One of the Apple™ iWatch’s new features is the shortcut screen which allows you to have your favorite friends to be one button push away. However, I recently came across an issue where I updated my contacts’ photos (from Facebook) and the iWatch did not properly update the photos. They end up just showing you that person’s [...]
Spammy link building is dead, but link building in the sense of content marketing is still very much alive. With all of the Google updates, website owners are starting to get that link building through content marketing is still very important, but a much harder tasks. This article provides some insightful opinions on the state [...]
It would seem that the mobile update had only a slight effect out of the gate, but all indicators point toward Google giving an edge to websites that are mobile friendly. After the dreaded Mobilegeddon update from Google, what terrors have befallen the SERPs? Dr. Pete will regularly update this post with the latest from [...]
To non-millennials, including myself, Instagram may be intimidating, but it can be a very valuable tool for marketing your products or services. This is a good article describing some basics of marketing to Millennials. Essentially it boils down to posting consistently, post Instagram-only deals, be real, use hashtags, and make posts fun and informational. In [...]
One day I discovered in one of my blogger’s iThemes security logs that there were a number of daily requests for variously sized “apple-icons” returning a 404 error. After some research, I decided to customize the site’s favicon code. Thus, you may come across a situation, like I did, where you need to remove the Thesis [...]
Every time someone makes a purchase from your store, they get an email receipt.It’s an amazing opportunity to connect with your customers—but it’s often overlooked as a marketing channel. And chances are, you’re missing out on sales because of that.In this post, we’ll take a look at how you can use email receipt templates as a [...]
Seasons Greetings! As we ring in the new year, 2015 is already shaping up to be an extra special one as Web Symphonies marks its 10 year anniversary. In January of 2005 I started the company inspired by my passion of all things web related, and ten years later I am completely grateful, blessed, and proud to announce my 10 year [...]
After recently upgrading to Wordpress 4.0, one of my client’s blogs who was using Thesis 1.8.4 stopped seeing the actual comments. She saw the comment count, but was unable to see the actual comments themselves. She was able to see them in the backend, but was unable to see them in the front-end. After doing [...]
On behalf of the US Trade & Commerce Research Institute, Web Symphonies has been recognized as a 2014 North Carolina Excellence Award recipient. The USTCRI panel of industry executives and consultants oversees an annual survey commissioned by the USTCRI on various industries and determines which companies meet and exceed the industry benchmarks that have been [...]
What can small businesses learn from the development fiasco of Healthcare.gov? As a web developer of over 15 years, every time I hear news updates about the mishandled government healthcare website, I chuckle a bit to myself–and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Every web developer has had a moment or two where things [...]
