Why Razorfrog? Exploring our name with AI
August 11, 2022
We’re often asked about our business name and where “Razorfrog” came from. There’s a short answer in our FAQ, but you deserve to know more! With the recent rise of...
Max Elman
Founder And Project Manager
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Using the GridPane API to export site data to Airtable
December 31, 2021
We use GridPane to manage almost 200 sites and that creates a lot of data to sort through. The GP backend lets us access data one site at a time, but it isn’t ideal for bulk management....
Why Do We Use Cloudflare?
May 10, 2021
When we set up client websites we’re sometimes asked for more in-depth details on why we move DNS to Cloudflare. We list a few primary points in our site-setup post from May 2020, but are...
Holiday Update 2020
December 17, 2020
As the end of the year approaches, we like to reach out, check in, and share our gratitude for your continued support. It's a time of reflection for us all - to look at our challenges, successes,...
Using M/Monit With Gridpane
August 6, 2020
Sharing a few notes on how to quickly set up M/Monit with servers managed through GridPane....
Why we use Cloudflare, GridPane, and Mailgun
May 11, 2020Over the years we’ve used dozens of domain registrars and webhosts. We’ve had our favorites, become affiliates and referral partners for a handful, recommended them to scores of...
With Razorfrog Web Design, buyers know what they’re getting when they partner with us. In short, every one of our clients can expect excellent service from our team of industry professionals who...
Here at Razorfrog we’re big fans of managed WordPress hosting with Kinsta and WPEngine. We wrote all about it here, and those opinions haven’t changed much over the years. However, a...
What is Browser Caching?
May 11, 2018
When designing websites and sharing development links with clients, we often run into styling issues where things don’t quite look how they should. Occasionally this is server caching, but...
At Razorfrog, delivering solutions that meet and exceed our customers’ expectations is our company’s driving purpose. It is the promise that we live up to every day as we deliver the best website...
Disable Default Punch Fonts from Essential Grid Plugin
April 19, 2017
If you’ve used the Essential Grid plugin lately, you’ve likely noticed that the “Punch Fonts” module is a bit buggy and automatically re-activates three default fonts...
WooCommerce Minimum Product Quantity Notice
November 16, 2016
Recently I came across an interesting problem while creating a Holiday Catering ordering system for Gus’s Market using WooCommerce. The page uses the WooCommerce One Page Checkout extension...
Success in eCommerce means knowing your customers – and knowing your customers means having data at your fingertips. While working on a recent design refresh for Hunt & Heist, we...
When we develop WordPress and WooCommerce sites, we’re big fans of using established plugins and extensions to add functionality whenever possible – why reinvent the wheel, after all?...
How To Make A Quick Sitemap
April 29, 2016
When starting a new website project, it’s incredibly helpful to have a visual reference showing the pages on your site, navigation structure, and page-to-page connections. This can take...
Web Design That Supports Health Professionals
October 19, 2015
Over the past few years, we’ve had the privilege to work with a wide range of healthcare businesses. As a healthcare professional or wellness company, your website should simultaneously...
5 Features of SEO-Friendly Website Design
October 6, 2015
A website designed to modern standards and meant to rank well in organic search has to have several important characteristics. Here at Razorfrog we include basic SEO work in all of our projects,...
Defining Your Brand’s Identity: Where to Start
September 16, 2015
Even businesses that have been around for years may have no idea what their brand actually represents to customers. That’s where brand identity comes in. Your brand identity is what makes you...
Building a Small Business in San Francisco? Start With the Website
September 9, 2015
It may seem counterintuitive to create your business website at the same time you’re just getting started as a company, but the importance of functional and responsive web design cannot be...
Why Major Media Companies Trust WordPress
August 11, 2015
WordPress makes publishing easy for everyone, from individual bloggers to the largest media companies on the web. In this infographic, we look at which major media companies trust WordPress and...
Which WordPress SEO Plugin Should I Use?
August 6, 2015
Search engines are a primary source for driving traffic and sales for most e-commerce websites, so optimizing your website for optimal placement in search results is crucial for success. That’s...
Flat Design: What’s It All About?
July 29, 2015
What is flat design? In simple terms, it’s shorthand for a website design practice that provides clarity in a simplistic user interface. Besides being brightly colored and minimalistic, flat...
Mastering User Experience
July 6, 2015
Managing the user experience on websites can be a complex undertaking. There are many factors that go into designing and curating user experience and most of these are under the control of the...
As a working professional or a business owner, your website is essential tool in reaching new customers and maintaining customer loyalty. When it comes time for new website, you want to feel...
Preparing for Google’s Mobile Friendly update on April 21st, we noticed that some of our clients’ sites using the WPTouch plugin were unexpectedly failing Google’s...
When upgrading to WooCommerce 2.3 or higher, you may notice that any use of custom attribute archives such as /style/vintage (an archive of all products with the “vintage” attribute)...
Thoughts from WordCamp San Francisco 2014
October 27, 2014
The Razorfrog team attended WordCamp San Francisco this past weekend, and as always, we like to share a few of our lessons, talks, links, and other takeaways from the conference. There’s a...
Razorfrog Made a Billboard
July 29, 2014
We designed a billboard for The Pawington and it's now up near SFO!...
Bulk Edit WordPress Post Format
October 14, 2013
After a few tiring days of searching for ways to bulk convert posts into a new post format for the upcoming Inspire Me Today redesign, we went ahead and created a plugin to easily take care of...
Installing WP-CLI on a Mediatemple Grid Server
July 27, 2013
A quick update from the road while at Wordcamp 2013 in San Francisco. After heading Mike Schroder’s talk: Magical WordPress Management using WP-CLI, I decided to install WP-CLI on a new...
Yelp: Best Web Design in SF
February 28, 2013
If there was some sort of hidden website for the world elite that told everyone the closely kept secrets of the world, and they told you that Razorfrog Web Design was the best in San Francisco,...
Facebook Page Timeline Update
March 1, 2012
Yesterday, Facebook’s new Timeline format became available for business pages. A forced transition will occur on March 30th, so business owners are encouraged to customize the new format...
New Proposal Format
February 27, 2012
Here at Razorfrog, we’re always trying to make things easier for our customers....
Radio, Radio, Radio!
February 15, 2012
We’ve always had a soft spot in our hearts for College Radio, and we’re happy to announce that we’ve now completed our fourth radio website, Radio of Clark University....
Razorfrog Loves WordCamp
August 15, 2011
After spending the last three days at Wordcamp San Francisco 2011, we decided to take count of all of our WordPress sites to create some statistic magic. Who doesn’t love numbers?...
We’re Number One!
March 2, 2011
Razorfrog Web Design is the #1 ranked web design company in San Francisco on thumbtack.com! Not too shabby!...
Recordpressing.com Redesign
December 6, 2010
Yesterday we finished a new version of recordpressing.com – the website for a San Francisco based vinyl record manufacturer....
New Website
November 23, 2010
We’ve gone green with a new site with more information than ever. ...