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Links to website building zen

These are some of the tools I leverage to making better wesites, more efficiently:

Code Editors

• https://code.visualstudio.com/
• https://atom.io/
• https://www.sublimetext.com/

git + GitHub

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$ cd {{project-directory}}
$ rm -rf .git
$ git init
$ git add .
$ git commit -m 'Initial commit'
$ git remote add origin {{url}}
$ git push --force

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RewriteEngine on #redirect http non-www to https://www RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?example.com$ RewriteRule (.) https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L] #redirect https non-www to www RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ RewriteRule (.) https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

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Description

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Error: ssh-cleanup

(Usually occurs when running Vagrant Up (Evolution ​v1.3.16​) = Vagrant 1.6.5 Virtual Box 4.3)

There are errors in the configuration of this machine. Please fix
the following errors and try again:

vm:
* The 'ssh-cleanup' provisioner could not be found.

• Upgrade to Vagrant 1.8.5+ & Virtual Box 5.1.2+

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SEO Checklist

Source: (Case Study) This SEO Checklist = 48.7% More Organic Traffic

1. Step #1: Delete “Dead Weight” Pages

• WordPress category and tag pages
• Outdated blog posts
• Low-quality blog posts
• Ecommerce product pages with zero sales

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Steps to winning Featured Snippets

source: How to Optimize Your Content for Google's Featured Snippet Box

Uncover what a Featured Snippet is and what steps you can take to help your business earn more visibility on a search engine results page.

Here are the takeaways…

1. Backlinks matter much less for ranking in the Featured Snippet when you already rank on page one.
2. There should be an area on the page where the search query appears in a header (h2, h3, h4, etc.).

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Increasing Website Traffic

https://ahrefs.com/blog/increase-website-traffic/ (h/t via Stephanie S: https://higheredu.slack.com/archives/marketing/p1463773458000002)

Case Study 1

Improve content and keywords to gain traffic

1. Dig up Organic Keywords from Ahrefs Site Explorer
2. Evaluate the competition using Google SERPs

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module.exports = {
  config: {
    // default font size in pixels for all tabs
    fontSize: 14,

    // font family with optional fallbacks
    fontFamily: '"Operator Mono", Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Lucida Console", monospace',

    // terminal cursor background color and opacity (hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, hwb or cmyk)
    cursorColor: 'rgba(211,0,123,0.75)',

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Manually Upgrading WordPress

For sites that aren’t running on Genesis/Evolution

Backup Your Database & Files

Always backup content before beginning the manual update in case a revert is needed.

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