In December 2016, I completed the online training course iThemes WordPress Developer Course. This course was over two days and took the form of online live webinars, looking at what a WordPress site consists of and tips and techniques on various tools and methods to develop [...]
I've recently formalised and added a new service to my offerings - a WordPress Website Healthcheck. This service is ideal if you’re launching (or re-launching) a WordPress website and want to give the website a healthcheck before the go-live.
My WebTestLondon.com site has had some issues since auto-updating it's WordPress core to the latest 4.2 - as the theme it uses (Simplissimo) is not strictly compatible with that version. The main issue was error messages appearing at the top of each page - but after [...]
I updated the Avada theme on my website today from 3.5.3 to 3.7.3 One key thing to do also is to make sure your plugins and WordPress are also up to date. I hadn't noticed that the Fusion Core plugin was out of date and there [...]
It had been a while since I'd updated the Avada theme that this website uses and it seems the longer you leave it, the more there is to consider - what will I need to backup, what about WordPress versions, what about my plugins etc? Anyway, [...]
I've recently been working on a new website - www.TechTestLondon.com - which I've built in WordPress, using the Envision theme. TechTestLondon covers the booming world of Wearable Tech, Smartwatches & Connected Tech and the apps that make the tech work – and also promotes the App [...]
I recently added some live demos of WordPress themes to my website, so you can see them in action. Currently, there are demos for the following themes: Pinboard - ideal theme for presenting graphical content, such as product photos, images, designs etc AutoFocus - demo of [...]
According to a news item on the BBC website and as mentioned elsewhere, there's apparently a series of botnet attacks on WordPress websites. The botnets are attempting to use the username admin - a default username in WordPress - and a series of password guesses to [...]
Selecting a WordPress theme for your business website can be a tricky business itself, so this post is a little bit of help in the right direction. There are many themes to choose from and many different types of website requirements, so this is not an [...]
Having recently relaunched my website to use a new WordPress theme - the excellent Avada Theme - I thought I'd add a guide to doing this on my blog, to help out anyone else planning this. Part 6 - After Relaunch Turn off Maintenance mode. Announce [...]
Having recently relaunched my website to use a new WordPress theme - the excellent Avada Theme - I thought I'd add a guide to doing this on my blog, to help out anyone else planning this. Part 5 - Going Live Backup / Export your existing [...]
Having recently relaunched my website to use a new WordPress theme - the excellent Avada Theme - I thought I'd add a guide to doing this on my blog, to help out anyone else planning this. Part 4 - Prep For Going Live Consider any SEO [...]
Having recently relaunched my website to use a new WordPress theme - the excellent Avada Theme - I thought I'd add a guide to doing this on my blog, to help out anyone else planning this. Part 3 - Theme Tryout To fully ensure the theme [...]
Having recently relaunched my website to use a new WordPress theme - the excellent Avada Theme - I thought I'd add a guide to doing this on my blog, to help out anyone else planning this. Part 2 - Theme Selection Check the various Theme websites [...]
Having recently relaunched my website to use a new WordPress theme - the excellent Avada Theme - I thought I'd add a guide to doing this on my blog, to help out anyone else planning this. Part 1 - Establish your Requirements What do you want [...]
Having recently relaunched my website to use a new WordPress theme - the excellent Avada Theme - I thought I'd add a guide to doing this on my blog, to help out anyone else planning this. The guide is split into 6 parts, as follows: Part [...]
Here are some useful WordPress links that I've found recently. WPMU.org - WordPress Experts - Lots of info on WordPress news, tips, plugins and themes WPCandy - WordPress Community Also, here's links to useful parts of the WordPress site WordPress Support WordPress Themes WordPress Plugins
Took a while to figure out how to turn off comments on static pages in WordPress. Found the answer via WordPress support pages. - Edit the Page in question - In the top right of screen there should be 'Screen Options' menu. Click this. - A [...]
Have now moved the patwalsh.co.uk site and the DevBlog blog to WordPress, hosted on my one.com account. This includes all the existing content of the DevBlog which I've also moved. The install and setup of WordPress was quite easy - following a support guide - and [...]
I've now installed WordPress onto my patwalsh.co.uk site. The process took about half an hour, following the instructions provided. At the moment I'm experimenting with WordPress, seeing whether or not to use it as the main platform for this site. Its easy to maintain blog entries, [...]
