
Nexcess Blog

Curtis is a husband, father, developer and business coach. He specializes in helping people build a business that lets them spend time with their family instead of working all the time.
An Introduction to Analytics on Your WooCommerce Store

Guide to WooCommerce Shipping Classes, Zones, and Methods

Incorporating the Retail Experience into Online Purchases

Online shopping has increased quite a bit over the last decade, and it grew more exponentially through the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 25% of Americans shop online at least once a month. While online shopping is becoming more popular that doesn’t mean that physical retail is dying – or that there aren’t lessons to be learned […]
Running WordPress Locally with Vagrant and VVV

Today we’re going to look at one of the first tools that I dug into as I learned more about server configuration and working with WordPress Core code, Varying Vagrant Vagrants. That’s a bit of a mouthful, so it’s most often abbreviated to VVV, which is what I’ll use.
WordPress Local Development with XAMPP

Let’s walk through how to set up WordPress with XAMPP.
Local WordPress Development with Valet

Valet is designed to support WordPress out of the box, along with other CMS’s like Craft and Statamic. Let’s dig into how to get a WordPress site running on Valet.
Using Composer with WordPress

Let’s take a look at one of the newer tools for WordPress development – Composer, a dependency manager for PHP.
Adding Unit Tests to an Existing WordPress Plugin

So far we’ve done little more than introduce you to the idea of building tests for your WordPress plugins and talk about a bunch of the extra terms you need to understand to dive deeper into testing your code. Today we’re going to make it practical by grabbing one of my free plugins and adding a few unit tests to show you how to put it together.
What the Best Product Pages Do Right

If you don’t put any effort into your product pages, the natural outcome is little traction with your site.
How to Take Your WooCommerce Site Mobile

Mobile ecommerce ranges from excellent to so frustrating that throwing your device away seems like the best option to end your shopping experience. Today we’re going to look at why you need to take your ecommerce mobile process seriously. Then we’ll take a look at best practices for building a good mobile experience.