Great Information for Customers
How to Write Your Website Menu Structure or Website Navigation Document for Your Website
One of the first steps you should take when building a new or redesigned website is establishing your menu structure or navigation. This is critical as you will really need to think about what type of content you would like to include on your website and where it will live.
Read MoreSetting up your website for good SEO
SEO: Search Engine Optimization. This means optimizing your website so that search engines know what your company is all about and will return your page when people search your key words on the Internet! There are things you can do to your website to optimize your site. Setting up your website for great SEO is…
Read MoreImages now "free" from Getty Images?
Getty Images has announced a new way of using their photos. (article here: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26463886) They have taken the “youtube” approach and are now letting web developers embed certain images for sale on their website on websites around the world. What does this mean for you?
Read MoreTop 10 Best Plugins for Any WordPress Website (plus bonus item)
Every Wordpress developer has their favorite plugins. Over the years developing on Wordpress, there are some that we really love and find ourselves using over and over again. We have given our Top 10 list below (with a bonus), and divided the list up between “Mandatory” and “Optional”. Mandatory plugins are, of course, not mandatory, but we find that we use them on almost every site we build, so we install them by default.
Read MoreHosting Plans – Do They Matter in Terms of Speed?
One of my clients, Web Corner Stores, has many ecommerce websites using WordPress and Woocommerce selling rug pads like all Wool Rug Pads. We noticed that when we launched the original websites, they sites were slow. Moving from page to page was slow and loading the home page sometimes took 10 or 15 seconds! This…
Read MoreWhat is a Gravatar, Why you need one, and How to create one
Have you noticed that on some websites when you make a comment or when you sign up for a membership, you have a spot for a profile photo? If you have signed up using Facebook connect, which means there was an option to create your id using your Facebook account, you will automatically have the…
Read MoreHow to Schedule Your Posts into the Future to Delay Publishing Posts in WordPress
With WordPress it is easy to schedule your posts so that they are released in the future! Why would you need to do this? Here are a few reasons why: You have time one day to write a bunch of posts, but don’t want them all to be published the same day in order to…
Read MoreHow to Use your iPhone to Post to a WordPress Blog
Most owners of websites want to blog but can’t find the time, energy or content. Is this you? I work with many business owners who have a self-hosted WordPress installation, and who are gung-ho about adding a blog to their website. We set up the blog area, they write a few posts, and then they…
Read MoreIt Could be the Fonts!
Have you ever looked at a website and knew that you liked it but weren’t sure why? How about one that you did not like, but weren’t sure why…. Well, it could be the fonts! Fonts play a SUPER important role in how a person feels or reacts to a website. Fonts create a feeling…
Read MoreQuotes and Testimonials…How to Display Quotes and Testimonials on Your Website
Many of my clients have wonderful testimonials from their customers. These are great tools for marketing purposes, and they should be displayed proudly on their websites! Many other clients follow a philosophy, and there are many wonderful quotes from influential people that they would like to display on their site as well.
Read More