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JavaScript Plugins Web Development

Adding WordPress Posts using Ajax

Many WordPress themes and plugins come with some demo data (posts and pages) which the users can install when they activate the plugin. These WordPress posts and pages are designed to give the users a head start on setting up the theme or plugin and give them some readily available dummy data to play with. […]

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CSS JavaScript Small Business Themes Web Development WordPress

Adding custom CSS and JS to your WordPress site

WordPress provides many different ways to customize your site. You can build a custom theme that is unique to your site or you can use an existing theme and tweak it to suit your needs and style. In all these years of working with WordPress, I have had countless occasions when I had to add […]

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Freelancing

How I effectively manage my time as a work at home freelancer

I have been a freelancer working from home for over 4 years. It gives me the flexibility I need, but is also very challenging. I constantly have to wear many hats as a freelancer. Add being a mom and working from home to that and life becomes a juggling field. Managing my time effectively is […]

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Small Business Web Design Web Development WordPress

Importance of strong online presence for small businesses

A couple of weeks ago, on our way back from the beach, we decided to go to an Indian restaurant for dinner. We wanted to try a new place. So, I started googling for restaurants near us and started checking out the ones that we could try. I wanted to check out their menu to […]

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Gutenberg Web Design

Gutenberg Page Layouts

Gutenberg has made building page layouts really easy. There are a number of advantages of the block editor. Here I am going to focus more on the types of blocks available to build beautiful page layouts. The core blocks are in themselves enough to build page layouts without depending on the theme templates. The block […]

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Gutenberg Web Design Website Support

WordPress 5.0 & Gutenberg – Is your site ready?

WordPress is used to power many small businesses because it is relatively simple to set up and use. Once you have proper systems in place, WordPress makes it very easy for you to run your business. If you are a small business owner, I am sure you use your website to let the world know […]

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Gutenberg Web Design

Reusable Blocks in Gutenberg

One of the cool features of Gutenberg is reusable blocks. These are custom blocks that can be created while you are writing your post. You can save them and can re-use them later in another blog post or a page. It is very simple to create a reusable block. Where can I use reusable blocks? […]

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WordPress

WordCamp Sacramento 2018

Word Camps are always fun places to go to. This year my first Word Camp was the #WCSAC. I was super excited to be with the people who speak my language and I was not disappointed. I met some wonderful people, made new connections over networking sessions and lunch. The sessions were awesome and well […]

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Small Business Web Design

How to build a website using a free or purchased WordPress theme?

In all my years of working with WP, I have to admit that there have been very few instances where I had to setup a free or purchased WordPress theme for a client. So, I have not seen the frustration that is caused when you try to setup a theme and it ends up very […]