The IT Arsenal blog highlights valuable tools, useful practices, and effective methods for business websites with spotlights from customer experiences. Enjoy!
Q&A: How does setting up a Paywall work, for a year of access to my site for example?
Question: Hi Rob, Do you know anything about setting up a pay wall on WordPress sites? I am considering if I might want to set up a pay wall and am interested in hearing more about how it would work. Is it possible to have a general pay wall where people gain general...
Do WordPress Updates, Hostgator, and PHP have you confused?
Did you recently receive an e-mail that looks like the image below? It's thrown a lot of people who use Hostgator [and similar hosts] for a loop, and as a public service announcement, here's what you need to know... if you are running Hostgator as your webhost, and...
Here’s How to Get Testimonials Easily & Boost Business
==== Originally published on the IT Arsenal Newsletter ==== It's called many things... Testimonials, Feedback, Social Proof, Referrals, Word of Mouth....but really all these things represent is trust, and if you have trust, people feel comfortable buying from you....
Announcement: Website Updates, New Plugins & SSL
Quick house keeping update. IT Arsenal is now running on the latest iteration of the theme "DMS" from Pagelines. It's not without it's faults, but the clean look, easy customization, and fancy drag and drop sections are appreciated. You'll notice the new floating...
Save Time + Scale by Learning How to Make Forms
==== Originally published on the IT Arsenal Newsletter ==== Hey! This month, we're going to cover creating unique forms for your website to cut down on your e-mail, save you time, and streamline your business...in other words, eliminate a bunch of unnecessary manual...
Q&A: How to Setup a Facebook Plugin to connect a website’s blog posts to Facebook
Question: I was wondering if you could help me get a Facebook Plugin set up to connect our website's blog posts to our FB. I think we're just looking for auto-posting so all of our blog posts automatically end up on Facebook. Answer: Sure! There are many different...
How to Move Your Website from one Host Company to Another
==== Newsletter Archive ==== "Hi Rob, I have a website at BringYourBabyHome.com that I'm wanting to move over to a domain I've registered elsewhere. Are you able to do this, and what do you charge for this? Thanks, Cath" IT Arsenal received requests like this one over...
How to Choose a Good Site Font & Color Scheme
I’m horrible at design. I have the artistic skills of a toddler, despite being able to use most of the tools that professionals use for creating images! One day I received feedback from someone in the form of criticism on how my fonts didn’t go together, and my colors...