At this meeting we discussed 2 essential WordPress plugins: Wordfence and BackWPup. Wordfence offers comprehensive settings to control security, anti-spam, and more. We explored all the different options and saw how Wordfence shows visitors information in real time. A useful report is the 'missing … [Read more...]
July 15, 2014 Web Design SIG
Adding graphics and photos to your website will enhance the visual impact and design. But before uploading media it's important to prepare and optimize your files for web viewing. Image width/height in pixels, as well as file size should be considered to avoid long downloads, and badly prepped … [Read more...]
WordPress Widgets, June 17, 2014
Let's take a closer look at 'Widgets', and how they are used to enhance your page content. Widgets are an integral part of any WordPress theme, and their locations and options change depending the theme structure. Its important to know how to recognize and use the options available in your specific … [Read more...]
WordPress Menus, May 20, 2014
More about WordPress! At this meeting we went over the difference between WordPress "pages" and "posts". We then created some categories and discussed the how these will help organize a site. We created some posts and pages, and then explored the WordPress default menus as well as custom menus … [Read more...]
WordPress Child Themes, April 2014
WordPress uses Themes to display the content, and once you’ve decided on a theme that best suits your purpose, it’s time to customize and make it your own. However, customizations are best done in a “Child Theme”. At the April meeting I demonstrated how to start a child theme based on one of the … [Read more...]
CMS – Basics & More, March 2014
Gone are the days when a website could get away using simple static HTML code. With the ever increasing use of ‘alternate media’ websites now need to be responsive for a good viewer experience. They also need to be dynamic, easily managed (often by multiple contributors), SEO optimized, and … [Read more...]