“Considering that the number of total active websites is estimated at over 172 million according to a survey published by netcraft, that means that around 75,000,000 websites are using WordPress right now — with around half of those sites (37,500,000) being hosted on the WordPress.com shared hosting installation.” [Source: Brenda Barron, 29 Oct 2019] WordPress… Continue reading Here’s why 72 million websites use WordPress
Category: Web Design
WEB DESIGN – How to setup a free WordPress.com user account
Learn how to setup a free WordPress.com user account. This will give you a free blog, and also allow you to be added as a contributor, editor, or admin to someone else’s site. Video created by Greg Johnson (3 May 2019) Learn more at ResourcesForLife.com/web
WordPress.com Classic and Block Editors
Here’s how to switch between the Classic and Block editors when using WordPress.com and also a tip on how you can use the Classic Editor interface when in Block Editor mode. Video by Greg Johnson (5 Apr 2019). Learn more at ResourcesForLife.com/web
WEB DESIGN – How to setup SSL with GoDaddy [SOLVED]
THE SHORT ANSWER These instructions assume you want SSL for a basic WordPress website hosted by GoDaddy. To setup SSL with GoDaddy follow these steps: Login to GoDaddy and go to their SSL products page. Purchase the basic SSL at $59.99 for the first year then pay $74.99 annually after that. You may be given… Continue reading WEB DESIGN – How to setup SSL with GoDaddy [SOLVED]
Here’s how to increase the speed and security of your WordPress website…
Summary WordPress has grown in complexity along with the themes and plugins it relies on. For this reason it’s important to have the latest updates including recent updates to PHP. This week WordPress 5.1 was released with several performance upgrades. Keeping all aspects of WordPress updated will help make your site faster and more secure.… Continue reading Here’s how to increase the speed and security of your WordPress website…
WordPress Divi Theme Parallax Effect for Images Not Working on Firefox or Chrome [SOLVED]
The WordPress Divi Theme Parallax Effect for images is not working on Firefox or Chrome browsers when using the native default settings of the Divi theme. This does not impact people using the Safari browser on Apple computers, which suggests there are some compatibility issues in Firefox and Chrome that make them less likely to… Continue reading WordPress Divi Theme Parallax Effect for Images Not Working on Firefox or Chrome [SOLVED]
WordPress Divi Theme Fullwidth Section and Fullwidth Slider Mobile View Font Size
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text – Introduction” _builder_version=”3.19.3″] This document and associated video describe a user interface issue with how the the WordPress Divi theme presents font size options for the Fullwidth Slider Title Text. To reproduce the issue, and see how the solution works, follow these steps which are also shown in the video… Continue reading WordPress Divi Theme Fullwidth Section and Fullwidth Slider Mobile View Font Size