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WordPress is easy to manage. When built properly clients can update image gallery's, image sliders, accordions and more all in the page they are looking at.
Because it's so easy on clients to manage, they often start to believe everything is easy in WordPress. It's all at a click of a button. So when it comes to updating their WordPress site they think it's just the click of a button. And that's because it is. However as all WP developers know, you can update it at the click of a button. Hell, you can even set all your themes, plugins and core WordPress to update automatically. But it's not safe. So if you're reading this because you are wondering why your designer is changing you for WordPress updates, read this article --> http://askwpgirl.com/updating-wordpress-plugins-themes-core/ That covers the steps most designers take when updating WordPress. Thanks for reading.
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It always makes me laugh inside when clients in the past have questioned why I have charged them a few hours to install a plugin. You just click plugins, add new and upload it - how does that take 2 hours, they'd say.
It don't. What takes time is finding the right one, and then setting it up. I'll admit - I hate using most plugins. I always build it myself if I can because of the amount of time you waste trying to get a one size fits all plugin to do something specific. They're buggy and generally suck a good 60% of the time. And that's where the hours get spent. Here's an article that explains the process: https://smallbiztrends.com/2015/03/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin.html I remember back when I was starting out learning web design, I really had a hard time understanding why we used a external stylesheet. It seemed like it was just something we done because it's the way it's suppose to be done - not that there was any logical reason why we would store all out styling in one file, to be loaded on every page - even though most of it wouldn't get used on every page.
I know a lot of people have issue with this when starting out - surely, I though, it must slow down the website if it's loading in this long css file for every page. I'll just stick all the css for my pages in the <head> Why we use them The reason why we stick all our CSS in one file is that it means we can make global changes. Changes to the entire websites styling in one file. Instead of potentially changing upwards of 100 pages like a lot of my clients websites. Does this slow the pages down? Hell no! Once you visit one page your computer will download the stylesheet and store it locally. Meaning it only has to do this once (instead of doing it on every page). It's something that seems so obvious looking back but we aren't born into this world understanding anything at all - so I forgive myself. Here is some further reading on the subject: http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/stylesheets/introduction.html Thanks for stopping by. Dealing with IOS double tap (IOS is too cleaver) CSS issue. Ever had that problem with IOS where every link needs to be clicked on twice before it works? I sure have. Turns out it's just a CSS issue, read more: https://css-tricks.com/annoying-mobile-double-tap-link-issue/
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