Articles and tutorials on WordPress, Divi 5, web design, and running a small-business website.
After years on Divi, my own site is now plain HTML and CSS: PageSpeed 78 → 98–100, layout shift 0.67 → 0, nothing to update, and faster to add to. Here is why, with the numbers — and who should not do this.
Read the articleA slow Divi site usually comes down to hosting, caching, images or plugins, not Divi itself. How to find the real cause and fix it, step by step.
Read the articleBuild custom CSS Grid layouts in Divi 5 visually with the new Grid Editor: columns, gaps, spans, offset rules and responsive tweaks. No code. Step by step.
Read the articleAdd live search, category filters and sorting to any Divi 5 blog or portfolio loop with the new Post Filter module — no plugin, no code. Step by step.
Read the articleSecond Chance Dance is a Philadelphia dance studio built on one idea: it’s never too late to dance. They came to me with a dated website that didn’t reflect that warmth — and, more importantly, wasn’t built to do its real job: fill classes and get people onto the studio’s booking app. Here’s how I […]
Read the articleLast week, a respected Philadelphia gallery — more than a century old — woke up with no website. Seventy-two hours later it was live again on a brand-new, secure, extensible site, built from the ground up. Here’s how modern, AI-augmented consulting made that possible — and what it means for your business. The situation A […]
Read the articleBuild a fully functional off-canvas slide-in menu in Divi 5 using native Canvases and the Interaction Builder — the exact steps and settings that actually work.
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