Jenn Mears Web Design

So I had an interesting synchronization happen last month. I met with a parenting group in Salem about possibly helping them put together a new web site and the site’s administrator asked me if I thought Wordpress MU would be a good solution for handling the group discussion feature. I had to ask him to explain what it was, and it sounded interesting, but kind of overkill for something that could probably be handled by comment moderation in Wordpress.

But the idea of using multiple blogs on one site was interesting and I thought it might work for another client who wanted to build a web site around the idea of one umbrella corporation and three companies under that corporation. (more…)

So, you want to set up a web site…

I have had a few clients whose initial contact with me is along the lines of, “I’ve reserved a name with a hosting company, and now I have no idea where to go from here.” Since I’ve been there myself, and have spent a lot of time on the phone with clients answering questions about C-Panels and bandwidth, I thought it would be a good idea to write something like a field guide to hosting companies. (more…)

When you start to browse for a theme for your new Wordpress install, do you get curious about what exactly you are looking at and what it means for your site? Here’s a guide to deciphering a sample theme page:

Word Press Test Site: Once you have set up your site, this is what your site’s name will look like, i.e. Jenn Mears Web Design

Just Another Wordpress Weblog: This will be your site summary. For example, “A site to learn more about how web design actually works.”

Page 1, Page 2: This is what Page links on your site will look like. Pages are considered “permanent” content and are treated like the pages of a conventional web site.

Page Child: A sub-page of a Page. Example: Page-About Us, Page Child-Company History.

Categories: A listing of the types of Posts that your site contains. Posts are like magazine articles. They are archived by the database you create in your WP installation and can be arranged for browsing according to either Category or date.

Archives: A chronological listing of all your posts.

Blogroll: A list of links related to your site that you can edit. It’s called Blogroll as a standard, but can be changed to say something else, like, Our Partners or Other Great Design Sites.

An Image In A Post: This is what the title of a Page or Post will look like.

Meta: This can be a list of links to sites related to Wordpress and/or your link to log into the WP control panel.