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Never have an outdated copyright date again

Ever notice how many websites and blogs have a copyright message at the bottom of the page that is still set to last year — or worse, several years ago? Here’s a quick easy trick to make sure that never happens to you. In the copyright field, instead of entering a date, like 2013, enter […]

Customizing WordPress Designs with Themes and Frameworks

WordPress is remarkably simple to use when it comes to adding posts and pages, but things can get tricky quickly when you want to customize the design or create complex page layouts. You can create custom WordPress designs in at least three ways: 1. Learn HTML, CSS, and at least a little PHP, and you […]

How to create a responsive web design that adjusts to different screen sizes

Many web designers are calling 2013 The Year of Responsive Design. Responsive web design is increasingly popular because the biggest challenge of web design today is that your pages are as likely to be projected on a giant computer monitor as on a tiny cell phone screen. With responsive design, you create one web page […]

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org?

So you’ve decided to design your website or blog using WordPress, the super popular open-source content management system (CMS), but now you have to answer the next question. Should you set up your site at WordPress.com, which makes everything super easy, but with some limitations and advertising (unless you pay to avoid their ads). Or, […]

Where do I find Google checkout orders?

Janine, I watched your tutorial on Kelby training about DIY ECOMMERCE using Google shopping cart with WordPress. Great. I had one question I don’t think was covered that I hope you can answer. “When the customer has paid for the product, where does the order go to get fulfilled. Is it in the setup portion […]

Dreamweaver vs WordPress

You might be surprised how many people are confused about the difference between a website and a blog, and how complicated it is to answer the question about which one is better…

Essentially, a blog (short for web log) is just a special kind of web site. Blogs are designed to make it easy for anyone to post text and images to the Internet (even if you don’t know HTML, the language of web design).

Great Examples of Responsive Web Design

If you’re looking for evidence of the growing popularity of responsive web design, just Google the phrase: “responsive web design examples,” and you’ll find numerous collections of design examples. Here are a few responsive designs to give you a flavor for what responsive design is all about. FoodSense.is BostonGlobe.com Anderson Wise Architects Antonio Gaudi example […]

How to Add a Favicon Image to Your Web Site

Have you ever wondered how some sites add those little custom graphics to the very top of the browser in the address bar next to the URL? Google adds a capital G, Adobe adds their A logo, we include the swoosh from our logo, and you can add any image to your site, too. Creating […]

Tracking web traffic: Google Analytics vs other traffic counters

Here are three traffic reporting services you can use on any web site. Get all the details with Google Analytics www.google.com/analytics Google Analytics is one of the best traffic counters on the web — and it’s free! You just add a little snippet of code to your Web pages, and Google tracsk your visitors, creating […]

Creating Websites with WordPress