The coronavirus pandemic has forced businesses to think differently. For those with the option of working remotely, it has created a whole new set of challenges. Fortunately, your website can help. One of the great benefits of a website is its ability to remain stable during a crisis. It helps your business open even though
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Announcement Regarding COVID-19
It is an unfortunate reality that we all are suffering from the initial impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some physically, others financially; and the worst appears yet to come. At Site Mender, we recognized long ago the value and efficiency of the remote workspace. While we do maintain offices in Houston, we only use them
Read moreAnnouncing Our 2019 Holiday Hours
Everyone here at Site Mender wants to thank you for your patronage this year. Because of you, 2019 was our best year ever, our 18th in business! We hope you had a fantastic year and are looking forward to even better in 2020. With the holidays rapidly approaching, we wanted to pass along our holiday
Read moreWordPress Themes: 5 Reasons to Choose Custom Over Pre-Made
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system because it’s cheap. There, we said it. For years, the kind of things you can get for very low cost or even free through WordPress were prohibitively expensive for most businesses. Still, there are good reasons not to cut corners when it comes to any website,
Read moreWordPress Hosting Special Requirements: Four Things to Look For
WordPress hosting needs to provide a number of things for its customers. Unlike traditional hosting for basic HTML website, WordPress hosting must take into account a variety of factors. When considering WordPress hosting for your website, here are a few critical things to consider. Basic Server Requirements All hosting will have a set of standards
Read more5 Reasons YouTube is Better Than Raw Video for Your Website
Video has exploded online. Through services like YouTube, more companies are sharing their videos on their websites. Fast internet speeds and affordable cameras (even in phones!) make the process easy for users and content producers. Still, we are regularly asked how to put raw video files on websites instead of embedding them through a streaming
Read moreWhy is WordPress the Internet’s Most Popular Software?
According to W3Techs, WordPress is the most popular content management system on the internet. It is the back end for a whopping 61 percent of websites that employ any kind of content management system. And it is responsible for the management of 34 percent of all websites. It began as a blogging platform. It was
Read moreDomain Names vs. Website Hosting vs. Websites: What Does That Mean?
The internet is a strange and wondrous place, but it is constantly changing. It’s hard to keep up. We are here to help by explaining “what does that mean?” Is a domain name different from website hosting? Can I change my website but not my website hosting? Why am I so confused? Don’t feel bad.
Read moreFour Critical Components to Consider for Your WordPress Website
Virtually anywhere you visit online, chances are you’ll see a WordPress website. By some measures, more than 40 percent of websites built with WordPress, the popular content management software built originally as a blogging platform. At Site Mender, we make liberal use of the platform for many of our customers. As with any content management
Read moreWhy You Need to Stop Using Internet Explorer Right Now
In 2015, Microsoft discontinued updates for its once-popular web browser Internet Explorer. For years, IE was the standard, not necessarily because it was the best (it wasn’t) or because it was the safest (wasn’t that either), but because it came bundled with the most popular operating system on the planet, Windows. Today, fewer than three
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