What are WordPress “Categories” and “Tags“, how do they differ and how are they best used? Categories: In WordPress, posts should be organized into Pre-set Categories. Categories help sort similar posts together and keep a clear structure. Every post must belong to at least one category. By default, WordPress installs with a single category: “Uncategorized”. That is only…
Increasing the default security of WordPress has become essential. Several excellent security plugin’s are available but this one appears to offer a more robust system than others. *** BEFORE ACTIVATING ANY SECURITY PLUGIN, KNOW HOW TO DEACTIVATE IT IF ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED OUT!!*** WordPress plugin: “All in one WP Security and Firewall” by Tips & Tricks….
The DACS Web Design Workshop/SIG is coming up Tuesday night, May 19th, 7 – 9 pm at the DACS Resource Center, Ives Manor (lower level), 198 Main Street, Danbury. How does one “design” a website? Regarding the front-end graphical interface – what comes first, a unique design pulled from one’s imagination, or a search for…
Recent meetings have focused a lot on WordPress , but this time we’ll change direction and take a look at a new Drupal website (CMS platform) built by Andy Woodruff. It’s quite successful from the get-go, but there are always things that can be tweaked. We’ll discuss the overall design, effectiveness, content and more. What desirable add-on’s could be implemented…
There are several ways to backup a WordPress installation. Plugins can do the work, and run backups automatically according to a set schedule. Backups can be saved locally, or in a cloud server. Multiple versions of backups need to be stored, just in case a site gets corrupted and a backup is made before it’s…
Disaster strikes and your WordPress website goes down. You try to fix it, but after a moment of panic your remember you have backups. (You do have backups…?) Although there’s a big emphasis on backing up, do you know how to actually restore a site from a backup? It’s a ‘process’ and during a crisis would be the…
If you have a static website, can it be “converted” to a responsive website? The answer depends on several variables, but in most cases the answer is probably “No”! Only a few years ago the layout of a website was designed to fit a larger screens and ‘wow’ us with static images and plenty of…
Google favors responsive websites… And since ever-increasing people are viewing websites on their smart phones or tablets, it’s becoming more urgent to upgrade static sites to responsive sites. If you have an existing static site, what would be the best way to convert it? Let’s explore the options and their complexity.
The trend is towards having a secure connection to a website. Google is starting to take this into consideration in their search results. If you don’t sell anything, how important and desirable is it, and how do we install it? If you have a simple form, such as a newsletter signup form, the data is…
WordPress plugins are additional “apps” that enhance the functionality of WordPress. WordPress works quite well “out of the box”, but chances are you’ll be installing several plugins before your new site is ready to go live. The best place to search for plugins is on https://wordpress.org/plugins/. These plugins have been tested and assumed to be safe. However,…