Used to be in WordPress that creating your own clickable button meant fiddling with the theme’s style sheet tags and coding. Or you might be using an outside scheduling system that has button code for you to copy and paste, but it’s the wrong color or font style or button size. What to do? You […]
Theme Updates: Lessons Learned
Two things today, based on my two latest WordPress website update projects: Theme misfit Reverse engineering the theme demo Potomac Indexing Theme Change Sometimes, you have to cut your losses and let go. Such was the case here. I began with PI in Author Pro theme from Studiopress, which is getting a bit old at […]
Free vs. Paid Themes
Let’s talk WordPress website themes. The usual criterion to compare is free of charge vs. paid, but both types can be useful. So much depends on what you need in a site layout, and how much you are willing to “fiddle” with things. Free Themes Free sounds good! Yes, but do look at the details […]
Social Media Privacy
I took an overall look at my social media strategy (you can find out my results in this post) earlier this year. Recently, though, I saw a post in Facebook Messenger where someone had just found out about how FB has violated people’s privacy across the board. The link they posted was from a Fox […]
Managing Design Client Logins
In my design learning curve, I’m seeing a lot of little things, that once organized, make a big difference in productivity. Working with all the different places we have to log into to control a website is one of them. I’ve got my own logins to manage for my sites (domain registrar, web host, WordPress.com, […]
From Vision to Visibility: Designing the Right Way Round
The Biz Vision Oh, yes, we’ll get to design, but first we have to know what to design. Even if you are building a house, picking out a pattern for a dress, or getting started on a blank painter’s canvas, there’s got to be a design vision. In my case, it’s my business vision. You […]