20 tips, tricks and secrets to making your WordPress website look professional
- 1. Connect With Me: Email: [email protected] LinkedIn Twitter Facebook ( Feel Free to Like us ) Websites: WPInsider.org SpotOnDigitalMarketing.com A presentation given to the WordPress Insider meetup on February 4, 2016
- 2. 20 tips, tricks and secrets to making your WordPress website look professional
- 3. 20 tips ? WordPress themes Basic practices no one should miss Colors Pictures/Images Tools for image editing Where to get help
- 4. Themes for none techies with tons of options Genesis + Dynamik website builder Divi theme by Elegant Themes Thrive Themes Avada
- 5. Theme options can be overwhelming AvadaDynamik website builder
- 6. Good starter themes FREE: The default WordPress themes : TwentySixteen, TwentyFifteen etc. I especially like TwentyThirteen Premium: Genesis
- 8. Basic Get Rid of Meta Block Get rid of the “meta” section that is installed by default
- 9. Change the Footer Copyright Some themes provide an easy interface to change. If not, you will have to edit the footer.php file. ( In Appearance/Editor )
- 10. Changing Footer Copyright Editing footer.php file:
- 11. Add a Favicon
- 12. Never use the “Uncategorized” category Make sure you have no blog posts that have the “Uncategorized” category. You can edit the “Uncategorized” category and rename it. That way you will never have to be embarrassed again
- 13. Colors make a big difference…
- 14. COLORS The color theory … Tools: Paletton.com Adobe Color Contrast Ratio is a tool that lets you test the readability of text in different color schemes.
- 15. Color Schemes Inspiration http://design-seeds.com/ https://designschool.canva.com/blog/100-color- combinations/ Pictaculous - an app that generates a color scheme for you based on five primary colors from a photo that you upload to the program. ColourLovers.com
- 16. Other websites A great source for inspiration: other websites Color Picker – ColorZila extension for Chrome & FireFox
- 17. Images/Photos – Where to get them? Take your own pictures. Buy from royalty free websites: http://www.shutterstock.com/ http://www.bigstockphoto.com/ http://deathtothestockphoto.com/
- 18. Free Photo Resources Unsplash – Free high quality photography, our personal favorite. Flickr Creative Commons — You can find great images here. The usage conditions vary, but you generally need to give credit to the photographer. FreeImages.com — An excellent free resource. You may have to do some digging on the site for quality images. Wikipedia Commons — You’re free to use any images or media on Wikipedia. Ask permission — It doesn’t hurt to ask your favorite photographers. You’ll have more luck with this if you provide credit and have site traffic.
- 19. Using Images In Your Website Make sure to resize images so that they load fast. Cut/Resize images to have same size when used in similar or proximate locations on the website. Bad example)
- 20. Image Editing Image editing Online editing: SumoPaint.com Free software – Gimp Photoshop Paint.net Irfanview What do you use?
- 21. Getting Help – UpWork.com Job description in UpWork.com Clean background of 111 product pictures I have 111 products pictures with various backgrounds. ( Mostly shades of grey). I need the background of these images to be cleaned and made white so that only the product shows. I will send few samples to qualified applicants Cost: $20 Time: Less then 24hrs
- 22. Getting Help Job description in UpWork.com Image touch ups needed I have an image of stone and grass which is the entrance of a client business. Need to be made cleaner and nicer looking. ( Cost $5 . Time: Less then 24hrs )
- 23. Getting Help Job description in UpWork.com Resize and rename 180 images Looking for someone who can systematically and efficiently rename and resize approximately 180 JPEG images so that they can be added to our website. If you want to be considered to this job make sure to answer the screening question. (Which tools are you going to use in order to execute this job?)
- 24. Questions ????
- 25. Connect With Me: Email: [email protected] LinkedIn Twitter: @MichelleCasti Facebook/WordPressInsider Websites WPInsider.org SpotOnDigitalMarketing.com