This year's WordCamp US is near my home in TN, so I can't pass up the opportunity to meet the amazing Elegant Theme's crew in person. I've written quite a few articles for the Elegant Theme's blog, so meeting Kenny Sing, Mitch Skolnik, B.J. Keeton, Jason Champagne,...
I don't often review something in beta, but the Gutenberg Editor is getting closer to becoming an integral part of WordPress, so it's time to start digging in to see what it can and cannot do, what's good and what's bad, and what it means for the future of WordPress....
One of the balancing acts of designing a website is finding that happy medium between what the client wants and what their readers need. The design shouldn’t just be a client’s wish list. It should also consider the end user’s wish list. After all, the website should...
Once the website is deployed, as in seconds after, it’s time to maintain the website. This includes the backend, the frontend, and content. This is also when you should start implementing additions that were not ready or available during the first four steps. A...
Step 4 in the 5 steps of developing a website is deploy. Once the website’s checklist is complete with all of the elements in place and the site has been thoroughly tested it is time to publish the site. Even though the site is tested ahead of time, we can’t just...
Today I was the guest on Elegant Theme's Divi Nation. We discussed writing content about Divi and how I got started as a content provider....
Development brings all of the design elements together to build a workable website. Since it’s a content management system complete with database, content creation tools, and media storage, WordPress greatly eases the pain of development. The backend already exists...
The second step in developing a WordPress website is Design. Fortunately WordPress, being an amazing content management system, takes care of handling content database and other parts of the website under the hood, so you’re not designing from the ground up. Instead,...
Like any successful project, developing a website should follow a proper sequence of steps. The steps, often called phases, help keep the project on track and within budget. They also help ensure that the website that’s built is the website the client needs - without...