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Tessa Needham
Tessa is passionate about designing for and teaching WordPress! She also has a background in performance, video, design, photography and writing. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, baby boy and cat. Visit her website and check out her Udemy course, Step-by-Step WordPress: Basics and Beyond.
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14 great reasons to keep your web design simple
The most common comments from my clients about their website design is “I want it simple,” or “I like this site because it’s clean,” or “I want it really minimal,” or some variation on these. Why is minimal web design so popular? Perhaps it’s because a lot of people are already intimidated by getting a
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Think a free WordPress theme is too good to be true? It probably is.
Every new owner of a WordPress.org website is giddy with excitement. The thrill of a new business, a new blog, a redesign or refresh is palpable. And it all seems so easy and cheap – just get your discount hosting, install WordPress with a couple of clicks, grab a free theme and BLAMMO! Instant website!
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How to optimise your WordPress website for mobile visitors
Have you looked at your website on a smartphone lately? A tablet? Chances are, if you have one of these devices, you have noticed that some websites look great on them, and some look… well, tiny. So how can you ensure that your website looks great for all visitors, and more importantly, gives them the
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Why create an online course?
So, I’ve just finished creating my first online course. Called Step-by-Step WordPress: Basics and Beyond, it’s a training product aimed at creatives or small business owners who want to learn more about WordPress than just blogging. It covers all aspects, from installing and setting up WordPress, to designing, coding and troubleshooting. Pulling it all together
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Understanding Email
Email. Most of use it all day, every day. The ease of communication it allows is super convenient for our modern lives of needing an answer… NOW. But how many people really understand how email works? Know the difference between POP and IMAP? Or how to set up an email account on their computer? Understanding
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Understanding WordPress themes
These days, many websites run on WordPress.org. And for good reason. Along with a host of other benefits, the theming structure of WordPress means that website owners have a lot of control over how their site looks. And (with care!), they can change the look of their site just by uploading a new theme.
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7 Inspiring Ideas for Creating your own Images to use on your Website or Blog
In my last post, I talked about why and how to resize images to the optimum size for your website. For this article, I wanted to take a step back, and talk about the best ways to actually get images to use on your site. Sure, there are many sites to find stock images online.
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Three Reasons to Resize Images Before Using Them on Your Blog
Of course, images are very important to use on your website. They draw the attention of readers, help to illustrate points, and add flourish and colour to your writing. But you don’t want your images to work against you! If you’re not resizing your images before uploading them to your blog, you may be missing
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Why you should care about responsive web design
Sure, web design and development might be a little over your head. Maybe you forked out for a designer to build your site, maybe you bought a premium theme or use a free one. Maybe you’ve heard this buzzword “responsive design” being bandied about here and there. But what has it got to do with
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Using Inspect Element or Firebug to peek behind the scenes of your WordPress website
Have you ever been frustrated by the way something appears on your website? Perhaps you thought some text was going to be green, but it actually looks red. Or perhaps you formatted text to be aligned to the left, but it’s actually centred. Maybe an image has an ugly-coloured border around it that you didn’t
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