Every website should be collecting some sort of data about the number and types of visitors viewing the website. How is it possible to know if a website is meeting its objectives if measurement against objectives isn’t being performed? Fortunately there are two very good website stats services available that are free to use and, best […]
Archives for June 2015
What is a catch-all email address?
When analyzing customer email subscriber lists for import into Mailchimp I always look if email addresses are catch-all (also called accept-all). Mailchimp treats these email addresses the same way that role-based email addresses are considered; low deliverability. Getting omnivore warnings and need help? Get help! Catch-all email addresses are those setup to accept messages sent […]
How to get 3 months free Mailchimp
The Mailchimp Expert Discount Program (formerly Experts Exchange Program) has changed recently. Whereas Mailchimp customers employing a Mailchimp Expert could get a 50% discount applied to their Mailchimp subscription for six months, now Mailchimp provides three months credit (i.e. three months free subscription). As a Mailchimp Expert, I’ve found the program to be very beneficial […]
Unbiased review of the best WordPress hosts
Here is a novel concept if you’re seeking a low-cost host for your WordPress website; an unbiased recommendation. Unfortunately almost every Webhost recommendation is based, not on the quality of hosting, but on financial remuneration for the reviewer or commenter. Most hosts offer affiliate payments or referral fees so the reviews you commonly read are […]
What happens if I exceed my Mailchimp subscriber limit?
Mailchimp provides three different account types; forever free, monthly subscription and pay as you go. These are all self-explanatory and the best plan to use is determined by the functionality you require as well as the number of subscribers you have and the volume of emails (campaigns) you’ll be sending. For example, the Forever Free […]
HTML numbers in Circles (the quick way)
Often, we may require to add a number with a circle around that number. For example, let’s say that we have three steps and we want the numbers to display thus; ① ② ③ Most of us immediately think that the simplest solution is to use CSS to style a number with the number centred […]
Solve ‘Fatal Error’ WordPress message
A client using Uber Global hosting here in Australia needed some help. Upon copying a website to Uber hosting using BackupBuddy they got a white screen. After renaming the plugins (to deactivate the plugins as the WordPress dashboard was inaccessible) and then trying to activate the plugins again, the ‘Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes […]
