Maintaining page layouts throughout your site keeps it consistent—a basic principle in good small business website design—and yet WordPress doesn’t come standard with the ability to duplicate pages. However, the good news is that there’s a plugin for that. There are actually a few plugins that give you a free and simple way to copy…

Your website has only about two seconds to load before site visitors lose patience and exit your site. When the average website conversion rate is around just 5%, every visitor lost is a missed opportunity. On top of that, search engines like Google consider how quickly your site loads when determining its rank. Learning how…

WordPress is the world’s largest open-source CMS with over 455 million websites worldwide. While it’s free, that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to build a WordPress site without any costs. You’ll at least need a domain name (~$12/year) and a web hosting plan (~$3 to $20/month), but you may also opt for a premium theme…

Forums are a great way to build an engaged community. Whether you’re looking to make a forum site like Reddit or Tripadvisor, or simply add a forum to an existing website, the good news is that it’s easy to learn how to make a forum website. To start, get web hosting and a domain, then…

Websites have become a vital component to small business success. Nearly half, or 46% to be exact, of all Google searches are local searches (meaning people are looking to find businesses and service providers near them), and nearly one-third of local searches lead to purchases. And yet, 36% of small businesses don’t have a website,…