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Designing for Your Audience – Identifying the Target Audience
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...
The Steps of Developing a WordPress Website – Step 5 – Maintain
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...
The Steps of Developing a WordPress Website – Step 4 – Deploy
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...
Guest Appearance on Elegant Theme’s Divi Nation
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....
The Steps of Developing a WordPress Website – Step 3 – Develop
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 Steps of Developing a WordPress Website – Step 2 – Design
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,...
The Steps of Developing a WordPress Website Step 1 – Define
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...
The People Involved in Developing a WordPress Website
Developing a website, especially large website, often requires a team. However, WordPress now has many themes, plugins, and features that have helped to reduce the work required to the point that a single person can develop high quality websites, making it possible to...
How to Know if a Career in WordPress Web Design is Right for You
Web design and development are among the fastest and best careers today. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that web development will grow 27% through 2024 with an average wage of over $66k per year. The typical entry position only requires an associate’s degree....