Google appears to have quietly added a new feature to Chromecast ambient mode that allows you some mechanism to manually chose custom photos that show up there. And it’s super easy to do! Recently I’ve seen tons of articles showing how you can use “Recent Highlights” from your Google photos to let Google automatically choose from your most recently uploaded … Read More
HostingAdvice.com Feature
We are excited to announce that we were featured on the popular hosting information website, HostingAdvice.com. We got to do an interview and they wrote up a whole piece about our history and business. If you haven’t heard of them before, HostingAdvice.com is a highly-trafficked website that does reviews of website hosts, provides tutorials and guides on various aspects of … Read More
Get the Google Analytics 4 Tracking Code – 15-Second Tutorial
If you’ve been pulling your hair out trying to find the tracking code in Google Analytics 4, I’m going to be your hero. Steps to generate the tracking code for Google Analytics 4 Log in to your Google Analytics and navigate to relevant account Click “Admin” in the bottom-left corner Select “Data Streams” from the second column Click on the … Read More
Where did Facebook Ambient Mode for Chromecast Go?
If you’re like me, you loved using Facebook Ambient mode for your Chromecast backgrounds. But you probably noticed that it stopped working and, upon further inspection, found that the option is no longer available. I’m a bit of a photographer, and over the years I’ve amassed lots of photos of my various trips, which I share almost exclusively to Facebook. … Read More
Can’t Connect to Facebook for Chromecast Ambient Mode – Solution
I’ve got a super simple post here for you today that has nothing to do with websites, really! But it’s useful, nonetheless. Update 05/12/2021: Google has removed the experimental Facebook for Chromecast ambient mode feature. Full details over at our other blog post. I recently had a problem for months where I couldn’t get Facebook albums to display in my … Read More
How Website Speed Can Impact Your Business
Did you know that 47% of website users expect web pages to load in less than 2 seconds? Generally speaking, anywhere from two to four seconds is considered an ideal page load time for a business website—any slower than that, and you start losing traffic (and therefore customers). For this and many other reasons, website speed can have a big … Read More
What’s the Difference Between Managed and Unmanaged Hosting?
If you run a business, finding solid hosting for your website is crucial. Your site isn’t just an online brochure for your company—it’s one of the main ways potential clients are able to find and engage with you. That means it’s vital to ensure your website runs optimally with little to no downtime. Good hosting supports your website in the … Read More
Thelen Cabinet Co. – New Website Design
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new website design we developed for our client, Thelen Cabinet Co. This was a website I was particularly excited about working on because the nature of the work they do is so visual. We knew right away that we wanted wanted to display great big photos of the beautiful cabinetry they build and … Read More
New Website Design for Appro Development in Lakeville, Minnesota
We are thrilled to announce that we have just launched the new website for Appro Development and Cerron Properties in Lakeville, Minnesota. This is a project we’ve been talking about doing with these clients for some time and finally got to start working on earlier this year. This website features a responsive design that works great in any browser. Almost … Read More
How to Restore a Website from the Wayback Machine – Step-by-Step Guide
Sometimes life happens. Where once there was a website, all you have now is an error page. Your hosting has expired, there are no backups, and you are panicking. So how can you recover your old website? The Wayback Machine! For those of you who don’t know: the Wayback Machine (also know as the Internet Archive) is a digital archive … Read More