WordPress

Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
July 16, 2020

Gutenberg: Getting a little higher on the bandwagon?

I recently published an article on our dev process, which relies heavily on standard WordPress templates, a bit on Beaver Builder, and a smattering…
July 10, 2020

Our Current WordPress Development Process: Mixing Gutenberg and Beaver Builder

Having built WordPress powered websites for as long as I have, there's one thing that I can bet on: WordPress will change. Most of…
April 27, 2020

Website Design and Digital Marketing for Nonprofits: A Case Study (Part I)

At Spigot Design, we take pride in our work with local nonprofits. From website design and development to ongoing content management services and digital…
April 24, 2020

Embracing WordPress Page Builders

I've been building websites for quite a long time now. I wasn't there at the very beginning, but I've witnessed many changes to the…
April 10, 2020

When to Choose Squarespace Over WordPress

If our recent post detailing the reasons businesses should choose WordPress over Squarespace is any indication, we're pretty biased towards the former. For most…
April 7, 2020

10 Reasons Businesses Should Choose WordPress Over Squarespace

This post is to help persuade you to choose WordPress as the web platform to build your business on, but know that we're very…
November 30, 2018

How to Design, Build & Maintain a Successful Ecommerce Business

Between Spigot and Cinch (our WordPress Support company), we've built and support quite a few e-commerce websites. Some are more successful than others - and…
June 7, 2018

Solved: Local by Flywheel Stuck on Provisioning (Installing WordPress)

I've had a long history of wrestling with local development environments. While I haven't written much (none) about it, for the last year plus…
April 7, 2018

All My Instagrams Are MINE

There was a time in the early days of social media that I signed up for every service that came out. The username @spigot…
February 28, 2018

For the Open Web and Independent Publishing: A Month of Blogging

A post from John Gruber came across my RSS feed today about an online publisher shutting down because of Facebook's new algorithm. Gruber links…