WordPress

My first WordPress child theme!

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I am quite excited right now, as I feel as though I am really unleashing the power of WordPress. I am currently building an e-commerce site for a cool upcoming clothing label called ‘Goldsauce’.

I have chosen to use the WooThemes ‘Mystiles’ template and have now come to the point where I need to customise the theme.

From past experience it came to my attention that it’s best practice to create a ‘child’ theme to edit, so that if you update your template, all your customisations remain the same.

There was a great tutorial here on how to create child themes, it’s very simple!

 

so here’s a little screenshot of my first WP them!

 

 

Installing WordPress manually

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I’m generally used to installing WordPress through simple scripts. However I need to install it manually with 1 & 1 hosting package as it does not let you upgrade your WP installation if you use their click &build solution. This is quite annoying, however it will be good practice learning how to do it the manual way for future reference!

SEO, Mobile Stylesheets, WordPress

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I have been googling my name, but can’t seem to see my website. The old website used to come straight up on the front page, usually top 3 – however with WordPress I had forgotten I need to tag my name in somewhere! Doh – – – I’m going to try out the all-in-one SEO plugin…

My website renders well on a mobile due to the grid style (that’s one of the reasons I picked this style) however I think I could probably apply a mobile stylesheet in so that it detects which device you are accessing the site from.

Updating WordPress using 1&1 click and build

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I’m currently working on website design project for a dry cleaning business. My client has purchased a 1&1 started hosting package on which I installed WordPress. I have just discovered there is a WP update available however 1&1 have restrictions so you cannot do the WP 1 click install to update! I have to do this manually through FTP…argh!