WordPress for Genealogy
Oct 13For those of you out there interested in seeing a genealogy site built using ‘mostly’ WordPress, please visit ManyRoads. Obviously the site is one of mine (my family genealogy). However, I think it provides a pretty decent example of what you can do to slice and dice a ‘bunch’ of information into a ‘pretty useful’ format. I have tried to use a plugin for...
Design Pointers
Mar 03The most important part of your web site is the actual text content. Use the following tips regarding content: Site Navigation Scheme – Using index cards or smaller pieces of paper, write down all the items that you want included in your web site (Brainstorm here!). Now separate them into Categories, understanding that one index card may end up in more than one category. When you have...
Style Tips
Mar 03Condense textual content to fit the time and attention constraints of today ‘ s busy Web users. Thoughts on Web Style Inverted Pyramids in Cyberspace Use small (byte-wise) graphics so graphics load more quickly in graphics-capable browsers. (It is not advisable to use GIFs for everything. It ‘ s of the first importance to make the right choice between JPEG and a...
Accessibility Guidelines
Mar 03Accessibility Guidelines and Tools Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites ” Quick Tips ” introduce key concepts of accessible Web design. Please note that these are not complete guidelines. Web Accessibility Quick Reference A document created by AmbientWebs ‘ s Web Services to provide a summary of the items that must be done to accomplish web accessibility using the...
Using Mimbo theme
Feb 11Writing and manging content in Worpress using Mimbo theme - Required: WordPress 2.3 – Mimbo theme installed, active and configured. – Image manager plugin installed and configured. – Basic image resizer software such as PhotoFiltre The Mimbo theme makes extensive use of front page images. It does this by utilizing the powerful wordpress ‘custom fields’ feature...