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Wix vs. WordPress: Which is Better for Freelancers & Entrepreneurs?

Laura — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:47:08 +0000

If you’re a freelancer or entrepreneur looking to create a website for your business, you might be wondering which platform to choose: Wix or WordPress? Both platforms have their advantages, but the best one for you depends on your needs, goals, proficiency with web platforms and preferences. We have compared Wix and WordPress on some…

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WordPress: Everything You Need To Know Before You Commit

Laura — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:59:42 +0000

If you’re thinking of creating a website, WordPress is a great platform to consider. It is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) in the world, with over 40% of all websites on the internet using it. (A CMS is a web-based software application that enables users to create, manage and publish digital…

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How to Create a Membership Website with WordPress?

Simon Dwight Keller — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:02:27 +0000

If you’re passionate about a subject or topic, a website or blog is a fantastic way to share your opinions, expertise and tips with others. A membership website is a great way to build a tight community around your content, reward your most loyal followers, and build deeper ties with your audience. Do it right,…

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Should you enable Automatic Updates to WordPress on your WordPress Hosting?

Karthik Balachander — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:21:04 +0000

Most WordPress Hosting solutions in the market include ‘automatic updates’ as part of their offering. Why then, are we even toying with the question of whether you should enable these automatic updates? WordPress updates typically patch vulnerabilities, add features and improve performance of your website. If your question was “Do these updates need to be…

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The Best SEO Plugins for WordPress to Get Higher Rankings

Neil Lim — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:14:58 +0000

In this article, we share the best SEO plugins for WordPress to optimize your website and rank better on search engines. Search engines are a major source of traffic for most websites so optimizing your pages to rank on Google is important. With tons of SEO plugins available on WordPress, our customers often ask us…

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Four Obscure But Useful WordPress Plugins

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:41:20 +0000

by Marko from Support On a daily basis, we receive calls from customers asking about WordPress and a good portion of these questions are focused on useful plugins. With millions of different plugins available on WordPress and thousands of popular plugins, I could have easily created a comprehensive list that included an SEO plugin like…

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Moving from Web Builder to WordPress: Kaminsky and Co.

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:50:04 +0000

In 2011, Webnames.ca launched our latest WordPress web design service called FastTrack. FastTrack was designed with small businesses in mind and aimed at fulfilling the needs of our customers while still making it affordable. One of the things we did when we introduced this product was to transition some of our Web Builder clients (a…

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Moving from Web Builder to WordPress: Elm Children’s Centre

Webnames.ca Staff — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:09:28 +0000

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Security Threat to WordPress

Webnames.ca Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:08:15 +0000

UPDATE: Security Threat to WordPress Last week, we informed customers of a security threat to WordPress websites, which is being facilitated by a very large and well connected botnet. In the past week, we have fared reasonably well against the attack by mitigating the volume of login attempts to customer’s WordPress websites. Unfortunately, a more…

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Potential Security Threat to WordPress – Update your Password!

Webnames.ca Staff — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:33:19 +0000

The seedy underbelly of the Internet is at it again. This time, their target is WordPress, with the aim of taking control over such websites for the proliferation of spam, the hosting of phishing websites – or both. To facilitate such an attack, a massive and well-connected botnet has been assembled, consisting of some 90,000…

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Moving from Web Builder to WordPress – Embrun Florist

Webnames.ca Staff — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:10:57 +0000

Many Webnames.ca customers are still on our legacy product, Web Builder which was a great tool to get online quickly. The tool has since been discontinued and replaced with two great website building options, Web Presence Builder, available with our Advantage web hosting plans or FastTrack, a professionally designed website, built with WordPress. We have had…

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WordPress Website Highlight: www.beansandbabes.ca

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:26:29 +0000

Webnames.ca launched a web design service with small business in mind last year called FastTrack. FastTrack web design provides a professional website, built quickly and affordably. This program has been a huge success and we wanted to highlight some of our FastTrack clients. This month, we take a look at beansandbabes.ca We asked Jordan, founder…

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WordPress Website Highlight: www.christinetrischuk.com

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:52:22 +0000

Webnames.ca launched a web design service with small business in mind last year called FastTrack. FastTrack web design service, provides a professional website, built quickly and affordably. This program has been a huge success and we wanted to highlight some of our FastTrack clients. The month, we dive into christinetrischuk.com. We asked Christine Trischuk a…

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WordPress Website Highlight: evolveexecutivecoaching.com

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:04:37 +0000

Webnames.ca launched a web design service with small business in mind last year called FastTrack. FastTrack web design provides a professional website, built quickly and affordably. This program has been a huge success and we wanted to highlight some of our FastTrack clients. As Karin Wills from Evolve Executive Coaching says: “…The product was professional…the process…

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Webnames.ca Webinar – Why use WordPress for your Website?

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:56:15 +0000

For those who missed the Webinar or those who want to listen to it again, here is the December 12, 2012 WordPress Webinar! Here is what we covered: An introduction to WordPress How Plugins and Themes work WordPress Website examples An introduction to FastTrack; Webnames.ca’s professional WordPress web design program. The complete FastTrack details are…

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New FastTrack Pricing Options!

Webnames.ca Staff — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:40:54 +0000

Webnames.ca is thrilled to announce the new pricing options for the FastTrack Program! Webnames.ca first introduced the FastTrack program in 2011 with small businesses in mind. Built to fulfill the needs of small businesses, FastTrack offered customers an affordable, quick to launch and professional solution to their website design needs.FastTrack has become a great resource…

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WordPress Website Highlight: imperialspaces.ca

Neil Lim — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:20:52 +0000

Last year Webnames launched a web design service with small business in mind, called FastTrack. FastTrack provides a professional website, built quickly (typically 8-10 business days) and affordably. The program has been a huge success and we wanted to highlight some of the great websites that have been coming out of this program. This month…

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Customer Website Highlight: beinbalance.ca

Neil Lim — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:26:48 +0000

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Web Design Highlight: gastowntattoo.com

Webnames.ca Staff — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:18:01 +0000

Webnames offers a great web design program called Essentials that was introduced to give our customers a professional WordPress website built quickly and affordably. The program also includes training to teach you how to update your website on your own, ensuring it is always current and up to date. Essentials has been a huge success…

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WordPress: Resistance is Futile

Amy Elderkin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:37:55 +0000

The support staff here at Webnames.ca has witnessed first hand the rise of WordPress’ popularity over the last few years. More and more, customers are asking if our hosting plans support WordPress, wanting to know how to install it, or even just wanting to know whether we think WordPress is the right solution for their…

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