Using WordPress

The following shortcodes can be used with the Blue Lift, Biblio, Feast, Pomegranate, Sky and Wilco themes to provide additional formatting for your pages: [sep] Separator - creates a line to separate content. [columns]...[/columns] [column]...[/column] Allows you to create 2 or more columns side by side. Wrap all the columns with the opening [columns] and closing [/columns] shortcode. Then for each column, use the opening [column] and closing [/column] shortcode. [clear] Forces content fol...

To update or re-organize your main menu, click on "Menus" under the "Appearance" menu in WordPress. Select the "Main Menu (Primary Menu)" to edit your website's main navigation menu. Adding New Pages To The Menu To add a new page to the menu, locate the box titled "Pages". You should see all the pages you had created recently. You can also click on the "View All" tab to see all pages on your site. Check the pages you need to add to the menu and click "Add to Menu": You will now see all those...

Widgets in WordPress provide a way to add additional functionality to your pages. For example, you can add a secondary navigation menu, a RSS feed, a list of upcoming events, and more. Depending on your theme, there are different "sidebars" or "widgetized areas" on your site where you can add widgets. Typically these sidebars will appear on every page of your site, so you only need to add a widget once to have it appear throughout your site. Different themes may offer different ways of overridi...

Creating great content that is relevant for your website visitors is the most important factor for SEO. Our themes offer excellent on-page SEO (which means we optimize how the content is presented and structured for Google). However there are some basic things you could do that would bring great SEO benefits. Page Titles & Permalinks When creating a new page, using the right page title and the permalink (ie. the url) can make the entire difference between whether your page is going to be foun...

A SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate allows your server to encrypt all communications between the server and your website visitor's browser. This prevents anyone else from eavesdropping and capturing sensitive information. SSL is commonly used whenever credit card information needs to be provided by a website visitor to a server. Website visitors know when a page is secure simply by looking at their browser's navigation bar. If SSL is enabled, a lock icon will appear next to the website. So...

The following describe the steps to take to setup your existing domain to point to your new website. If you do not already have a domain name, you can register one at GoDaddy (https://www.godaddy.com/) or NameCheap (https://www.namecheap.com/). **Step 1: Update Your DNS Record** Login to your domain registrar and update the "A" record for your domain name to point to the IP address of your new website **Step 2: Update Your WordPress Settings** Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Make...