application services to SMBs and web professionals, is excited to announce their partnership with IconicWP to augment their Managed WooCommerce Hosting product line, the industry’s first platform dedicated to WooCommerce Stores. “Partnering with IconicWP will help enhance our customers’ stores by helping them add plugins such as swapping out product options to color and image swatches – without the need to hire a developer. Whether you are looking to enhance your single product page or make ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Chris Lema; TheraSpecs is an online eyewear vendor that makes tinted sunglasses designed to relieve the effects of migraines. Recently, facing a sharp spike in return rates, the company decided to extend their 45-day free trial.“Even at 45 days, we found that customers who were on the fence were more likely to return their glasses because of the deadline,” Marketing Manager Greg Bullock explains.TheraSpecs extended their free trial to 60 days. Those 15 extra days made a huge difference. Return rates stabilized, negative customer comments decreased, and most importantly, onsite conversion rates increased by 15 percent.Bullock ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Curtis McHale; The name of the game with eCommerce is making sales. Anything that gets in the way of a customer purchasing is costing you money. Even collecting their email before they’ve made their purchase can cut your sales.Today we’re going to start by looking at ways you can streamline your checkout process so that you can increase your conversions rates. We’ll also talk about which method might be right for your store.One note before we get started today. You need to be A/B testing any changes to your eCommerce store. A/B testing is the process ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Liquid Web; You might not realize it, but databases are everywhere. Whether or not you know very much about them, their effect on our daily lives is extensive. From weather applications to the movies you watch online, databases are responsible for many of the services we utilize daily.We have collected a few of the more well-known examples of how databases enhance your day-to-day life below. The most popular database server in our industry, MySQL, is prevalent in virtually every example listed below. Like this content? Subscribe now and have more just like it sent straight to your ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Ronald Caldwell; Back in April, we gave you Ten Questions You Need to Answer to Survive a Data Disaster. Recall that, “Good business relies on good planning. Anticipating scenarios, detailing responses and understanding consequences is an essential part of your business survival kit.”This notion remains true, and I’d like to take a more in-depth exploration of Data Backup and Disaster Recovery.Data disasters can be the result of human or hardware error. In any case, safeguarding against data loss is imperative in today’s Information Technology climate.Let’s look at the risks you need to start assessing.Assessment of Risks ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Garrett Martinez; It can be a bit overwhelming when it comes to choosing a web host for your websites needs, and even more so for a site using the ever popular WordPress CMS. When terms such as ‘managed’ and ‘unmanaged’ are being used, different bullet points will fall under each category. And when comparing host to host, it can even be daunting on deciphering what exactly falls under the ‘managed’ umbrella, as well as the ‘unmanaged’ umbrella.This article aims to help clarify ‘managed’ and ‘unmanaged’ WordPress offerings at Liquid Web as well as identifying which you would ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Chris White; Web hosting can be a challenging part of any web development business. You want to give your clients good service, but you also want to run an efficient and profitable business. WHMCS is an easy-to-use interface to help you manage—and grow—your business.What Is WHMCS?WHMCS is an all-in-one client management platform to help you automate your web hosting business. It allows you to sell products and services, automatically set up hosting accounts, handle recurring billing, and deal with support issues.You can create custom hosting packages and sell them directly to your clients. Plus, it is ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: AJ Morris; If you’re looking to open a multi-vendor marketplace, it means you want to make money. Well, to be profitable, you need a multi-vendor plugin with enough features to help everyone involved—you and the vendors who sell on your site. They need to see how well or badly their products are selling. You need management tools to key track of sales, orders, and refunds.Marketplace success is a team effort, and plugins that build their multi-vendor features around the mutual commercial interests of both owners and sellers will be the most profitable. In short, you need ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Curtis McHale; Today we’re going to look at what A/B testing is. I’ll help you identify your metric to watch for your store. And I’ll introduce you to a number of tools that you can use for A/B testing on your WooCommerce site. The truth is that if you’re not testing the changes to your store, then you don’t know which of them is affecting your bottom line.What is A/B TestingA/B testing, also known as split testing, is the process you use when you test out two or more different versions of your content. That may be ... Read More