This past Saturday marked my second foray into Vancouver's WordCamp. Last year's WordCamp was pretty awesome, but I remember sitting there, the day after I graduated from BCIT feeling like I didn't understand most of the things that were coming out of the presenters' mouths. While there was certainly A LOT that was over my …
What is a Custom WordPress Theme?
Lately, I've been getting the same questions from potential clients: Don't you just add a theme to WordPress and then you're done? What's a custom WordPress theme? So, the obvious thing to do, was to write a blog post about it! It is true that you can just add a theme to a WordPress site …
Using Pinterest to Communicate Your Vision to Your Web Designer
I've mentioned before that Pinterest is a great place to get inspiration as a designer but it's uses go far beyond organizing those pairs of cowboy boots you're lusting after. (You can take the girl out of Alberta but you can't take Alberta out of the girl.) When you're starting to think about your new …
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Why You Need Information Architecture for Your Website
Information architecture is one of the most important things that you need for your website. But, what is it? Information architecture is basically a fancy word for how your website is structured ... where does each page lead to. It sounds simple, but it really is one of the most important parts of your website. …
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The Easy Way to Backup Your WordPress Website
Something that I didn't realize until a few years ago is that your website, just like files on your computer, need to be backed up every once in a while. A website, including a WordPress website or blog, is basically a collection of files that sits on a server somewhere for everyone to access. Unfortunately, …
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Brute Force Attacks on WordPress
Last week I was chatting with a colleague about all the news about brute force attacks against WordPress sites. If you haven't heard, some evil robots are out to get into WordPress websites. But fear not! The easiest way to protect yourself is to make sure that your username is not 'admin.' Unfortunately, admin is …
Domains and Hosting: What They Are and How to Get Them
When you decide you want a website, one of the first things you'll think about is what you'd like the domain to be. Your domain is the address (or url) that your website can be found at. For example, the domain of this website is katemoore.ca. A domain is the unique address that your website …
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WordCamp Vancouver 2012
Instead of sleeping in on Saturday (yes, the day after the Technical Web Designer program at BCIT finished), I attended WordCamp Vancouver 2012. WordCamp's talks were on a variety of topics including Search Engine Optimization, Growing Your Business, How to Build a Membership Website with WordPress, BuddyPress, PHP Documentation and a few other topics. I …
Kate Moore Hermes 