by Roy Davis | WordPress |
Blogger by Google is an amazing blog platform that houses many newbie blogs. The blog options and even the monetization methods are pretty easy to go through and configure. Eventually, though, you want better themes or extendability and Blogger doesn't offer easy ways...
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
WordPress.orgWordPress.org is the open source, self hosted content management system designed for everyone, emphasizing accessibility, performance, security, and ease of use. The simple WordPress software is easy and predictable so you can effortlessly get started.The...
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
We’ve come to accept that an avatar is a visual representation of you online. It's been this way for decades. It’s basically a small image of you, regardless of whether it actually is you or not. This little picture of you is next to your username when you interact...
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
Thrive Themes child themes are one of the easiest child themes to setup. You don't need to enqueue scripts like some of the other theme companies require, just properly reference the parent theme in the style.css file and you're good to go. Here's an older example of...
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
Last time we talked about a few things you can do to setup a new WordPress website. Now let's go over some things to cleanup for an established website. Here's an audit checklist you can go through to finalize your website after you get through Step 7. Just to...
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
This overview is for a basic, vanilla installation of WordPress (WP). Think of this post as a new WordPress website settings checklist that you can build upon. Depending on what type of website you want to make and the tools you have available, your mileage may vary....
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
Creating a Divi Child Theme is pretty easy. You will be up in running in like 5 minutes. All you need to do is setup a few files and enqueue the parent style. I'm not going to go too far in the weeds in this article. Elegant Themes actually has a great post on their...
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
As WordPress adoption continues to rise, you may be wondering if you should switch over to this popular content management system (CMS). See the reasons below on why I use WordPress and potentially why you should too. 1. It's Free and Open Source Most, if not all...
by Roy Davis | WordPress |
I love learning new tweaks for WordPress. The more I learn, the more I see how versatile WordPress truly is. Quick Note on a Best Practice for Tweaks You should avoid putting your tweaks into the rewrite.php file since you will most likely have to re-edit the file...
Hi, I'm Roy, a content creator here on Website Jolt. I'm an IT person by trade, but originally started out being obsessed with websites and web development since the mid-90s. I taught myself HTML, CSS, JS, MySQL, and PHP. I dabbled in ASP, CF, Flash, and WYSIWYGs like Frontpage and Dreamweaver back in the day as well. Although I don't code as often anymore, I'm still obsessed with creating killer websites and the digital marketing that goes with them. Stick around to see what I know, fun projects, and new stuff I'm learning about websites.