If you’re building websites for clients using WordPress, you’ll be keen to find a way to maintain your relationship with them and keep in touch. After all, a client who’s already hired you to build their website is someone who’s very likely to hire you again in the future or recommend you to their contacts. […] View original post at …
7 Reasons Why Your WordPress Plugins or Themes Won’t Install
For the most part, I think WordPress is a pretty solid platform. Of course, we complicate things when we drag third-party elements into it for the sake of improving performance or security, adding new design features, or opening up greater functionality. But the payoff is generally worth it. Without those integrations, you’d have to do […] View original post at …
The Ultimate WordPress Backend Tutorial: A Guide to Customization
There’s a lot that goes into developing WordPress websites from the ground up, which is why I hope you’ve found the WordPress startup guide helpful. Having one cohesive guide that walks you through the process step-by-step can be an invaluable tool when you’re first starting work as a WordPress developer. Once you’ve mastered the WordPress […] View original post at …
How Deliberate Practice Can Help You Become a WordPress Expert
I’m a keen advocate of the idea that anyone can learn a new skill, if they’re sufficiently motivated. And if, like me, you work in the world of web development, you’ll need to learn new skills all of the time. Ours is an industry that never sits still. Whether it’s a new tool, a major […] View original post at …
Help! I Need to Migrate a WordPress Multisite: A Step-by-Step Guide
WordPress Multisite has been a highly beneficial addition to web developers’ toolboxes since its introduction in WordPress 3.0. While the multi-site network management solution can’t be used for every new web development project, it has proven itself quite valuable when all the right variables are in place. In the Ultimate Guide to WordPress Multisite, Rachel […] View original post at …
13 Things Every eCommerce Product Page Needs for More Conversions
Estimates put 2017’s ecommerce sales total at $452 billion. With so much money being pumped into online retail, I think it’s time we take a look at how to design ecommerce websites for conversions. While some basic conversion tips for WordPress sites do apply here, an ecommerce site typically doesn’t play by the same rules […] View original post at …
How to Create a Landing Page Template for Your Theme
Landing pages are everywhere. If you’ve investigated SEO, or online marketing, or email list building, you’ll have been told to create a landing page for your website. But what exactly is a landing page, and how do you create it? In this post I’ll explain what makes a landing page different from a normal page […] View original post at …
A WordPress Tutorial for Beginners: Create Your First Site in 10 Steps
The first time you step foot inside the WordPress dashboard, you can’t help but marvel at how simple it all appears to be. A management sidebar on the left. A clean interface to work within in the center. Notifications at the top. But once you start digging deeper into WordPress, you may feel overwhelmed as […] View original post at …
Get the Most Out of the Hummingbird Plugin and Maximize WordPress Speed
One of the things I really love about WP Checkup is how it streamlines the process of scanning a WordPress site for performance issues. Because, while you might be able to surmise why your content isn’t loading quickly enough or why Google says your mobile page speeds are abysmal, WP Checkup tells you exactly what’s […] View original post at …
8 Server Issues That Affect WordPress (and What to Do About Them)
We always have such a laser-trained focus on our WordPress site that sometimes it’s easy to forget that problems with it may not stem from conflicting plugins, a hacked login, or a bloated theme. Sometimes it’s the underlying web server that’s at fault. In my experience, web hosting companies aren’t always the easiest to work […] View original post at …