Running an online learning platform has been a wild ride. When I started a few years ago on WordPress, I was overwhelmed but excited to share my courses and knowledge with students. Fast forward to today, and my site has grown from a passion project into a thriving eLearning community. Of course, that didn’t happen…
Taking an online community or e-learning platform to the next level is no small feat. It requires thinking holistically about the user experience and engagement. That’s where a strategic combination of plugins can make all the difference. As the founder of a small but growing WordPress site, I’ve learned this firsthand. When I started my…
Raise your hand if you’ve ever spent hours building the perfect registration form or survey for your WordPress site, only to realize it was totally confusing for users once it went live. I’ve been there too! In our attempt to be flexible and offer lots of options, it’s easy to overwhelm people with decisions. This…
As someone who’s run an online store for years, I know first-hand what a massive pain efficient inventory management can be. Keeping track of fluctuating stock levels, sales, returns, and product availability across an entire catalog is a full-time job in itself! And if you drop the ball or let things slip through the cracks,…
Trying to get users to upload files on your WordPress site can sometimes feel like the most frustrating game of charades. At least in my experience! You’re making hand gestures, explaining slowly, practically miming out each step – and still – crickets. Just blank stares. Asking people to simply drag and drop a few files…
Raise your hand if you’ve ever found yourself crammed into one of those tiny text boxes while editing or writing content in WordPress. I can’t see you, but I’m raising my hand high right now! I’ve spent way too many late nights hunched over my laptop, squinting at a teensy text area and trying not…
As a yoga studio owner, I wanted to create a website that reflected my brand’s values – warm, welcoming, with a hint of quirky spirituality. Too bad the default WordPress templates I started with felt so generic and impersonal! Over time, I realized I needed to customize my site to truly express my yoga studio’s…
As a longtime Gravity Forms user, I’ve built my fair share of order forms, multi-page contact forms, questionnaires – you name it. The builder makes it easy to create complex forms fast. But I kept hitting a roadblock when I needed to pass data between those forms. Transferring information between forms and pages can get…
As a long-time WordPress user, I’ve tested my fair share of plugins over the years. Some end up being duds while others become trusted tools I install on every site I build. When it comes to plugins, quality over quantity is key. You want ones that solve specific problems rather than just adding random bells…
As a fellow WordPress user, believe me – I totally get the frustration of building out complex Gravity Forms over and over. Whenever I need a duplicate form, rebuilding all those intricate settings and conditional logic from scratch used to drain my motivation fast! But that was before I discovered the magical Gravity Perks Copy…