Month: July 2026

WordPress development   22 July 2026

WordPress.com or WordPress.org: What’s the Difference for Your Business?

WordPress.com and WordPress.org share the same name, but they are two different products. WordPress.org is the free, open-source software that powers more than 40% of the world's websites: you install it with the hosting provider of your choice and keep full control of your site. WordPress.com is a commercial service that hosts that same software for you, in exchange for a subscription and a series of restrictions. For a business website, the self-hosted version — WordPress.org — is almost always …

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WordPress development   22 July 2026

The big brands that use WordPress (and what that changes for your SMB)

Yes, WordPress is serious enough for your business: it powers roughly 43% of all websites in the world, including those of major organizations like the White House (whitehouse.gov), TechCrunch, Rolling Stone and Sony Music. When our clients ask us whether WordPress "looks professional, " the short answer is that the question stopped being relevant a long time ago — but the real nuance lies elsewhere, and it deserves an honest explanation. Who actually uses WordPress …

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Security and Law 25   22 July 2026

Password managers: why we chose Proton Pass

At Elefen, every sensitive credential — client sites, hosting accounts, admin accounts — goes through a password manager. Our choice: Proton Pass. An independent security audit, conducted by the firm Recurity Labs and published in May 2026, confirms the soundness of that decision. Here's why this practice is essential for a web agency, and what it concretely changes for you. A password manager: basic hygiene, not a luxury A web agency holds the keys …

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Sector solutions   22 July 2026

Websites for CPEs and coordinating offices: expertise built in the field

For several years now, we've been building websites for Quebec's childcare centres and coordinating offices (BC). This specialization has allowed us to develop solutions that answer these organizations' concrete needs: secure areas for parents and staff, document management, bilingualism and personal information protection. It's all detailed on our page dedicated to websites for early childhood centers and coordinating offices — here's the essential. Sensitive data that demands controlled access A early childhood center or …

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News   22 July 2026

Welcome to the team, Alexandre Bédard

The whole Elefen team is delighted to welcome Alexandre Bédard, who joined us on October 18 as a junior web developer. It's a great milestone for our agency, which keeps growing slowly but surely. Alex is currently finishing his studies and works with us part-time, remotely. He focuses mainly on frontend development — the visible part of a website, the one your visitors interact with. His enthusiasm and eagerness to learn were obvious from his very first …

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Resources and tools   22 July 2026

Microsoft 365 discounts for nonprofits: what you need to know

Yes, eligible Canadian nonprofits can get free or deeply discounted Microsoft 365 licences through the Microsoft for Nonprofits program. That's real savings on tools many organizations pay full price for without knowing it. One caveat is in order, though: these programs change regularly, and the only reliable source for the current offer is Microsoft's official channels. What the program offers Historically, the program has allowed eligible nonprofits to obtain a certain number of free …

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Hosting and infrastructure   22 July 2026

CDNs and Cloudflare: worth it for an SMB website?

A CDN (content delivery network) places copies of your site on servers spread around the world, so every visitor loads it from the point closest to them. The result: a faster, more stable site that is better protected against attacks. For a Quebec SMB, Cloudflare is the most accessible entry point — its free plan already covers the essentials, and it's the one we deploy on the sites we host. What is a CDN, concretely? …

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Resources and tools   22 July 2026

Payment gateways: which solution for your Quebec SMB?

For most Quebec SMBs selling online, Stripe is currently the payment gateway that is easiest to integrate and most flexible. PayPal remains a complementary option some customers appreciate, and solutions like Square, Moneris or Helcim deserve a look depending on your situation. Here's how to make sense of it all, without unnecessary jargon. What does a payment gateway do? The payment gateway is the service that authorizes and processes card payments on your site. …

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Resources and tools   22 July 2026

Visuals for your website: free stock photos or generative AI?

To dress up a website without a photographer's budget, two options dominate in 2026: free stock photo libraries like Unsplash or Pexels, and AI-generated visuals. Both can serve you well — provided you know their limits when it comes to rights and, above all, that you don't forget the golden rule: nothing replaces real photos of your business, your team and your work. Free stock libraries: still useful, with caveats Unsplash, Pexels and Pixabay …

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Hosting and infrastructure   22 July 2026

Which Type of Hosting Should You Choose for Your WordPress Site?

There are four main families of hosting for a WordPress site: shared hosting, dedicated servers, cloud hosting and autoscale hosting. The right choice depends on three factors: your traffic, your budget and how important the site is to your revenue. For most SMBs, quality shared hosting or managed cloud hosting does the job very well; dedicated servers and autoscale answer more specialized needs. Here's how to make sense of it all, without the jargon. Shared hosting: the …

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