by AMS | Feb 3, 2017 | Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress, WWW & the Internet in general
I’ve given this “lesson” many times over the years, so it’s high time I post it here so it’s preserved and readily available. This begins with “the 3 things you need to have for a website” and then takes each of those a couple...
by AMS | Jan 18, 2016 | Web Design, WordPress
The folks at Elegant Themes have again done the work for us: check out their recent (Jan. 8, 2016) post sharing 25 cool websites built using WordPress: www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/25-cool-websites-made-with-wordpress. The sites are: Gisi Design – a...
by AMS | Apr 20, 2015 | Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress
Once again, the folks at WPMUDev.org bring us a great resource: they spent many many hours scouring through the WP database of free themes, and identified these 100 best themes. Rather than copy the whole article, or even partial (where do you draw the line?),...
by AMS | Jan 28, 2015 | Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress
Integrating social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) into your website is so important these days, if you want to optimize your SEO (Search Engine optimization)… and this is as true for WP-built websites as any other websites… So here are a couple of...
by AMS | Jan 12, 2015 | Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress
Elegant Themes, which post so many great advice columns on how to make the most of your WP-Built website, offers this list of 40 web design blogs you should follow: www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/40-web-design-blogs-to-follow-in-2015
by AMS | Nov 18, 2014 | Pro Bono work, Training Sessions, Web Design, WordPress, WWW & the Internet in general
I am so very busy in my new job (Academic Coordinator, comparable to Ass’t. Principal) at E. A. Hall MS, I really should not add more to my plate… but I am a fool and I can’t resist, so I am teaching a 1 day/week class in the after school program, on...
by AMS | Oct 21, 2014 | Training Sessions, Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress
For my presentation on WP Themes at the Santa Cruz WordPress MeetUp, Wednesday October 22, 2014 Outline: Free vs. premium vs. custom, pros and cons of each What to look for in a theme Where to find themes (and where not to look) Child themes P.S. WP Remote — an...
by AMS | Oct 13, 2014 | Tutorials, WordPress
Sometimes you don’t want the title of a page or post to be displayed, but you still want to give it a title. Here’s how, thanks to the great folks (Joe Foley in this case) at WPMUDev.org...
by AMS | Sep 20, 2014 | Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress
And yet again, the bloggers at Elegant Themes offers us important and helpful information about the world of WordPress web design.This article offers many great insights into both wordpress.org and wordpress.com, and how to use each. Since we here at Agora Media...
by AMS | Sep 20, 2014 | Web Design, WordPress
Once again, the folks at Elegant Themes offer an informative review of some of the best themes out there. In addition, the article includes a nice overview of the pros and cons of free themes vs. premium themes, as well as “freemium” themes, which they...
