I’ve been working with the WordPress.org content management system to design websites since at least 2012. I began with my own and my husband’s jewelry site. I’ve been happy with the ability to control some of the tech aspects without having to learn PHP code to design from scratch. After I discovered Studiopress premium themes, […]
Atomic Block Layouts
I know some folks are still yearning for the simplicity of the classic WordPress editor and maybe even the use of widgets to create containers to put bits of content in (I always found widgets a bit awkward and restrictive depending on the theme). With the new “Gutenberg” block editor, I’m slowly discovering a new […]
Making Content Changes to Your Site
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 […]