This is the beginning of a series in how to go from Photoshop to WordPress. It will answer questions like: How do I bring a design element from Photoshop to WordPress? How do I set the background color of my…
WordPress and the Robots.txt file
Image from diTii on flickr It’s important to understand how WordPress handles the robots.txt file. If you are using WordPress, the robots.txt file is handled virtually, meaning an actual robots.txt file doesn’t reside in your root directory. Yet, if you…
What’s New in WordPress 3.6
2013 Theme This new one-column theme is great for media-rich content. It puts the focus on content and includes a flexible layout that is responsive on any size of device. The default location of widgets has changed. …
The 10 Best New Plugins for 2013
The best new WordPress plugins for 2013 range from contact forms to drop boxes to author bios and more. To make this Top 10 New Plugin list, each of these plugins had to be in at least two other top…
The WordPress Minimalist Guide to CSS
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. Styles within CSS define how to display html elements, as well as other elements of a webpage. In this basics overview, we will focus on defining styles for html elements. CSS provides consistency across…
Top 10 Must Have WordPress Plugins
Photo by mcojah on Flickr Where does one begin when it comes to WordPress plugins? Over the years, I’ve come up with a set of standard plugins I install on most WordPress websites. I’d love to hear yours, too! Let …
Updating a Website
This post is a continuation of the series “You Need More Than a Website“. You have your website, but as we mentioned last week, your website needs to be more than just existing, it needs to be performing. One of…
Why I Recommend WordPress for Your Website
Image by Brent Norris on Flickr If you’re considering doing a new website or redoing your current site, I highly recommend using WordPress. One, it does a great job of keeping content separate from presentation — meaning you can do…
How Do I Update my Website?
This is the most popular question amongst our clients. When we first started making websites 10 years ago, the question wasn’t asked so much. Back then, it was expected you needed to know how to code. Technology has changed. In…