Options for Purchasing Photos, Images, and Illustrations for your Website

If you’re building a website you’re most certainly going to need some images. You have a couple options, you can either take the images yourself, hire a photographer, or purchase images online. The images you put on your website may be more important than the text you write because they will immediately trigger an emotional…

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How to Take Photos For Your Website

The photos that you use on your website either build trust or they erode trust. It’s important to use good images on your website because your visitors will know that your business is real and it’s not made-up. Building trust encourages your visitors to engage with you and eventually become a customer. At Techcare we…

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What is WordPress?

    WordPress is the tool that you use to build your website.  It is also called the “platform” your website is built on, but really it should be referred to as the “CMS” or the Content Mangement System you use to build your website. When you are choosing a CMS for your website, there…

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What is a WordPress Plugin?

Plugins can be the fun part of WordPress. WordPress has some functionality out of the box, but not a ton. Do you want a calendar on your website?  A special photo gallery that is easy to manage and display?  Do you want to add an online form for people to fill out? Do you want…

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How to Choose a Host

THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN IN 2011 I always get this question from clients and friends and acquaintances:  who should I use for hosting?  How should I choose a host?  Should I host my website at my company? There are so many choices the answer to this is like saying, “What kind of apple should I…

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