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Add Custom Code to Wix: What Snippets Can and Can’t Do

How to add custom code to Wix: where snippets, embeds, CSS and tracking go in each editor, why snippets break, and what to use when they aren’t enough.

Tech Oct 9, 2026 23 min read

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Wix to WordPress Migration: Content, Products and Redirects

How to move a Wix site to WordPress: what exports, where blog posts, products and members go, what you rebuild, and how to keep URLs and email working.

Tech Oct 9, 2026 23 min read

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Do You Own Your Wix Website? Wix vs. WordPress Ownership

You own your Wix content but not its template, and the site can’t move. What Wix’s terms say, what happens if you cancel, and how WordPress compares.

Tech Oct 8, 2026 18 min read

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Wix Harmony and Custom Code: What a Developer Can Add Later

Wix Harmony doesn’t support site code. How to tell which Wix editor you’re in, what snippets and apps can add, and your options when the site needs more.

Tech Oct 8, 2026 16 min read

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MediaWiki as a Company Knowledge Base: Strengths and Limits

Is MediaWiki a good company knowledge base? What it does well, how staff edit it, its per-page permission limits, hosting and LTS upkeep, and a fit table.

Tech Oct 7, 2026 16 min read

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Headless WordPress: When It’s Worth It and When It Isn’t

When headless WordPress is worth it: what a separate front end gains, what you rebuild (forms, SEO, previews, block styles), and a decision table.

Tech Oct 7, 2026 16 min read

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Outgrown Squarespace or Wix? Signs and What Moving Involves

The signs a Squarespace or Wix site has outgrown its platform, when to stay, what each exports, and how to move to WordPress, Shopify or a custom build.

Tech Oct 6, 2026 18 min read

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How to Prepare a Vibe-Coded App for a Developer Handoff

A handoff checklist for AI-built apps: move the code to a repo you own, write a README, list env vars and accounts, rotate keys and set the right access.

Javascript Oct 5, 2026 19 min read

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Shopify Custom App, Public App or Theme Edits? Which to Use

Theme code, an app block, a custom app or a public app? Where Shopify custom work belongs, what needs Plus, and what checkout.liquid’s retirement shows.

Javascript Oct 5, 2026 20 min read

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Fix or Rebuild an AI-Built App? How to Tell Which You Need

Should you fix your AI-built app or start over? The signals that decide it, a decision table, replacing one part at a time, and what a review covers.

Javascript Oct 4, 2026 16 min read

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Drupal 7 End of Life: Migrating to Current Drupal or WordPress

Drupal 7 lost security support January 5, 2025. What end of life means, the extended support Drupal.org lists, and how to move to Drupal 11 or WordPress.

Tech Oct 4, 2026 16 min read

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Export From Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0 or Base44: What You Get

How to export code from Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0 and Base44, which plans allow it, the stack you get, and what stays behind: data, sign-in and secrets.

Javascript Oct 4, 2026 22 min read