When I mention that I don’t own a car and haven’t even driven a car since 1999, people ask how I do it. I’ve only owned a car for 6 months my entire adult life so it seems more normal to me to not have one but I will write about how this is possible.
Of course, successfully being car-free is dependent on where you live and personal lifestyle choices.
One of the tedious parts of developing a brand new WordPress site is making posts and pages to determine if the layout is working properly. This is especially true when it’s a magazine style layout based on categories filling the different sections. Some posts might be image based, some might be videos and others plain text.
Sometimes the client already has the content but frequently the content will come after the design.
Here are three different ways to add “dummy” content to a new WordPress site.
Happy August! I am starting to get ready for a short vacation very soon. The kid is counting down the days so I’ve been using that as an opportunity to practice math problems with her ;-) Also, just one more week until the Premiere League season starts up again and I can start watching Aston Villa on the weekends again. I got a little soccered out with the World Cup but now I’m ready to go again.
This week I have freelancing projects, WordPress themes, Facebook, and some info about my neighborhood.
On Monday I discussed the Update URL’s plugin that will update the image and internal links on your WordPress site when you move it to a new domain or directory location.
You also want to make sure that your visitors don’t get lost and get 404 errors when they access your site or follow bookmarks to it. In other words you don’t want to lose or confuse visitors who are still coming to your site via the old URL.
My daughter is really sweet and funny. I know, I know … I’m sure I sound like a biased parent but everyone tells me the same thing so I’m confident that is just her personality.
Recently she totally cracked me up over a conversation she had with her Dad about some dental work he needed done and how she related part of the conversation to Star Wars.
One thing that you should know is that for better or for worse, Star Wars has been a huge influence in part of our lives. I was married to a Star Wars fanatic.
I frequently move sites from one host to another, move a site to a new domain, or develop a site in a subdirectory and need to move it to the final location when the work is complete.
So, I end up with a lot of URL’s and image links that need to be changed. Thinking about doing this on a very large site is daunting and makes me want to go back to bed and put the pillow over my head.
Fortunately, there is an awesome and simple WordPress plugin that will change all of the URL’s for you.
Wow! Can you believe it’s already August? This summer is flying by. Before I know it, school will be starting up again. Alex told me recently that she loves school and wishes summer break was shorter – lol – what a funny kid.
This week I have Facebook, blogging, WordPress, trash, and some information about the great fabric shortage of 1972.
Enjoy
I’m in a bit of a posting pickle. I’ve stuck to the same posting schedule for well over a year now – Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and a list of links on Sunday. Usually, I write a number of posts in advance and the schedule isn’t an issue. But the last couple of weeks and especially this week I’ve been writing them at the last minute and am desperately trying to stick to the schedule.
Now, it’s a little bit of my own fault that I’m behind. I had some downtime last weekend and could have easily have written all of the posts for the week. But it was really hot and humid and I felt lethargic and lazy. So, in the mornings I did some client work and in the afternoon I played Tomb Raider ;-)
Blog upgrades and extras are my forte. If you want to spend more time blogging and less time fiddling with your templates and plugins, I can help. Find out more about my services, then email, tweet, or call me.
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Kim Woodbridge is an accomplished Information and Technical Consultant specializing in the entire implementation of a WordPress based website including installation, theme design, upgrades, unique customizations and ongoing site maintenance.