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    Landing pages

    Landing pages for static websites that only include downloads and so forth is something that isn't too bad but if your the owner of a site that has members on it that your trying to get to sign up it can be much of a deterrent to get the user to click out before they join. I do not recommend it...
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    What's the Best CMS for Beginners?

    For Forums probably vBulletin or IPB just because it comes built in with a site builder. While for paid options I'd rather recommend Xenforo 2 for all the features that come from such a big add-on community however some css knowledge is sometimes required. vBulletin 6 would probably be a...
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    What's the Best E-commerce Platform for Small Businesses?

    I've heard good things about Shopify. The fact that I never have tried it but it's not too bad from hearing things on the grape vine. The fact that you can auto install it if you have softaculous might be an option for certain people. Another option for digital goods is the xenforo 2 resource...
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    How to Optimize Your Website for Speed and Performance

    Free options like Cloudflare is what we use and is highly recommended to anyone wanting to improve load times. Cloudflare is a free CDN (content delivery network) that blocks DDoS attacks for free and also increases page loads. Paid options including cloudflares Pro plan if you want that...
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    What’s The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Web Development?

    AI is going to put web developers out of their jobs just because of sites like wix.com who use website creators with AI. Description to result which my IDE Phpstorm uses the same thing where the AI called Junie does it for you. But times are changing. Programmers that don't mainly do web...
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    How Can I Improve My Website's Search Engine Ranking?

    I don't recommend using backlink generators but there are people on fiverr and seo clerks you can pay small amounts to do blog guest posting and different things like that. Some even own the domain and keep your link up for long periods of time. Also, even though Google stopped using meta...
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    What's The Importance of Regular Website Backups?

    I take backups all the time and use Direct Admin which isn't terrible. It's unfortunate companies like cPanel have increased their prices so much. But Direct Admin ain't no joke. It is the next best thing and is only around $60 per year. We use that and it's fantastic. So much better then...
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    What's the Best Way to Monetize Your Website or Forum?

    I prefer google adsense and don't use it for MyCafeTalk currently because I want to grow it but plan to put ads up for guest traffic soon. The fact that I don't feel my users should have ads when their logged in though.
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    The Benefits and Drawbacks of Using a Free CMS

    Wordpress isn't too bad but free forum software will never be as good as paid opitions. That fact that if your low on many I recommend a cheap VPS host with Direct Admin which is only $5/mo now and then switch to paid software after you get the site going. Vendors like Xenforo Ltd. have transfer...
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    XF saturation

    Well what can I say. They released vBulletin 6 so my question is to anyone who has either joined a site with the new software or owns their own license, have they made a comeback with version 6 in your eyes? It mostly looks the same but I never used a demo and don't know how the admin panel...
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    How Can You Optimize Your Website for Mobile Devices?

    The best way really is to buy a theme. This websites theme was made by pixel exit and uses the theme bolt with custom edits like the cafe style brown color and so forth. Also the CSS tag @media is something I recommend learning and searching in google as quick edits in your additional css file...
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    What's The Pros and Cons of Using a Custom CMS?

    I personally prefer to buy software which what we use is xenforo 2. The fact that I prefer as well to make add-ons myself is less of an issue for most people. You will never believe how far the IDE PHPStorm by jet brains has become. The fact that it comes packaged with an AI called Junie that...
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    MyBB - Free Forum Software

    I prefer paid software like Xenforo 2 which is what we use on MyCafeTalk however myBB isn't terrible. Though I have heard it doesn't have a responsive default theme right off the bat and there's no mobile version unless you buy a theme or make one yourself. That's quite odd but definitely true...
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    Difference between cartoon and animes

    Ever watch an anime that seems more like a cartoon but they call it anime? Super interesting to me is animes like Naruto which is mainly anime but looks more like a cartoon. One peice is another example. Personally with that said in my opinion it's less the art style but more the style overall...
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    What’s your favorite game that challenges the concept of “good” versus “evil”?

    This would have to be a tie between gears of war and the halo series. Both have enemies that are aliens and both are extremely fun to play. The fact that I don't play tons of campaigns recently (event though I plan to soon) but I always make time for Gears of War campaigns.
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