Sharing Some TLC
What's the Beef? Taking a Bite Out of the Hamburger Debate
I have a keen interest in hamburgers. They are not my favorite food … I am talking about the small, 3-lined menu icon that has been the topic of debate in the web design community. The icon was designed by Norm Cox as part of the user interface for the Xerox Star – a “workstation”…
How to Avoid Shiny Object Syndrome with the Genesis Framework for WordPress
I suffer from a condition you may have heard of … Shiny Object Syndrome. It is easy to be distracted and frustrated by the number of options we have for WordPress themes (and plugins, and web hosts – the list goes on!). Many themes look the same … some have fancy bells and whistles. Trying…
How to Turn Radio Buttons into Big Buttons in Your Gravity Form
Radio Buttons are Ugly! Radio Buttons do not create an eye-catching set of options for a donation form. Styled, big buttons are much better looking, professional and appealing I recently reached out in Slack and got a quick solution to turning my radio buttons into BIG BUTTONS. When collecting donations on a website, it is…
10+ Favorite Free WordPress Plugins and Why You Should Use Them
I have used a lot of plugins over the years and I love listening to podcasts and reading blog posts to learn about new plugins and other’s favorites. Here are the Top 10+ Free Plugins I use on my WordPress websites: Yoast SEO: This plugin is one of the most popular in the WordPress Plugin…
How to resize and prepare images for use on your WordPress website
Images are a key to a blog or website. Bad quality images will make your site look unprofessional. Images that are too large will slow down the load time of your site. Images that the wrong dimensions and shape will mess up a page layout Once you have selected an image or images for your…
5 Best Ways to Get Help with WordPress
I built my first WordPress website in 2011. At the time, I was not aware of the many avenues available for support and learning within the WordPress community and struggled to find answers and teach myself everything from css to html to plugins and ftp. Over the years I have discovered that there are many…
Why I Love WordCamps
I attended my first WordCamp in Baltimore in 2014. I found out about WordCamp by accident. I had hired a developer in Florida to do some php work for a client of mine, and he mentioned in passing that he was presenting at WordCamp Tampa. I googled “WordCamp” and discovered the Baltimore WordCamp was coming…
Help! The Facebook Image from My Website is Wrong!
If you have ever tried sharing a link from your website and Facebook, you may have encountered an issue where the image that Facebook is reading from your website is not the image you want to be featured. When you share a link on your Facebook timeline, you will usually have the range of various…
The Blogging Challenge: Blogging For One Month
I met the sister team from @sumydesigns, Susan Sullivan and Amy Masson at WordCamp US. They impressed me with their commitment to blogging about website and WordPress design and development. As a result, I have set myself a goal of blogging every day (or almost every day!) for the month of March. The Design TLC…
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ACK! HACK!
5 Ways to Protect your WordPress Website In two days I have had to repair two hacked websites. One was vulnerable to hacking with old plugins and a very out of date version of WordPress core. The other site was not out of date, but must have had a backdoor somewhere that a clever hacker or…
What Kind of Car Do You Drive – WordPress Hosting Conversation
I recently posted some information on the Facebook Advanced WordPress Group about blacklisted plugins on Go Daddy Managed WordPress Hosting plans, including several backup plugins. My intention was to share this information with the community and advise you how to choose managed WordPress hosting plans in case you may be having issues with Managed WordPress…
By United States Department of State (Official Photo at Department of State page) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Lesson from Hillary – Use Your Email Properly
Politics aside, using personal email for business is a bad idea. Debating whether or not Hillary knew or didn’t know or realize this, if her advisors did or didn’t tell her to avoid this mistake, is not the purpose of this blog post, but it is has reminded me how email is misunderstood and misused. For…
Solving Problems
My mom just arrived for a visit. She is one of the best problem solvers I know. If something is broken, my mom can fix it! She is not only very talented at “tinkering” with things, she is also smart about asking for help and knowing where to find answers. On top of that, she…
Jumping In
The ball just dropped in Times Square. There’s no time like the present to jump in and begin a new challenge. How many times have you put something off because you are not “ready?” I recall mornings when I rose early to swim in the open water, training for a triathlon. I was never a strong…
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