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Another Lying Spammer’s BS
Forgive me if I appear annoyed. Unfortunately, messages like these are quite common. As website developers, we see them far too often. They waste our time. They are based on outright lies. What bothers me the most is that these messages frighten our web clients into...
My thoughts on Elegant Theme’s Divi Theme and the Elementor Plugin
When it comes to managing website content on WordPress, there are many tools available to help make the process easier and more efficient. Two of the most popular and powerful tools are Elegant Theme's Divi theme and the Elementor plugin. In this article, we'll take a...
Centering Divi Gallery on Mobile Devices
Add to CSS /* divi gallery center on mobile */ .et_pb_gallery_items { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -moz-box; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; -webkit-justify-content: center; justify-content: center; -webkit-flex-wrap: wrap; flex-wrap:...
Speed Up Your Website’s Page Loading using Redis
I intend to focus this article on yet another way of speeding up your website's page loading time. My focus here will be hooking up Redis to speed page loading in complex websites. Over the years I've noticed that website pages have become more complex to meet the...
Ann Henderson Interiors Testimonial
Hi there Robin- It looks great! Thank You so much. You really nailed it!!! Let me know how I can recommend you as well. You were so great to work with and really designed a site that I can excited about and proud of. With thanks- Ann Ann Henderson Interiors...
DirectAdmin Server Let’s Encrypt Auto Setup
We have been using DirectAdmin a CharlesWorks since July of 2013. It has been extremely dependable. Support for it is great as well. This short article applies to web hosting servers using DirectAdmin's control panel. This function is especially helpful when restoring...
How to Reset or Recover the Joomla Super Administrator Password
It can be very frustrating to have gotten locked out of administrative control of your Joomla! website. The information here requires that you have access to your Joomla! website's database. That information can be gained via FTP if you have FTP access, or via your...
Remove Long Description Text Field in WooCommerce
When editing or adding text to a product in WooCommerce, the text at the top of the page appears in the product tabs, below the product image and price. The short description appears right under the title, next to the product image. This is where most people add product details. However, the longer description is what’s most obvious when editing. To simplify this, adding a specific code snippet to the functions.php file will remove the long description field, making it clearer where to add content. This is particularly helpful for clients managing their own stores.
DirectAdmin Upgrade from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 breaks Installatron
Installatron is a great server product. We have been using it since May of 2016 on a number of our website servers. Installatron is very cost effective and interfaces directly with DirectAdmin. It allows CharlesWorks staff to quickly set up websites on our servers for...
CharlesWorks Celebrates Five Years of Providing Top-Notch Service to Web Clients as BBB Accredited Business
CharlesWorks celebrates five years of BBB accreditation and reflects on their commitment to exceptional service and ethical business practices for web clients.