Design

 

I want to send a huge shout out to all of you that made it out in the snowstorm last night, your dedication to the topic and to your own work is inspiring! Thanks also goes out to SCORE, you all provide an amazing service! 😎

Below find links to some of the resources and topics we discussed last night. 👍Remember to do your competitor analysis and keyword evaluation for your SEO and for Adwords!

Lastly, think of your audience and your users first. User Value = Business Value.

 

WordPress: Managed Hosting, Themes, Plugins, Maintenance, Security and more….

Managed WordPress Hosting vs wordpress.org

• SiteGround
• GoDaddy
• WPEngine
• Pagely for enterprise
• Liquid Web

Domain registration can be done through your host companies or at:

• Hover.com
• Many others… just keep track of where your registration for your domain is and where your hosting is – good housekeeping!

Themes

• StudioPress – The Genesis Framework works with child themes – “Get your site a new dress for the prom with a new child theme easily ” Best standards and practices found here with awesome community support

Plugins

• Gravity Forms
• Caldera Forms
• Ninja Forms
• Yoast SEO
• Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)
• Simple Social Icons
• Stop Spam Comments
• Akismet Anti-Spam
• Many more great plugins inn the repo!

Maintenance

• Your web developer or agency can help with this
• WP Site Care

Security

• Sucuri -check what is included with your hosting
• SSL https:// – activate SSL on your site through your hosting company

Resources:

• SEMrush
• HotJar
• Genesis Framework and Child Theme Tutorials by Sridhar Katakam
• Google Adwords
• XWP

 

Slides form last night:
User Value = Business Value – PDF

 

I am very pleased to announce I will be contributing most of my professional time helping to build, collaborate, and learn/grow with the amazing people known as XWP.co.

The work is to “Build a better web”

The core values, challenges, and mission of XWP align very nicely for me both personally and professionally. We will continue to move forward the work of UX excellence which has been rapidly developing here. Experience Design is my passion and the opportunity to help build a team and to be able to further share and empower others with the work is an opportunity I am very grateful for. We serve clients, WordPress, and human beings globally that love, depend on, and care about making the web a better place.

A wonderful purpose to serve:
To connect and empower people to create meaningful experiences.

 

The Studio is still here, however I won’t be taking on new client work in the immediate future. Dr. Remington and I have our DocsWithApps.com business that will continue to be going strong as a side project too!

 

I am really pleased to be focusing almost exclusively on User Experience Design teamwork and moving design work F O R W A R D  together at XWP. 😀