I’ve noticed that most new blog writers, or even new writers using a word-processing program like Microsoft Word, don’t really know about the power they have to structure and style their story. If they use headings, they just make them bold or italic and don’t think about using a different font style (like the one […]
On the Struggle for Visibility
A lot of inspirational people with a message are struggling, even after years of online activity, to grow the audience for their wisdom. They’ve been peeking out of their caves of contemplation, sometimes regularly, but still not getting much patronage. Even when the fans they’ve got tell them how wonderful their message is. Assumptions Let’s […]
WooCommerce Setup for Your Shop
I’ve been helping a couple of clients with their e-commerce shop setup. It’s been an interesting learning curve for all of us. I had already used WooCommerce on my own sites, but I am primarily engaged in services. Preparing for my tutorials for these clients was quite enlightening as I scoped out the settings for […]
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 […]