Category: Design
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Ask a SuperGeek: How to redesign your WordPress website with no downtime
A question I’m often asked is: how can I work on a redesign of my website while still keeping my current website live? If you’ve ever contemplated redesigning your website, you’ve probably wondered about this. Well, I’m happy to tell you that you don’t have to take your site down white redesigning it! There are…
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Why processes are important in my business
Without a doubt, I would say that my least favourite part of having my own freelance business is the admin. I absolutely LOVE to do the creative stuff: sketching out logo designs, or working with code to add functionality to a WordPress website. But when it comes to onboarding new clients, making checklists for projects,…
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How to use cool and interesting fonts on your website
When building a website, font choice is one of those things that can be a total time suck. Cycling through all the various permutations of typeface for each element of your website, it’s all too easy to get stuck on the question of bold vs italic, from Amatic to Zapfino. I’d like to demystify some…
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Ask a SuperGeek: What is HTML?
I often come across people who are completely baffled about the languages and terminology used online. HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP… what are all these things? It’s totally understandable that many non-technical people struggle with coding languages. After all, these are complex languages, and require time and dedication to learn. I’m a firm believer that not…
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How to remove borders from an image in WordPress
Here at WP SuperGeek, we often get asked how to make simple design edits to a WordPress website. An example of these questions is: “How can I remove the borders that appear around all the images on my site?” While some themes allow users to change fonts, colours, layout, and other stylistic elements directly from…
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How to edit menus in WordPress
In WordPress, the custom menu feature makes it easy to add and edit parent and child menu items. You can create custom menus to appear as navigation menus at the top of your website, or to be placed in sidebars or other widget areas. Here is a guide to creating and editing custom menus in…
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The whys and hows of premium WordPress themes
I have just completed a total overhaul of my personal website, changing it from a freelancer-for-hire focus to a minimalist portfolio. Even though I’m a website designer, I chose a premium theme I’d never worked with before, and used it pretty much straight out-of-the-box, doing very few customisations to it. Why?
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Three no-code methods to lay out multiple photos in WordPress
Many WordPress users want to know how to display multiple photos in their blog articles, and lay them out effectively on the page. At first glance, WordPress doesn’t seem to be well-equipped to do some things easily. But there is usually a way to achieve anything you want, even without knowing how to code! The good…
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Think a free WordPress theme is too good to be true? It probably is.
Every new owner of a WordPress.org website is giddy with excitement. The thrill of a new business, a new blog, a redesign or refresh is palpable. And it all seems so easy and cheap – just get your discount hosting, install WordPress with a couple of clicks, grab a free WordPress theme and BLAMMO! Instant website! Until……
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14 great reasons to keep your web design simple
The most common comments from my clients about their website design is “I want it simple,” or “I like this site because it’s clean,” or “I want it really minimal,” or some variation on these. Why is minimal web design so popular? Perhaps it’s because a lot of people are already intimidated by getting a…