by Kim Shivler | Feb 21, 2016 | WordPress
Spam Comments can be frustrating for any blogger. Many people set WordPress to require comment approval in order to make sure spam isn’t being posted to the site. If you have it set to require approval, and ff you’ve ever allowed those unapproved...
by Kim Shivler | Jan 20, 2016 | WordPress
When I teach WordPress or any other online platform, I frequently focus on the importance of creating backups as often as you update content. It’s also important to test your backups. If your website crashes or is hacked, a backup only helps if it can be...
by Kim Shivler | Dec 26, 2015 | Themes
As many of you who have read my blog posts or taken my How to Build a Website in 8 Hours or Less courses know, I really like the Divi theme by Elegant Themes as a way for beginners to create beautiful looking websites, easily. One of the few issues with Divi, for...
by Kim Shivler | Dec 14, 2015 | WordPress
December 4-6, 2015 many WordPress developers, users and fans gathered in Philadelphia for the first ever WordCamp US. WordCamps, the name for WordPress conferences, are traditionally regional events held across the world to bring together those who use and...
by Kim Shivler | Dec 10, 2015 | WordPress
On Tuesday 12/8/15, WordPress 4.4 was officially released. This release has a few new items for the end user and plenty of new functionality to allow developers to create bigger and better plugins and themes for the rest of us to use. Responsive Images The WordPress...
by Kim Shivler | Dec 3, 2015 | Plugins
Finally, a child theme creation plugin that does it right! In past posts, I’ve taught you how to manually create a child theme and install it using FTP (file transfer protocol). Until now, this was my only option for helping people with child themes. What...
by Kim Shivler | Nov 17, 2015 | Themes
One of the most powerful themes I have seen from any theme company is Divi, by Elegant Themes. This theme is responsive and combines an easy-to-use, powerful page builder with some great theme functionality. Between my own sites, partners, students and clients, I have...
by Kim Shivler | Oct 26, 2015 | General Website Topics
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a method of copying files across servers. If you want to copy files from your computer to your web host or from the host to your computer, you would use either FTP or SFTP, the secure version of FTP, if your host supports it. Note that...
by Kim Shivler | Sep 10, 2015 | WordPress
A WordPress Child Theme is a subset of a theme that allows you to make changes to the theme without losing them when you upgrade. It inherits the functionality from its parent theme. There are times when you want to change the theme’s CSS or underlying theme PHP...
by Kim Shivler | Sep 5, 2015 | Themes
In WordPress, your theme controls the look and feel of your site. From the layout to the colors, your theme determines your site’s appearance. At times, you may want to change certain aspects of your theme without switching themes or creating a new theme....
