M.A. Bell | Digital Insite | web design and development in Vaudreuil

Domain scam – watch your wallet!

I have been registering domain names, for myself and for my clients, for over 20 years now.I have a pretty good idea which TLD’s (Top Level Domains) are best for the various sites. Usually I recommend that there should be at least 2 – the dot-com and one...

Gutenberg is here, and not everyone is enthusiastic.

by M.A. Bell | Blogging, Technologies, Web Design, Web Development

WordPress released 5.0 with the new Gutenberg editor on December 6th, 2018 and I think this is the biggest change I’ve seen in my 9+ years of working with WordPress. And it`s an interesting and fundamental change – completely revamping the editor!Now, even...

Warning! Is your image LEGAL?

by M.A. Bell | Blogging, Freelancing, General, Web Design

Have you ever used Google Images to find a photo or illustration for your blog or website? Did you assume those images were free to use? If so, read this before that picture ends up costing you more than you imagined!!The Internet is full of stories (like this one) of...

WordPress.com vs WordPress.org – Which one is for you?

by M.A. Bell | Blogging, E-commerce, Technologies, Web Design, Web Development

A couple of weeks ago I got a call from a man who wanted me to build him a website. He had already signed up with wordpress.com and wanted me to build the site there.

I tried. I really did. But after two days of struggling, I had to phone him and tell him I would have to give him his deposit back.