Quick Tip: Reset Time to Live (TTL) After Changing Domain Records

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Last night at our West Metro Detroit WordPress meetup, we spoke about web hosting and changing hosts.

One of the side conversations was about updating domain records when you change your host.

And what you can do to make the process run quickly and smoothly. Continue reading Quick Tip: Reset Time to Live (TTL) After Changing Domain Records

Share Your Favorite Plugin: File Manager

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Recently I took on a new client with an existing website, whose site was hosted on Amazon Web Services.

Something I’ve never worked with before.

When I asked for the credentials to access the website files, I wasn’t able to get all the correct login information.

Typically, when you work with a new client who already has a website, they provide their hosting account credentials so you can log in to their host and access site files. Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: File Manager

Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline

small olive-colored bird with yellow face and black v-shaped mask pauses on leaf-strewn ground.

Whether I’m out in nearby woods and marshes, the southern shore of Lake Erie or the shore of another Great Lake, my weekends are spent birding.

Peering through leaf-strewn marshland, harvested cornfields, bare shrub branches and leafed out tree canopies in cold, rainy, snowy, and sometimes sunny weather, I search for birds.

This weekend was no different from any previous weekend in 2019, but it was special because it was during the annual spring warbler migration in Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline