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    5 tips to create a captivating portfolio on your website

    As a project-based company, it can be challenging to find the right way to feature your work without overcrowding your website or negatively impacting the… Read More

    Mikel Bruce - August 29, 2022
      Do you have a creative ritual yet? Here’s how to find it

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      Do you have a creative ritual yet? Here’s how to find it

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      Design

      12 creative ideas to escape designer’s block

      6 alternatives to lorem ipsum

      Design, Marketing

      6 alternatives to lorem ipsum

      Is the sidebar on its way to extinction?

      Design

      Is the sidebar on its way to extinction?

  • Development
    7 best practices for updating eCommerce sites

    Development

    7 best practices for updating eCommerce sites

    As a freelance or agency designer, updating WordPress sites can be a lot of fun. You might get to do a full brand exploration, modernize… Read More

    Morgan Smith - July 19, 2022
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      Development

      Understanding UX: what we can learn from rage clicks

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      7 tips to make your website load in two seconds or less

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      Development, WordPress

      8 best WordPress themes for your niche: nonprofit organizations

      best advanced shipping plugins for WooCommerce

      Development, WordPress

      8 top-rated advanced shipping plugins for WooCommerce

  • WordPress
    Dedicated IP vs shared IP: The difference & what truly matters

    WordPress

    Dedicated IP vs shared IP: The difference & what truly matters

    When you’re searching for the perfect managed WordPress hosting partner, there’s one piece of their… Read More

    Morgan Smith - July 11, 2022
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      Development, WordPress

      8 best WordPress themes for your niche: nonprofit organizations

      best advanced shipping plugins for WooCommerce

      Development, WordPress

      8 top-rated advanced shipping plugins for WooCommerce

      How to move a brick and mortar shop to WordPress with WooCommerce

      WordPress

      How to move a brick and mortar shop to WordPress with WooCommerce

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      Development, WordPress

      8 best WordPress themes for your niche: Healthcare 

  • Marketing
    Sales funnel fundamentals every web designer should know

    Marketing

    Sales funnel fundamentals every web designer should know

    Ever heard of a sales funnel? Of course you have. But do you know what a funnel is and how to use one? That one’s… Read More

    Ashley Gainer - August 10, 2022
      6 alternatives to lorem ipsum

      Design, Marketing

      6 alternatives to lorem ipsum

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      Marketing

      Using demos to drive conversions

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      Marketing

      Concise is king: writing snappy copy that sells

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      How to create high-quality long-form articles in WordPress

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    7 quick tips to grow your business without spending lots of money

    A lot of us in the creative workforce start our businesses by bootstrapping. Whether you want a side gig that pays for some fun “extras”… Read More

    Ashley Gainer - October 19, 2022
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      How to find new leads with higher budgets

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      Business

      How to package your services to upsell clients

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      Business

      3 subtle but success-stifling mistakes every freelance designer makes (and how to avoid them!)

      When and how to raise prices for your web design business

      Business

      When and how to raise prices for your web design business

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Blueprints

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Blueprints

We’re constantly seeking out unique and creative ways to make life easier for agencies and designers, which is why we’re so excited to announce our… Read More

Morgan Smith - July 7, 2016
Fixes: Fancy new emails, piggy bank animations, and more

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Fixes: Fancy new emails, piggy bank animations, and more

We updated all of our existing informational and transactional emails to a spiffy new template... Read More

Jamie Bell - June 20, 2016
Fixes: Lots of miscellaneousness

Release Notes

Fixes: Lots of miscellaneousness

When uploading a ZIP migration file, there was a bug that would prevent the form from completing when the URL wasn’t valid or was left… Read More

Jamie Bell - June 12, 2016
New Flywheel feature: Globalization

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New Flywheel feature: Globalization

Server location is important. And typically, you want your server to be as close to your users as possible. That’s why Flywheel is launching a… Read More

Morgan Smith - September 30, 2015
Globalization

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Globalization

With data centers around the world, Flywheel is already a global service. But with our new globalization feature, you get to choose where in the… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - September 29, 2015
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New Flywheel feature: Logs

You probably like to know what’s going on behind the scenes with your site, right? Well starting today, you’ll be able to access log… Read More

Morgan Smith - September 17, 2015
Log Files

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Log Files

Starting today, Flywheel will offer access to your site’s log files. You’ll be able to access error logs, access logs, and slow error logs with… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - September 17, 2015
Stats

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Stats

This week we’re launching stats on Flywheel! Stats allows you to take a quick, simplified look at the number of visits your site is getting. Read More

Bridget McQuillan - September 10, 2015
Expedited Migrations

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Expedited Migrations

We’ve been migrating sites to Flywheel for free since the beginning, and over the past few years, we’ve migrated thousands of sites. Migrating all those… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - September 3, 2015
Site Cloning

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Site Cloning

Today we’re introducing a brand new feature on Flywheel called Site Cloning. Site Cloning allows you to take a copy of a production site and… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - May 5, 2015
An easier way to migrate your site to Flywheel

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An easier way to migrate your site to Flywheel

We’ve made it pretty well known that when you’re ready to migrate a site to Flywheel, we’ll take care of everything for you — and… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
Flywheel + PayPal integration

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Flywheel + PayPal integration

This week, we’re unrolling a brand new feature that will make paying your bill on Flywheel even easier than it already was. Starting today, you’ll… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
Flywheel Bulk Plans!

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Flywheel Bulk Plans!

The day is finally here: We’re thrilled to be able to offer bulk pricing, an option that will really enhance the Flywheel experience for a… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
Introducing Flywheel Chat Support

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Introducing Flywheel Chat Support

At Flywheel, support is our number one priority, and we work hard to make sure we’re always there for our customers when they need help. Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
Flywheel Add-Ons

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Flywheel Add-Ons

Today, we’re excited to announce a brand new feature that you’ll find on your Flywheel dashboard — introducing Flywheel Add-Ons! In a Nutshell Add-Ons make… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
Publish to Flywheel with Git

Product Tips

Publish to Flywheel with Git

One of the questions we’re most often asked is “Does Flywheel support deploying via Git?” We’re happy to say that with a little configuration,… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
Introducing Database Management!

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Introducing Database Management!

Today, we’re thrilled to announce the release of the Flywheel Database Management feature! This feature has been in the works for a while, and we’re… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
Billing Made Simple

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Billing Made Simple

Traditional hosting companies haven’t made the billing process easy. For designers, it’s a pain, and for clients, it can be downright frustrating to navigate… Read More

Bridget McQuillan - November 24, 2014
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