This is a WordPress-versus-your-static-custom-coded-site comparison. I just finished tweaking a client’s site because the web host made a change that caused it to not display at all. Between her web host and me, we got her original site back up, and I made a small update to the content on one of the pages. All […]
Buttons, Buttons, Set Up My Buttons
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 […]
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 […]
Color Your Site You!
Tweaking colors is one of my favorite things to do with website themes. The cool thing about having a basic background or header theme picture is the opportunity to customize the color scheme based on the actual hues in the visual (I use Gimp, a free, open-source photo editor—think Photoshop—as my tool to find colors). […]