How to manually process payments in Stripe

Ever wanted to manually process credit or debit cards through Stripe, without putting them through your web store or invoicing software – for example to collect a payment over the phone? Is this even possible? The answer is, yes, this is possible, via Stripe’s online dashboard – the precise description for how to do this …

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How to Setup FTP (FTPS (not SFTP)) on an AWS EC2 Instance

Below are the commands required to setup FTP (well, FTPS in fact, and specifically not SFTP, which you can most easily use by adding your security certificate to your FTP program and accessing over SSH) on your AWS EC2 cloud instance. I’m assuming you use the AWS flavour of Linux. If you do not use …

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Cyber Monday Deal – Free WordPress Security Consultation @ Codeable

There’s a great Cyber Monday deal for all you WordPress webmasters out there! Our friends at Codeable are offering a Free WordPress Security Consultation to any WordPress webmaster on Cyber Monday, whether you have a Codeable account already or not! This is a huge offer, as Codeable devs (which we are proud to say we …

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Getting Started with the Enfold Advanced Layout Editor – Video Tutorial

Enfold is a popular theme option for our smaller “DIY” clients. The results are immensely professional and there are some really exciting features such as the masonry gallery. For those looking to get started with Enfold, the developers behind this theme, Kriesi, provide really top class support and heaps of information in the forms of walk-throughs and demonstrations.

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WP Engine Coupon Code Discount: Get 10% off

We’ve spent a lot of time over the years evaluating hosting for WordPress. We’ve seen the good, the bad and the downright ugly (GoDaddy, I’m looking a little bit at you, okay!?) and, as we’re honing our WordPress offering to offer maintenance and support for the very best WordPress installs out there, we’re always looking …

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How to Fix WordPress White Screen of Death (WSOD)

Okay, so you got a problem? Your WordPress website just. Went. White!! In this WordPress tutorial, I will describe some of the processes you can go through to resolve your WordPress White Screen of Death (WSOD) quickly and efficiently, so that you can get your website back up and running; you can worry about the …

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Getting Started with Cloudways Guide

As we often recommend Cloudways as an excellent mechanism through which to access cloud instances from providers like AWS, Vultr, Digital Ocean, Linode and Google Cloud Platform, without taking on the technical debt of managing your own stack, particularly for WordPress and WooCommerce clients, we often find we are repeating some instructions. As a result, …

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