It is becoming more and more of a necessity to have a website that is responsive to smart phones and tablets. Here I'm going to explain about how I created the theme of RobCubbon.com using Streamline on the Genesis framework. The Genesis framework costs $60 and the Streamline theme costs $25 … [Read more...]
Create a WordPress Theme with Genesis [Video]
I've posted a few articles recently about making a child theme in Genesis for WordPress as I "filmed" almost the entire process of a client website creation. Here I'm going to put all the videos together and run through the process from beginning to end. I start off with a mock-up of the home … [Read more...]
Creating a Custom Page Template for Genesis
One of the ways WordPress can be made to act like an all-singing, all-dancing CMS is with custom page templates. These give you the ability to make any page on your website look and/or function differently to all the others. Here I'd like to explain how you make a custom page template for … [Read more...]
Creating & Styling Sidebar Widgets in WordPress
The first time I saw WordPress widgets I thought "what on earth are these useless pieces of dog's do?" Now I think that widgets are awesome website building devices that should have pride of place in any website designer's toolbox. What are WordPress widgets? WordPress widgets are self contained … [Read more...]
Creating Header and Navigation Menu in WordPress
Every WordPress site is different. This is because everybody chooses a different theme or "look and feel" for their site. Creating a header and top navigation menu in WordPress will be a slightly different process for each site. Here I am using the Genesis theme framework for WordPress because I … [Read more...]
Styling a WordPress Child Theme with Genesis
In my last post and video I explained how to make a child theme for the Genesis theme framework in WordPress. In this article I explain how to start styling the Genesis child theme. Here you can see where we left off last time with the Genesis child theme only just set up plus an image of the … [Read more...]
Making Your Own Genesis Child Theme On WordPress
I often ask the visitors here what they would like to me write about and the most common subject people mention is making your own WordPress theme. WordPress is a powerful publishing platform which can be made to act and look like just about any kind of website. What are WordPress themes and how do … [Read more...]
Moving a WordPress Site to a New Domain
I moved a WordPress blog to a new server and a new address this week. It was one of those jobs that I dreaded doing but didn't turn out to be too complicated. And I've not lost any traffic! Why was I moving a WordPress site to a new domain? A few months back I created a site about WordPress, … [Read more...]
Creating WordPress Business Websites That Work
WordPress is the best CMS (Content Management System) for business websites. There are many successful business websites that use WordPress, for example Ford, The Wall Street Journal and Sony. WordPress is usually chosen to power a company's website because it creates websites that are … [Read more...]
Creating Content and Experiences People Want
I've only used a gun on one occasion – the results were catastrophic. That sentence has nothing to do with this article, its only purpose was to get your attention. And that second sentence's job was to keep you interested. Once I have got you to read the headline, I have maybe 2 to 3 seconds … [Read more...]
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