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# Falls Technology Group, LLC: A WordPress Design Agency built by humans for humans that provides web design, hosting, and consultation services.

## Sitemaps
[XML Sitemap](https://fallstech.group/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages.

## Posts
- [The Enduring Reign of The .COM TLD: A Look Back at the Internet’s Cornerstone](https://fallstech.group/blog/the-enduring-reign-of-com-tld-a-look-back-at-the-internets-cornerstone/): At Falls Technology Group, we're all about empowering businesses with robust online presences. And when it comes to online presence, one domain extension stands head and shoulders above the rest: .com. But have you ever stopped to consider why this seemingly simple suffix has become so ubiquitous, so trusted, and so incredibly popular? Let's take a journey back in time to explore the fascinating history of the .com TLD and uncover the reasons behind its enduring reign.
- [How to Connect Shopify and WordPress: A Guide to Integrating Smoothly](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-to-connect-shopify-and-wordpress/): To overcome the common trade-off between website design flexibility and seamless store management, this article proposes connecting Shopify to WordPress using the ShopWP plugin. This innovative solution allows businesses to leverage WordPress's powerful design tools while enjoying Shopify's streamlined inventory and order management, often leading to reduced costs and independent scalability.
- [Beyond the Buzzwords: Why Your Website’s Legal Policies Are Non-Negotiable](https://fallstech.group/blog/beyond-the-buzzwords-why-your-websites-legal-policies-are-non-negotiable/): In the fast-paced world of digital business, it’s easy to get caught up in the exciting stuff: designing sleek interfaces, crafting killer content, and optimizing for conversions. But amidst the vibrant hum of innovation, there’s a quiet, yet incredibly powerful, component that often gets overlooked until it’s too late: your website’s legal policies.
- [What is a Website Staging Environment?](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-a-website-staging-environment/): Sometimes when you need to make large changes to your website, you may need to be able to make these changes without interrupting the user. In most cases, this is best solved with a staging environment. A staging environment typically consists of extra space on your existing hosting account that allows you to make a copy of your website to modify, and then roll back into the original without interrupting the user experience.
- [How (We Think) You Should Use AI For Business (And How You Shouldn’t…)](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-to-use-ai-for-business/): In this article we talk about generative AI, and the some of the advantages and disadvantages to using AI for web design.
- [Potential Supply Chain Breach Identified with Advanced Custom Fields Plugin](https://fallstech.group/blog/potential-supply-chain-breach-identified-with-advanced-custom-fields-plugin/): We have recently identified a potential supply chain breach affecting the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin due to a change in control of the update servers responsible for delivering updates to WordPress installations.
- [The Importance of Keeping WordPress Up to Date](https://fallstech.group/blog/the-importance-of-keeping-wordpress-up-to-date/): Wondering why updates are so important? In this article we talk about why keeping your site up to date is important, not only for the best user experience, but also to ensure that you have the most recent security updates as well.
- [Announcing Our New Beta Program Coming Fall 2024](https://fallstech.group/blog/announcing-our-new-beta-program-coming-fall-2024/): Falls Tech Group announced the upcoming release of their new Beta Program, which will provide access first-look access to new services, and allow for user-guided feedback of the development of their services.
- [A Rundown on Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress](https://fallstech.group/blog/a-rundown-on-post-types-and-taxonomies-in-wordpress/): One of the most important things to establish from the very beginning of your WordPress journey is what you're going to use the features for. This guide is meant to give you an overview as to what the key differences are so that you can understand WHERE your content is supposed to go when building your website.
- [How to Identify if WordPress is Right For You](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-to-identify-if-wordpress-is-right-for-you/): Building a website for your project, business, or organization can be a daunting task, especially if you have no experience building websites prior. With every website, there are a lot of different parts to the whole equation to get it online. Many companies much like Falls Technology Group have taken special steps to offer a streamlined experience to users to help them get their website online, but each of them offer a different set of features and benefits (as well as caveats) for specific situations. Knowing the right one for you can be difficult amongst the noise of all of the different options available online.
- [COM, NET, or ORG – Which Domain TLD is right for your business?](https://fallstech.group/blog/understanding-domain-tlds-a-guide-for-choosing-the-right-fit-for-your-business/): In the ever-evolving digital landscape, establishing a strong online presence is essential for businesses of all sizes. One of the first steps to building your digital identity is choosing a domain name. Alongside the familiar .com, a plethora of domain extensions, known as Top-Level Domains (TLDs), have emerged, offering a unique opportunity for businesses to tailor their online addresses to suit their needs. In this article, we will explore the different domain TLDs and help you determine which one would be the right fit for your specific business situation.
- [How to Fix WordPress Stuck In Maintenance Mode](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-to-fix-wordpress-stuck-in-maintenance-mode/): WordPress maintenance mode is a useful feature that allows you to work on your website without interrupting the user experience. However, there are times when your website may get stuck in maintenance mode, preventing you from accessing your website. In this article, we'll show you how to take your WordPress website out of maintenance mode manually.
- [How to Start Blogging With WordPress](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-to-start-blogging-with-wordpress/): We've put together a guide about how to start a blog with WordPress! This guide will talk about picking your topic, setting up your WordPress install, and launching your site in just a few easy steps.
- [A Summary Of Our Q1-23 Changes at FTG](https://fallstech.group/blog/q1-2023/): If you're reading this, we want to personally thank you for choosing Falls Technology Group. It's been a great year so far and we're excited to announce the changes that we have implemented in Quarter 1 of 2023. We look forward to the opportunity to continue to provide more features, build better business, and provide top-notch support. Below, we've itemized the changes we've made both internally and externally with Falls Technology Group.
- [What is a Content Management System (CMS)?](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-a-content-management-system/): Over the last twenty years, the internet has been quietly but consistently making a migration. Content is constantly changing its formats, and consumers are changing their preferences even more-so. As a result, website have had to adapt to find new ways of solving the complex challenge of making content easily accessible on the internet in larger and larger scales, while ensuring not to sacrifice performance and ease of development in the process. Slowly but surely, we have been migrating from traditional development strategies, to a more purpose-built system.
- [How Your Website Fits Into Your Marketing Plan](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-your-website-fits-into-your-marketing-plan/): In a world where much of what we buy comes from our time online, having a website is a non-negotiable for any business that wants to be successful in the modern age. Building a place where your prospects can land to learn about your business, your products, and your ethos is incredibly important to your sales process as it allows you to eliminate much of the manual work when converting sales.
- [Do I Need to Contact My Webhost When Switching to Cloudflare?](https://fallstech.group/blog/do-i-need-to-contact-my-webhost-when-switching-to-cloudflare/): Short Answer - YES. You absolutely should contact your web host. While not all web hosts will include migration to CloudFlare within their plans, it is recommended to speak with a technical professional at your hosting company to ensure you are not missing any important details during the process. This includes important records such as TXT Records that control your domain's SPF settings as well as your TXT records used for domain verification across different services like Facebook or Google.
- [How to Set DNS Up For Web Hosting](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-to-set-dns-up-for-web-hosting/): Setting up DNS for web hosting is usually a pretty simple process as most providers will pre-generate records for you ahead of time to get you started; but what if you want to migrate your DNS into your own provider and can't import your data? Where do you start?
- [What DNS Records are Used For Email?](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-dns-records-are-used-for-email/): DNS plays an important role in how email flows with each domain. There are several record types that control how records flow from your email inbox into where you're sending to. To understand these records and what they mean, we have to dive into each individually to understand what role they plan and how they interact with one another.
- [Can My Website Handle Heavy Traffic?](https://fallstech.group/blog/can-my-website-handle-heavy-traffic/): It's a common question, and a valid one at that. "Can my website handle heavy traffic?" In order to make sense of this, we first have to look at what 'heavy traffic' looks like to your website. This can take many different forms, be it heavy upload or download usage, or a large number of visitors in a short amount of time.
- [Falls Technology Group Celebrates It’s 5th Anniversary](https://fallstech.group/blog/falls-technology-group-celebrates-its-5th-anniversary/): Sioux Falls, SD, Release: April 19th, 2022. For Immediate Release
- [How to Fix 404 Errors on WordPress](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-to-fix-404-errors-on-wordpress/): 404 Errors with WordPress are prone to happen, and we've put together a guide that you can use to troubleshoot your own website and correct these problems. In many cases, the problem is really simple, and can be covered by checking a few security settings.
- [How Big Is My Website?](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-big-is-my-website/): One of the most common things that you will hear hosting companies discuss is your site size. Usually, the reason they are discussing this is that in order to get decent SEO scores, you have to take into consideration the load times of your website. We briefly talk more about this in one of our other articles. But what about other factors such as Bandwidth usage, and Total Disk Space Used? Additionally, there may be email accounts too that are taking up valuable disk space on your server.
- [What is SPF and How Does It Affect You?](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-spf-and-how-does-it-affect-you/): Email deliverability on the internet is a complicated process when approaching it from a technical standpoint. As the internet has grown over the last two decades, we have seen a large increase in spam emails as more people gain access to more and more resources. To combat the sending of malicious or spam emails, the Global DNS Infrastructure has adapted special techniques and strategies to help senders and receivers be able to verify that the person sending is indeed who they say they are.
- [Website Offline? Check These DNS Settings.](https://fallstech.group/blog/website-offline-check-these-dns-settings/): Often times when managing your own hosting, you can run into issues with your website. The most common problem that we've seen are DNS errors, which are essentially the records that tell the internet where to look for your online resources. Think of DNS like a house address. With each house address, you have a series of characters and numbers (Your house number, and your street name, city, state, and zip) that indicate where your house can be found in the world.
- [What is A WordPress Page Builder? (And How Do They Help?)](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-a-wordpress-page-builder-and-how-do-they-help/): This article is part of a multi-part series. We recommend starting from the beginning to get the most comprehensive overview of WordPress. To do so, click here.
- [What is a WordPress Plugin? (And What Are They For?)](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-a-wordpress-plugin/): This article is part of a multi-part series. We recommend starting from the beginning to get the most comprehensive overview of WordPress. To do so, click here.
- [What is a WordPress Theme? (And How to Pick One)](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-a-wordpress-theme/): If you've used WordPress before, you know that there are many parts to the machine that IS the WordPress engine. Between the different taxonomies like Posts and Pages to the Permalink Configurations, Plugins, and Themes you can use, sometimes it gets difficult to tell what part of the website is what and where you should be going to adjust settings.
- [What is Domain ID Protection?](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-domain-id-protection/): Domain ID protection (also known as WHOIS privacy) hides your personal or company contact information from the publicly accessible WHOIS database.
- [How Does Web Design Affect SEO?](https://fallstech.group/blog/how-does-web-design-affect-seo/): Search Engine Optimization is a topic that garners quite a bit of attention, especially after the recent push to E-Commerce during the 2020-2021 pandemic in the United States. Although it gets quite a bit of attention, it's difficult for most people to actually describe what SEO is or does for a website. So how are Web Design and SEO related?
- [What Is A Premium Domain?](https://fallstech.group/blog/what-is-a-premium-domain/): Premium domain names are short, catchy, or memorable names that are already registered to a person, entity or organization. A good example of this would be a city or municipality. The cost of a premium domain can range from as low as $100 to as high as $750,000+ in some cases, depending on the current market conditions. These domains can range in price due to market changes and are typically more sought after than other domain names. For this reason, on average they tend to be much more expensive than your traditional domain name.
- [Why Do Hosting Providers Have Such Different Pricing?](https://fallstech.group/blog/provider-pricing/): Web hosting is an important part of any website process and is the first step to getting any site online. So why is there such a variation in pricing between different providers? To understand why the ranges seem so large, and how companies can get away with charging pennies for hosting, we have to dive deeper.
- [How to Switch Your Web Hosting Without Harming SEO](https://fallstech.group/blog/hosting-and-seo/): One of the biggest fears that any website owner has is that all of the hard work they have put in on building their SEO rankings will be impacted when they switch hosts. It's pretty common that we get this question, so we're here to break this all down for you.
- [The Importance of SSL Certificates in Your SEO Rankings](https://fallstech.group/blog/ssl-and-seo/): Nowadays, SEO is a very hot topics with discussions ranging from E-Commerce stores to startups and podcasts. It also turns out, that SSL has become a very important part of this. But how important is it really to your rankings on Google and Bing? Actually, very much so. See, Google and Bing want their users to stay secure - and in the interest of that, their search engines are designed to prioritize SSL websites over non-SSL websites.
- [WordPress Problems? Here Are Some Tips When Hosting on cPanel.](https://fallstech.group/blog/wordpress-tips/): With an estimated 7.4 Million sites hosted in just the United States alone, WordPress has become an ever increasingly popular solution to help people get online, and do it quickly. WordPress was originally built to be a platform for building Blog websites, but has since grown in popularity to become one of the most popular and the highest supported framework on the market that is available for free. In order to help people build better with WordPress, we've put together this guide to help you along your way.
- [How to Avoid Getting Scammed by a Web Host](https://fallstech.group/blog/avoid-web-host-scams/): Choosing a hosting solution is difficult at the best of times and confusing and aggravating at the worst. There are many types of services, different pricing models, add-ons, and situational factors involved. To make things worse there are some issues which you may not even know about that may occur during, or after the migration process. In this article, I'm going to break down some of the base points of choosing a web host to ensure that you aren't getting ripped off or taken for a ride. There's a few different hosting types out there, but either way, these points will help you avoid issues that may occur down the road.

## Pages
- [AI & Business Automation Services](https://fallstech.group/services/ai-business-automation/): Our team can help build AI enhanced business and AI automation workflows that allow you to reclaim time, reduce errors, and build your business faster.
- [Services](https://fallstech.group/services/): Our Services
- [About Us](https://fallstech.group/about/): Falls Technology Group, LLC
- [Contact](https://fallstech.group/contact/)
- [Web Hosting Services](https://fallstech.group/services/web-hosting/): Launch your WordPress site, or web application on our cPanel-powered web hosting servers, with updates, malware scanning, and backups included.
- [Domain Brokerage Services](https://fallstech.group/services/domains/): Need a domain name for your next web project? We have over 450+ different suffixes to choose from, allowing you to secure your domain name in minutes.
- [Website Design](https://fallstech.group/services/website-design/): We provide website design services to help businesses build beautiful and effective websites that amplify their digital marketing strategies.
- [Home](https://fallstech.group/): Affordable web design, search engine optimization (SEO) and business automation services to help you get good quality leads, and higher rankings.
- [Blog](https://fallstech.group/blog/): Blog

## Help Articles
- [How to Fix Issues with 403 Forbidden Errors in Elementor Behind Cloudflare](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-fix-issues-with-403-forbidden-errors-in-elementor-behind-cloudflare/): This guide will walk you through how to correct 403 Forbidden errors in the Elementor builder when saving posts to WordPress when using Cloudflare as your DNS provider and/or security proxy.
- [How to Use the Built-in Terminal in cPanel’s Dashboard](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-use-the-built-in-terminal-in-cpanels-dashboard/): For many users, managing a website often requires the use of command-line tools. Traditionally, this meant setting up SSH keys and using a third-party client like PuTTY or Terminal on macOS. However, cPanel includes a built-in Terminal interface that allows you to access your account’s command line directly from your web browser.
- [(Video) How to get the most out of our web design collaboration space](https://fallstech.group/hc/web-design-collaboration-guide/): In this video, we walk you through how to effectively use the Pastel workspace for collaborating on design changes for your website. We cover key features like leaving comments, uploading content, and tracking the status of tasks. It's important to engage with the comment section for any clarifications or additional content needed.
- [How To Restore a Backup of Your cPanel Account or Website (Using JetBackup)](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-restore-a-backup-of-your-cpanel-account-or-website-using-jetbackup/): This guide will walk you through the steps on how to restore your cPanel account as a whole, or in part, back to a specific state in time.
- [How to Locate Your Site Files and Database Using Softaculous](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-locate-your-site-files-and-database-using-softaculous/): This guide will walk you through how to use Softaculous to identify where the files and databases are stored for any installations on your cPanel account.
- [Our Backup Policy](https://fallstech.group/hc/our-backup-policy/): This document covers our backup policies and what protections offered.
- [How to Edit PHP Environment (php.ini) Values in cPanel](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-edit-php-environment-values-in-cpanel/): The php.ini file is the main configuration file for PHP settings on your web server. If you need to modify PHP settings, such as increasing the memory limit, max execution time, or file upload size, you can do so via cPanel. This guide will walk you through the steps to edit php.ini values in cPanel.
- [Connect Your Email App to Your cPanel Email Accounts](https://fallstech.group/hc/connect-your-email-app-to-your-cpanel-email-accounts/): This guide will walk you through how to set up your email app on your phone or computer with your cPanel email accounts that are included in your hosting plan.
- [What are Automated Updates?](https://fallstech.group/hc/what-are-automated-updates/): This guide covers the inclusions that are added into our web hosting plan regarding the automated update services that we offer.
- [What is included in my Professional WordPress Migration?](https://fallstech.group/hc/what-is-included-in-my-professional-wordpress-migration/): This article covers what is included with our professional WordPress migration services.
- [What is Uptime Monitoring?](https://fallstech.group/hc/what-is-uptime-monitoring/): This article covers what we include in our uptime monitoring services.
- [What is Outage Protection?](https://fallstech.group/hc/what-is-outage-protection/): This guide covers what is included in our outage protection services that are layered in with each of our WordPress Hosting offerings.
- [How to Submit a Design Change Request](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-submit-a-design-change-request/): This guide will walk you through how to submit a design change request according to best practices to ensure that your request is processed as soon as possible.
- [Understanding the Lifecycle of a Domain Name](https://fallstech.group/hc/understanding-the-lifecycle-of-a-domain-name/): This overview talks about the different stages of domain registration, and what happens before a domain returns back to the market for purchase.
- [Website Walkthrough: Managing Redirection](https://fallstech.group/hc/website-walkthrough-managing-redirection/): This guide talks about how to manage redirect rules in your WordPress installation to help you ensure that page renames and old page links are handled appropriately when you're making changes on your website.
- [How We Manage Monitor Your Site and Handle Incidents](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-we-manage-monitor-your-site-and-handle-incidents/): This article talks about the different ways in which we proactively monitor your website, as well as the steps that we take internally when handling site issues or broader system problems.
- [How to Turn On/Off Automatic Payments](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-turn-on-off-automatic-payments/): This guide will walk you through the steps to turn on or off automatic payments on your account.
- [(Video) Website Walkthrough: Your Client Portal](https://fallstech.group/hc/website-walkthrough-your-client-portal/): In this video we talk about your client portal, and how to manage your services, domains, and billing information. Within this portal you can manage much of your experience online any time of day, from anywhere in the world.
- [(Video) Website Walkthrough: Your WordPress Dashboard](https://fallstech.group/hc/website-walkthrough-your-wordpress-dashboard/): In this video we talk about the various different ways you can add and manage content on your WordPress website, including posts, pages, media items, and comments. We briefly touch on plugins to additionally showcase how to add, activate, deactivate, and remove plugins from your website.
- [How to Connect to phpMyAdmin on a Premium Hosting Service](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-connect-to-phpmyadmin-on-a-premium-hosting-service/): This guide will walk you through how to connect to PhpMyAdmin securely using an SSH tunnel to access the web interface for managing onboard databases in your hosting infrastructure.
- [How to Switch Default Automatic Payment Methods](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-switch-default-automatic-payment-methods/): This guide will walk you through how to update your default payment method for our automated billing.
- [How to Add or Remove a Payment Method](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-add-or-remove-a-payment-method/): This guide will teach you how to update your payment methods in our billing portal.
- [How to Get the URL for a Media Upload in WordPress](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-get-the-url-for-a-media-upload-in-wordpress/): This guide will teach you how to retrieve the permalink URL that is generated by WordPress for a file upload if you wish to reference it within, or outside of your WordPress install.
- [How to Change Your Website PHP Version in cPanel](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-change-your-website-php-version-in-cpanel/): This guide will walk you through how to change your PHP version for your website, allowing you to switch seamlessly between different versions on the fly.
- [How Files are Stored In Your WordPress Hosting Account](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-files-are-stored-in-your-wordpress-hosting-account/): This guide will walk you through how to navigate the file system of your Premium WordPress Hosting account when using a remote connection or the file browser.
- [Connect To Your WordPress Hosting Instance via SSH/SFTP](https://fallstech.group/hc/connect-to-your-wordpress-hosting-instance-via-ssh-sftp/): This guide will provide the instructions necessary to connect to your Premium WordPress node via SSH/SFTP.
- [Getting Started with Our ACF Templates](https://fallstech.group/hc/getting-started-with-our-acf-templates/): This guide will walk you through how to upload a template file to Advanced Custom Fields within WordPress to enable the functionality that's included within the template file.
- [Landing Pages – ACF Template Changelog](https://fallstech.group/hc/landing-pages-acf-template-changelog/): This is the official change log for the Landing Pages - ACF Template product.
- [ALIGN – WordPress Theme Kit Changelog](https://fallstech.group/hc/align-wordpress-theme-kit-changelog/): This is the official change log for the ALIGN - WordPress Theme Kit product.
- [ETCH – WordPress Theme Kit Changelog](https://fallstech.group/hc/etch-changelog/): This is the official change log for the ETCH - WordPress Theme Kit product.
- [SHINE – WordPress Theme Kit Changelog](https://fallstech.group/hc/shine-changelog/): This is the official changelog for the SHINE - WordPress Theme Kit product.
- [PuriFi – WordPress Theme Kit Changelog](https://fallstech.group/hc/purifi-changelog/): This is the official changelog for the PuriFi - WordPress Theme Kit product.
- [BASE – WordPress Theme Kit Changelog](https://fallstech.group/hc/base-changelog/): This is the official changelog for the BASE - WordPress Theme Kit product.
- [How to Purge Your Cloudflare Cache from Within WordPress](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-purge-your-cloudflare-cache-from-within-wordpress/): This guide will walk you through how to clear the Cloudflare cache from WordPress when using the provided WordPress plugin with your paid plan.
- [How To Fix WooCommerce Plugin Update Issues](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-fix-woocommerce-plugin-update-issues/): This guide will walk you through how to troubleshoot issues with your WooCommerce plugins not updating properly.
- [Install Google Workspace DNS into Your Hosting Account](https://fallstech.group/hc/install-google-workspace-dns-into-your-hosting-account/): This guide will help you connect Google Workspace Email (Gmail) to your domain so that you can utilize your domain name to send and receive email
- [Brand Your Pre-Built Website Kit](https://fallstech.group/hc/brand-your-pre-built-website-kit/): This guide will walk you through how to complete the different branding steps for your theme kit to allow you to adjust the template to fit your business's branding guidelines.
- [Import and Install Your Kit into WordPress](https://fallstech.group/hc/import-and-install-your-kit-into-wordpress/): This guide will walk you through the process of getting your theme kit installed, assuming that you've already taken care of prerequisites.
- [Getting Started With Your Theme Kit](https://fallstech.group/hc/getting-started-with-your-theme-kit/): This guide will walk you through all of the steps to get started with your theme kit, including links to guides on how to install WordPress, set up your environment, and import your kit, as well as perform your customization and upload your content after your site is ready.
- [Enable Kit-Required Elementor Features](https://fallstech.group/hc/enable-kit-required-elementor-features/): This guide will show you which features need to be enabled in the Elementor Features section to ensure that your kit will work as intended on your website.
- [How to Disable Theme Fonts & Colors in Hello Elementor](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-disable-theme-fonts-andcolors-in-hello-elementor/): This guide will walk you through how to disable default colors to ensure that Elementor can control the color styling globally across your WordPress website.
- [How to Activate Your Elementor Pro License](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-activate-your-elementor-pro-license/): This guide will walk you through the process of activating your Elementor Pro plugin and assigning your website to your Elementor account.
- [Install Required Plugins for Your Theme Kit](https://fallstech.group/hc/install-required-plugins-for-your-theme-kit/): This guide will walk you through how to install all of the prerequisite plugins for your theme kit, as well as how to configure kit-specific plugins.
- [How to Install The ACF Config Provided By Your Kit](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-install-the-acf-config-provided-by-your-kit/): This guide will quickly walk you through how to import your ACF configuration for your theme kit which will activate the custom post types that are included with your kit.
- [How to Install the Hello Elementor Theme in WordPress](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-install-the-hello-elementor-theme-in-wordpress/): This guide is a quick walk through of how to install the Hello Elementor theme that is provided by the Elementor Development team free of charge for use within WordPress.
- [How To Set Up Your WordPress Core Settings](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-set-up-your-wordpress-core-settings/): This guide will walk you through how to set up your WordPress core settings for use with our theme kit packages.
- [How to Keep WordPress Permalinks From Changing When I Modify Posts](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-keep-wordpress-permalinks-from-changing-when-i-modify-posts/): This guide will help you adjust your WordPress settings so that you can more proactively avoid URL changes to your WordPress posts when you make changes to how you organize your post content within.
- [How to Sign Up For an Elementor Pro Account](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-sign-up-for-an-elementor-pro-account/): This guide will quickly walk you through how to sign up for an Elementor Pro account, as well as download the plugin files necessary to to utilize Elementor Pro on your website.
- [Purge Your Website Cache to Show Changes In Your Browser](https://fallstech.group/hc/purge-your-website-cache-to-show-changes-in-your-browser/): This guide will teach you how to reset your website cache, including the web hosting cache, WordPress cache, and your browser cache to ensure you can see saved changes in your browser.
- [How to Manage Your Hosting Portal Invoices](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-manage-your-hosting-portal-invoices/): This guide will walk you through how to manage your invoices with the FTG Hosting Portal, including how to single pay, mass pay, and export your invoices.
- [How to Log Into Your Hosting Portal](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-log-into-your-hosting-portal/): This guide will walk you through how to log into your hosting portal, as well as reset your password if you need to regain access to your account.
- [cPanel File Manager is Stuck Detecting character encoding](https://fallstech.group/hc/cpanel-file-manager-is-stuck-detecting-character-encoding/): This guide will help you resolve issues with cPanel not allowing you to edit files due to the file decoding process not completing successfully.
- [Set Up Bulk Sending Domain Compliance for Google/Yahoo Recipients](https://fallstech.group/hc/set-up-bulk-sending-domain-compliance-for-google-yahoo-recipients/): This guide will walk you through the requirements to ensure compliance with Google and Yahoo's new email sending requirements.
- [Email Verification for 2013 ICANN WHOIS Specification Compliance](https://fallstech.group/hc/email-verification-for-2013-icann-whois-specification-compliance/): This guide talks about 2013 ICANN Email Verification requirements related to domain names through Falls Technology Group.
- [Add a New Blog Post to Your WordPress Website](https://fallstech.group/hc/add-a-new-blog-post-to-your-wordpress-website/): This guide will walk you through how to create a new post in your WordPress site, which will publish new content on your blog, allowing visitors to view it on your website.
- [How To Log Into Your WordPress Website](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-log-into-your-wordpress-website/): This guide will quickly walk you through how to log into your WordPress website to access the administrator dashboard.
- [View A History of Our Automated Hosting Emails](https://fallstech.group/hc/view-a-history-of-our-automated-hosting-emails/): This guide will show you where to go to view previously sent emails from our automated system and their contents if you are not receiving emails in your email inbox.
- [Configure Single-Sign-On for cPanel and Other Hosting Services](https://fallstech.group/hc/configure-single-sign-on-for-cpanel-and-other-hosting-services/): This guide will walk you through how to disable, or re-enable the single-sign-on feature for your hosting portal, enabling you to 'one click log in' to your dashboards such as cPanel or other hosting dashboards.
- [Manage Account Notification Recipients For Your Hosting Portal](https://fallstech.group/hc/manage-account-notification-recipients-for-your-hosting-portal/): This guide will walk you through how to add an additional notification recipient to your account without granting full access to the hosting portal itself.
- [Update Your Account Information](https://fallstech.group/hc/update-your-account-information/): This guide will walk you through the process of updating your account information, including changing your password, email address, address information, and more.
- [Manage Authorized Users for Your Hosting Portal](https://fallstech.group/hc/manage-authorized-users-for-your-hosting-portal/): This guide will walk you through the process of how to add an authorized user to your hosting portal to grant them access to your services, domains, billing history, or even your full account.
- [Troubleshooting DNS Issues](https://fallstech.group/hc/troubleshooting-dns-issues/): This guide will help you troubleshoot DNS Issues with your domain and walk you through fixing these issues with known steps we have utilized with other client sites.
- [Update Your Domain DNS to Point to Your Website](https://fallstech.group/hc/update-your-domain-dns-to-point-to-your-website/): This guide will walk you through the process of updating your DNS records to connect your website to your domain without adjusting your name servers. This is a great option if you already have other services connected to your domain and only want to utilize our web hosting.
- [Add or Modify DNS Records in cPanel](https://fallstech.group/hc/add-or-modify-dns-records-in-cpanel/): This guide will teach you how to add or modify DNS records in our cPanel hosting dashboard.
- [How To Create A New User in WordPress](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-create-a-new-user-in-wordpress/): This guide will walk you through how to create a new user in your WordPress website to allow another person to access the content in the admin dashboard.
- [Enable WordPress Debugging](https://fallstech.group/hc/enable-wordpress-debugging/): This guide will walk you through how to enable debugging in WordPress to troubleshoot issues with installation and view the debugging logs from the WordPress core and the plugins you have installed.
- [Enable Directory-Based Password Protection for Your Website](https://fallstech.group/hc/enable-directory-based-password-protection-for-your-website/): This guide will teach you how to secure directories in your hosting instance with HTTP authentication, allowing you to set a username and password-based login for content within these directories.
- [Enable or Disable Maintenance Mode for WordPress With WP Toolkit](https://fallstech.group/hc/enable-or-disable-maintenance-mode-for-wordpress-with-wp-toolkit/): This guide will walk you through how to enable or disable maintenance mode for WordPress utilizing the WP Toolkit tool included in our cPanel hosting services.
- [How to Grant Access to Your cPanel to Another User](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-grant-access-to-your-cpanel-to-another-user/): This guide will walk you through the process of adding a team member to your cPanel account for them to have access to your hosting dashboard. This guide also includes how to restrict permissions for cPanel users as well as enable automatic setup of things like email and FTP.
- [How to Retrieve Your EPP (Auth) Code to Transfer Out Your Domain](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-retrieve-your-epp-auth-code-to-transfer-out-your-domain/): This guide walks you through how to obtain your EPP (Auth) Code to transfer your domain out of Falls Tech Group and into your desired provider.
- [How to Transfer in A Domain to Manage at FTG](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-transfer-in-a-domain-to-manage-at-ftg/): This guide walks through the process of transferring a domain out of your current registrar, and into Falls Tech Group for easy management, and oversight by our team of trusted internet professionals.
- [Connect A Domain To Our Nameservers](https://fallstech.group/hc/connect-a-domain-to-our-nameservers/): This guide will walk you through how to connect your domain to our nameservers to take advantage of our hosting services. This includes instructions for many popular providers such as Bluehost, GoDaddy, and Namecheap.
- [Create an Email Account in cPanel](https://fallstech.group/hc/create-an-email-account-in-cpanel/): This guide will walk you through the process of creating an email account in cPanel for you to use with our webmail service, or with any POP or IMAP email client.
- [How to Migrate an Existing WordPress Website into cPanel](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-migrate-an-existing-wordpress-website-into-cpanel/): This guide will walk you through how to migrate a WordPress website from one hosting location to another utilizing the Migrate Guru plugin by BlogVault.
- [Getting Started With Our WordPress Hosting Services](https://fallstech.group/hc/getting-started-with-our-wordpress-hosting-services/): This guide will walk you through setting up your WordPress hosting account to get your website published and up on the internet Quickly
- [Set Up A WordPress Hosting Account](https://fallstech.group/hc/set-up-a-wordpress-hosting-account/): This guide summarizes the process to set up a WordPress hosting account and the WordPress website enclosed to deploy your Pre-built Website Kit.
- [How to Install WordPress on Your Account](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-account/): This guide walks through the process of how to install WordPress on Falls Tech Group's hosting services to deploy a website on the internet.
- [How to Log Into cPanel](https://fallstech.group/hc/how-to-log-into-cpanel/): This guide walks through the process of logging into your website's cPanel hosting dashboard to manage website settings, files, and website installations.
- [Set Up Theme Kit Prerequisites](https://fallstech.group/hc/set-up-theme-kit-prerequisites/): To complete these steps, you will want to follow the full list of instructions below in order.**YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL OF THEM OR YOUR THEME KIT WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY**

## Landing Pages
- [E-Book: Building The Perfect Site in 2025](https://fallstech.group/lp/perfect-site-ebook/): Do you struggle with your website being more of a chore than a benefit to your business? You're not the first, and certainly won't be the last.
- [Submit a Design Request](https://fallstech.group/lp/submit-a-design-request/): Fill out the form to let our team know that you want changes made to your site. 
- [Web Design Booking](https://fallstech.group/lp/black-friday/book-web-design/): Once you have your time booked, you're good to go!
- [Sioux Falls Website Design Services](https://fallstech.group/lp/sioux-falls-website-design-services/): Get a beautifully constructed website for your Sioux Falls business to help you make an impression online, and accelerate awareness about your business through an intentional digital strategy.
- [Beta Program Invite](https://fallstech.group/lp/beta-invite/): Join our Beta Program and become a part of a community designed to make the internet easier for everyone, one update at a time.
- [Free Website Accessibility Audit](https://fallstech.group/lp/free-website-accessibility-audit/): Accessibility is a legal requirement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Having an accessible and inclusive website offers increased traffic, eligibility for tax credits, and minimizes the risks of legal ramifications.
- [WordPress Hosting for Small Businesses](https://fallstech.group/lp/small-biz-managed-wp/): Get highly-optimized WordPress hosting at our lowest price, backed by Premium CPUs and NVMe SSD Storage.

## Projects
- [Lunar Media](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/lunar-media/): We were approached by Lunar Media to construct a website for their videography company that would showcase their work in a modern style, and captivate visitors in a meaningful way through expressive storytelling.
- [Shaina Hargens – The Connection Queen](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/shaina-hargens/): Shaina reached out to get some help constructing a website that would give her a place to share her story, and an online experience that would make working with her just a few clicks away. Falls Technology Group worked with her to build a mobile-responsive website to fit these specifications.
- [Art of Function Chiropractic](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/art-of-function-chiropractic/): Art of Function Chiropractic partnered with Falls Technology Group to redevelop their existing website to showcase a new experience for their visitors, focusing on a sensational mobile experience.
- [Smart Asset Bookkeeping](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/smart-asset-bookkeeping/): Smart Asset Bookkeeping worked with Falls Technology Group to help design a new website and user experience for their online visitors to streamline lead generation for their business.
- [Kate Meadows Writing & Editing](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/kate-meadows-writing-editing/): We constructed a new website for Kate Meadows Writing & Editing to help showcase her new services, an updated brand, and an enhanced user journey.
- [Our Camp](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/our-camp/): Our Camp reached out to us to have a website built to showcase their different camp opportunities. With a focus on ensuring that the site provided all of the information necessary, while bringing in the look and feel of their brand design, we created a website that accomplished these goals.
- [Blue Lion Drone Services](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/blue-lion-drone-services/): Established in 2016, Blue Lion Drone Services is a locally owned and operated Sioux Falls-based company. Specializing in the adaptability of use and configuring what is possible with what is desired for clients utilizing drone photography and videography.
- [Chucks Drive-In](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/chucks-drive-in/): Chuck's Drive-In strives to create a sensational dining experience whilst bringing back the nostalgia of a drive-in atmosphere. Enjoy one of their numerous dishes, from mouth-watering burgers to classic BLTs at their location in Lennox, South Dakota.
- [In-Stitches and Patch Embroidery](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/in-stitches-and-patch-embroidery/): We were approached by In Stitches Embroidery to build an E-Commerce website for their company that allowed them to both showcase their mission and values while still providing an easy management experience for their business to continue maintaining and updating their website.
- [Embracing Soul Imagery](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/embracing-soul-imagery/): Natalie approached us with the goal of setting up a new website for her boudoir photography business. Wanting to pass off the load of the design process while still taking advantage of the benefits of having a website for their business, they approached us for a redesign to take their existing content, and build a site that showcased their portfolio in a beautiful way that suited their brand.
- [Thomas James & Bechtold Jewelry](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/thomas-james-bechtold-jewelry/): Thomas James and Bechtold Jewelry successfully deployed a brand new website for their business, enabling them to seamlessly integrate their inventory online to allow them to expand from not only a well known repair service and jewelry provider via word of mouth, but online as well - enabling people all over the United States to experience the difference of a local Jewelry Store with over 100 years of experience.
- [Sioux Falls Tool Library](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/sioux-falls-tool-library/): The Sioux Falls Tool Library, established in 2023 and initially built on Squarespace, approached Falls Technology Group seeking a website upgrade. In response to their evolving needs and the increasing value of their time, our team successfully relieved them of this responsibility. Additionally, we enhanced mobile responsiveness and site speed to improve both the visitor's experience and the online presence of the Sioux Falls Tool Library.
- [Heartland Senior Expo](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/heartland-senior-expo/): Heartland Senior Expos wanted to create a website that would allow people to view information about their expos, as well as provide an easy way to book interest in participating in their events.
- [Dragon’s Den Gaming](https://fallstech.group/portfolio/dragons-den-gaming/): The Dragon's Den approached us to have a website built that would allow them to continue selling from their Shopify store, while maintaining the flexibility and scalability of WordPress as a Content Management System.

## Service Areas
- [St. Paul, MN](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/st-paul-mn/)
- [Estherville, IA](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/estherville-ia/)
- [Willmar, MN](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/willmar-mn/)
- [Deadwood, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/deadwood-sd/)
- [Sturgis, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/sturgis-sd/)
- [Rapid City, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/rapid-city-sd/)
- [Hartford, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/hartford-sd/)
- [Lennox, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/lennox-sd/)
- [Brandon, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/brandon-sd/)
- [Harrisburg, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/harrisburg-sd/)
- [Tea, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/tea-sd/)
- [Minneapolis, MN](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/minneapolis-mn/)
- [Sioux Falls, SD](https://fallstech.group/service-areas/sioux-falls-sd/)

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- [Troubleshooting Guides](https://fallstech.group/hc/c/troubleshooting/)
- [WordPress Hosting](https://fallstech.group/hc/c/product-documentation/wordpress-hosting/)
- [WordPress Tutorials](https://fallstech.group/hc/c/wordpress-tutorials/)

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## Service Area Regions
- [Iowa](https://fallstech.group/blog/service-area-region/us/iowa/)
- [Minnesota](https://fallstech.group/blog/service-area-region/us/mn/)
- [South Dakota](https://fallstech.group/blog/service-area-region/us/sd/)
- [United States](https://fallstech.group/blog/service-area-region/us/)