I’m on the record as a huge fan of WordPress. I'm a fan of the community, the software and everyone who contributes to make it better and safer. I help organise the WordPress Melbourne monthly meetups, you can hear me talk at WordCamps, meetups and even colleges, and you can download my themes and plugins in the official WordPress Theme and Plugin Directories. Having said that, I will say that I don't love every single thing about WordPress and if you know me at all, you'll know that one of those things is the WordPress Customizer. I've even been known to say I loathe the Customizer. I really feel like it provides a horrible user experience.
WordPress Visual Editor Mastery
Recently I had the opportunity to present at our monthly WordPress Melbourne User Meetup. I talked about adding content to your WordPress site when your creating your Posts and Pages.
Getting to Know WordPress – Guest Lecture
I had the opportunity this week to guest lecture at NMIT Fairfield campus (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE) for their Pre-Press Publishing 1 for the Bachelor Of Writing and Publishing. Of course, it was on WordPress, but that goes without saying!
Gravity Form Validation on Default Field Values
Sometimes, usually due to lack of screen real estate, designers will design a form where the field's labels are displayed within the input field themselves, rather than sitting above or below them. I'll admit, they can look nice from a design perspective, but I'm not a big fan of displaying forms like this for usability and accessibility reasons. I'm not alone here either, there's lots and lots of experts that agree. With that said though, sometimes you just have to do what the designer wants.
Most Popular WordPress Security Plugins (infographic)
One of the most important important things to consider when setting up your WordPress site or blog, is security.
The following infographic shows some of the most popular security plugins that can assist you in securing your site.