So you’ve got your WordPress site up and running and visitors are finding it through search engines. But are you giving them enough information about your site once they’ve arrived? In this presentation I’d like to share some ideas for simple tweaks you can make to your theme that can help improve the usability of your site – specifically in the areas of search, blog pages, archive pages, ‘landing’ pages and ‘read more’ links. I’ll … Continue reading
The ‘Customizer’ was introduced in WordPress 3.4, allowing users to toggle settings on their site with a live preview before saving them. This talk will show how any theme can use the powerful Theme Customisation API to add customisable elements to a theme that will let users/clients preview and publish real changes on the fly. We’ll also cover some of awesome things we’ve managed to achieve using it at FactoryMedia.
WordPress is designed to make website administration simple. This talk covers how StudioA2 deliver projects that allow flexibility on the front end while not compromising usability on the back end. A well designed site that functions correctly for visitors can be a nightmare for your clients if the administration is not user friendly. We’ve built dozens of WordPress sites, each with its own unique design, layout and content structure. We deliver a bespoke admin interface … Continue reading
Mobile website development is a hot topic at the moment. More and more users are accessing websites via a mobile device. This talk will show you how to build a basic mobile template and wrap in it into a plugin that you can drop in to your current WordPress website. The course will cover all aspects of a mobile web build project including: Concepts, Wireframes, Prep your Current WP site for mobile, Design, Screen Resolutions, … Continue reading
One of the recent WordPress accessibility initiatives has been the introduction of the ‘accessibility-ready’ tag for theme authors who wish to submit themes to the WordPress repository. The tag is used to indicate that a theme contains the best practices in web accessibility, and can form the basis of an accessible WordPress website. But uptake has been slow. This presentation looks at what you need to do to get your themes up to the ‘accessibility-ready’ … Continue reading
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