Posts by Dave Spicer
4 Design Principles That Make A Smart Website
Nowadays, a smart website design is almost a prerequisite if you want to build a lasting brand. It’s where your audience learns about your story and your offerings, and the goal is to keep them engaged for as long as possible. That being said, the home to your brand should be more than an eye-candy.…
Read MoreHere's a list of tools I use.
I promised I’d tell you the tools I use, well – here they are. First, I need to preface this email by saying 2 things. We’re going to get geeky. There will probably be terminology and ideas that make little sense. If digital automation interests you, then lets chat about it. I do not charge…
Read MoreHow I Got Hacked
Did you know I play music? Jazz Piano and Singing specifically and I’m actually pretty good at it (if I do say so). It’s not just me saying that, I’ve won awards and everything. This is actually how I became a Website and Digital Automation guy. I’ve had a thousand gigs and travelled the world…
Read MoreWho is behind Stackd Design?
Thank you for taking the time to read this blog post! I’d really like us both to get to know each other better. I’m Dave Spicer, founder of Stackd Design. Considering I’m an expert at Digital Automation, – I’d like to share with you exactly what I do using an automated email workflow I built…
Read MoreHow to triple your business in 2017
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If you sense that your website or a client website under your control has been hacked, first and foremost, you shouldn’t panic. It is true that a hacked site has the potential to hurt you badly. It can hurt your business, damage your reputation, immobilize your life for a while and even cost you your…
Read MoreHow to Remove malware from your Website?
If you suddenly realize that your website is infected with malware, what would you do? The mere thought of a malware attack is scary, isn’t it? malware can affect your computer system in more ways than one. Sometimes, hackers use them to collect sensitive information, sometimes they are used to disrupt your operations and hold…
Read MoreWhy should you be Using Child Theme for your WordPress Site?
Child themes are themes which inherit properties, functionalities, and styling of another theme called the parent theme. Child themes allow you to modify only a part of the total theme that you are using without modifying the complete theme. Modifying a whole theme often creates problems when you upgrade to a higher version, on WordPress.…
Read MoreImportance of Sitemaps for your Websites
XML sitemaps are very important from the SEO point of view. These sitemaps help search engines to understand just how much of the content needs to be crawled. However, their importance is often underestimated. Sitemaps, also help in improving the navigability of the site and making it more user-friendly. Sitemaps help you to structure your…
Read MoreGet Rid of the White Screen of Death – Permanently!
You may have encountered the ‘White Screen of Death’ when visiting your website. This is a documented WordPress error, and can arise from a number of issues. Low PHP memory limit set by website host Shared hosting providers often do this. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough memory for your plug-ins to run, or scripts to be…
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