Making A Website 07 - A New Header & Footer
Even though I said in step 06 of this series that it was the last post, I've decided to add an update. In this post we will be improving the website header and adding a footer.
Posts Tagged "Web"
How To Add An Old Post Notice To WordPress
I like to let people know when they're reading an old post of mine, as it may contain out of date info. This post will show you how to easily add an old post notice to your WordPress site.
Rewriting My WordPress Site In HTML/CSS & Comparing Performance
I recently wrote a post about why I don't use a static site generator. After that post, I decided to fork my site to HTML/CSS to see how quicker it would be.
Implementing The IndieWeb Into My Website
I wanted to utilise the IndieWeb to take ownership of my data and to make may site more connected. This post talks about how I've managed to do that.
How I Optimise My Website Performance
WordPress is not slow. This website uses WordPress and is pretty darn quick, I think you will agree? In this post I want to talk a little bit about how I've optimised the performance of this website so that it loads in less than 2 seconds.
The Case For WordPress
Apparently, WordPress is slow, insecure and hard to maintain. I disagree and wanted to take a minute to explain why I think none of this is actually true.
How To Add CSS Dark Mode To A Website
A lot of people like to have the option of having a dark mode for a website. Here's how to add it to your site.
Making A Website 06 - Finishing Touches
It's time for the final post in my Making A Website series. In this 6th and final post, we're going to be adding some finishing touches to our website. This is mostly going to be CSS changes, to improve our theme.
Making A Website 05 - Adding A Blog
In this post of the making a website series, we will add a blog to our simple site.
Making A Website 04 - Responsiveness
Our light website is coming along nicely, but there's still some work to do - today we're going to make our website responsive.
Making A Website - 03 Menus
We now have a pretty good looking webpage, but it's now time to turn it into a website. In this post we're going to add additional pages, as well as a menu.
How To Self-Host Your Web Fonts
Making A Light Website - 02 Design
In this post we will looks at adding to our home page some more
Making A Website - 01 The Basics
Welcome to the first post in my series Making A Website. This series of posts will take you through all the steps needed to make your very own website from scratch.
How To Add A Custom Colour Palette To The Gutenberg Editor
The new Gutenberg editor in WordPress is pretty good, but I wanted to be able to customise the colour palette of my blocks. This post will show you how to add a custom colour palette to the Gutenberg editor.
How To Host Email With Your Own Domain
In this post I'm going to show you how to setup email with your own domain using the same company I use to host my email, Zoho.
How Plus Addressing Can Prevent Spam
I noticed recently that I appear to be getting a lot more spam to my mailbox than normal. I don’t usually share my email address if I can help it, so wasn’t sure what was happening. Some digging was required.
How To Secure WordPress
WordPress is everywhere, so keeping your site safe is really important. If you want to know how to secure WordPress, this post is a good place to start.
More or Less WordPress Theme
I recently migrated my website away from Ghost and decided to go back to WordPress. Mainly so I didn’t have to maintain a dedicated server for the website. Problem was, I loved the theme I had on my Ghost site, so I wanted to emulate the look at closely as possible.
Why You Should Own Your Own Domain
Unless you have been living in a bubble for the last 20 years, the Internet is probably a very large part of your life. From establishing an online identity, to having a personally branded email address that’s easy to share. Owning your own domain name has a lot of advantages.