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Launched 15 years ago, today Cipher Digital is a full-scale digital marketing agency that offers small businesses online visibility solutions through a client-centric approach. How Cipher Digital Creates Impact for its Clients The Cipher Digital team offers several digital services, such as digital marketing, social media marketing, website design, and web development. However, its core interest is helping businesses rank in the SERPs organically. That makes SEO their primary niche of operations. According to Mike Rux, Cipher Digital is “committed to making a positive impact on our clients and the world around us, and we are always looking for new…
Contra is a London-based digital agency. It started two decades ago when the digital landscape was in its infancy. The industry was called ‘new media’ back then. In the early days, things weren’t as easy as they are today. There weren’t any reliable off-the-shelf CMS, and the challenges were many. Contra paved its way through difficult times and consequentially became a highly technical and self-starter agency. Contra was developing websites even before people knew what they were. The agency had conviction in Google and believed that it’ll change the way business was done. Today, after 22 years of delivering top-notch…
A community-led open source content management system, ClassicPress splits off WordPress 4.9.x to preserve the classic TinyMCE editor as the default alternative. It’ll be promptly recognizable to WordPress 4.9.x users. ClassicPress combines careful, deliberate planning with the insight and collective wisdom of the ClassicPress community. The decision between WordPress and ClassicPress comes down more to what your requirements are, and whether you run a professional, business, or personal website. In this article, we will provide a hands-on comparison between WordPress and its alternative, ClassicPress. What is ClassicPress? ClassicPress uses the familiar WordPress interface longtime WordPress clients know, and releases standard…
Cloudways will be attending Namescon Global, the digital assets conference in Austin, Texas, from August 30th to September 3rd, 2022. Namescon Global is the flagship conference centering digital assets such as domains, NFTs, Blockchain, and more. Founded by Richard Lau and Jothan Frakes in Las Vegas in 2013, Namecon quickly became the most prominent conference focused on domain name investment. In 2016 Namescon became part of the WHD (World Hosting Days / CloudFest) family and moved their show to Texas in 2019. Now after several successful virtual events over the past two years, Namescon returns to Austin bigger and better…
Cloudways is excited to attend the 2022 TES Affiliate Conference in Prague from August 22nd to 25th. Founded in 2009, TES Affiliate Conferences brings worldwide digital professionals together in two global events spanning from Portugal to the Czech Republic. The three-day affiliate event focuses on digital markets from the online entertainment industry, ecommerce, financial services, gaming, and more. Meet Cloudways at the TES Affiliate Conference Meet Cloudways Director of WordPress, Robert Jacobi, during the event, and attend his talk “Scale Infrastructure to Supercharge Revenue” at 2 PM on August 23rd to learn how the proper infrastructure can dramatically improve affiliate…
According to built with, more than 64 million websites are deployed on a CMS platform, which lets users create and manage their site and content without any coding knowledge. But with nearly 2000 content management systems, which one’s right for your site? In this piece, we’ll talk about what content management systems are, and count down the 15 best ones to choose from in 2022. What is a CMS Platform? A content management system (CMS) is software that allows users to create, manage, and modify website content without specialized technical skills. In short, it is a program that allows you…
Application security and performance have always been Cloudways’ top priorities, along with a commitment to give flexibility and value to agencies, developers, and SMBs through an enhanced managed cloud hosting experience. And it works! Web creators love the flexibility of add-ons based on their needs and the control they have over their resources, spending, and […]
The rise of women as influential leaders across industries worldwide is nothing short of inspirational. And though the digital and technological space has long been decried as a boys’ club, women have increasingly taken it upon themselves to shift those dynamics as they prove their mettle. In this piece, I look at 11 women who have overcome challenges in their journey through hard work, dedication, and resilience to run their own successful digital agencies. In doing so, they close the gender gap in tech and make it a more inclusive and diverse space. These strong women are currently helping many…
Hailing from North West England, Lancashire, Alex Garrett-Smith is a full-stack developer and founder of Codecourse. Alex has been working with Laravel and other PHP frameworks for over 7 years now. A big advocate of simplicity, his friendly style of delivery makes his Codecourse the place to be for the Laravel and PHP community. Without further ado, lets dive into conversation with Alex Garrett-Smith himself. Shahzeb: Hi Alex, thank you so much for taking the time for this interview. Could you please tell our readers about yourself and your journey before stepping into Laravel? Alex: Thanks for having me! I’m…
Marco Chiesi’s journey as a developer started in the 80s when he tinkered around with basic programming just for fun. Today, he’s a respected Codeable developer, co-founder of the successful Black Studio agency, and an active organizer of vibrant WordPress events. We’re delighted to have Marco with us as he shares his journey, talks us through his evolving development process, and explains the significance of the WordPress community in his own progress. Danish: Hi Marco, thank you for joining us today. Can you tell us how you started your career with WordPress? Any insights you’d like to share about your…