Your Website Suddenly Goes Viral, Now What?

Nexcess & WPSessions present WordSesh: a virtual conference for WordPress professionals.

In her Growing Traffic, Growing Problem: How to Prepare for a High Traffic Event session at WordSesh 2022, Tiffany Bridge discussed what happened when a rescue dog website went viral.

And drove an immense amount of traffic to the site, causing the site to crash.

On an unlimited hosting plan, the site owner Christine was recommended by her web host to upgrade to a more expensive hosting plan.

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022: Three Ways You Can Participate

Thursday, May 19, 2022 marks the eleventh anniversary of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the annual worldwide event to raise awareness about digital accessibility.

Online and in-person events will be held around the world as people gather to talk, learn, and share how inclusive design and accessibility in digital products can create a more inclusive world for everyone.

Digital accessibility is a part of everyone’s life, whether you use a phone, tablet, laptop, or other digital device to interact with friends, family, customers, and organizations.

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Photo of the Week: White-crowned Sparrow

Gray sparrow with pinkish-orange bill, black and white striped head, and brown wings pauses in the green grass.

While bright colorful warblers catch everyone’s attention in our area during spring migration, one of the birds I’m always looking for in spring is the White-crowned Sparrow.

It’s a beautiful large gray sparrow, with contrasting bold white and black stripes on its head.

Some populations are known to overwinter in our area, but I rarely find one during our winter months in Michigan.

I’ve seen a White-crowned Sparrow in southeast Michigan once in mid-November 2018.

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