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how to make a wordpress website multilingual
You will have 5 option when making a WordPress website multilingual Buy domain names with different extensies (.nl , .de, .com) Use a subdomain (https://en.voorbeeld.nl) Install an extra WordPress on the URL of your website(example: https://www.meijwebdesign.com)...
Create a WordPress Website (from an html website)
In 2013, I had several websites in html/css/javascript. The maintenance was starting to eat a lot of time from my hand, so I made the decission to change from HTML into a WordPress website. At that time the WordPress website had several advantages, like Easily editing...
Why do you want to change the standard 404 page
Nobody wants to visit the 404 page. Some visitors will try something else, but most vistors just go to the next search result of Google. The bounce rate is ofcourse increasing when somebody hit on your 404 page! Let's face it, when you enter a 404 page 90% of your...
Make a WordPress Child Theme in 15 minutes
A Child Theme in WordPress is used when you are start editing in your your WordPress files, such as 404 page, style.css, ,funtions.php, header page etc...When starting out with editing styles, most people starts with editing CSS3 in the style.css. As I have written...
How to use CSS in WordPress
There are several ways to add CSS to your WordPress Theme, but the best way is still the style sheet (style.css). If you like to make changes in the style sheet then make a child theme. The child theme is made in 15 minutes and will not be overwritten when the theme...
How to make a colour block on your page
I am showing simple code to make a colour block on your page.This simple code is not more complicated than using a shortcode from a plugin. And although I used the style directly on this page, the proper way should be creating a class inside your stylesheet, so that...
Make a Call to Action Button without a WordPress plugin
How to create a WordPress Call to Action Button without a WordPress plugin. It can be done in several ways. In his blog the button will be created without any pictures and only with CSS3 styling. It's free and simple to implement. ...
Add beginners CSS to a WordPress page
Adding style to WordPress editor can nowadays done by several plugins, at least I got those comments. So if you have a WordPress website and have no interest to learn any coding, just download a plugin. There are several ones. I use here the CSS still in the page,...
Principles of HTML & CSS for a Beginner
Any webpage contains HTML5 and CSS3. The HTML is the mark-up language for your text. The CSS3 is the make-up of your page. Like colors, back-ground images, colors, sizes of images, sizes of fonts and much more.. When you use a program like WordPress for a blog then...
Link your Posts and Pages for More Views
A link is a bridge between the different websites and between the different pages and blogs within a website. . Robots will follow links to discover new pages. As a user we recognize the link by its color or underline When Google started, the company was called...
Invest One Hour for Better Security of WordPress Blog
Security of WordPress blog and protection against hacking is not the first thing what you are worried about, when you start a blog in WordPress. If it is a bog or a website to promote your business in both cases you should protect your customer details. What the hack?...
Should I Use Keyword Research for my Blog?
Keyword research is normally needed for every page of your website. In a perfect world also for every blogpost a keyword research should be done. Ofcourse, in the real world most blog post just need a general idea and a 5 minutes reseach. Blog post will be...
What kind of SEO plugins improve your SEO
To improve SEO, you should at least use a few plugins. And not only those, who stated SEO in their title. SEO has to with keywords and links. The normal SEO plugin just looks at your keywords, which is important but we know that social media is important and we know...
Test your site for Mobile Usability with Tools from Google
Google start focusing more and more on mobiles and whether a website is mobile friendly. It will start using the mobile usability as a ranking factor. Last year everybody was convinced that a site should be at least responsive. If your site is not responsive then the...
Setup a Blog in 6 Steps
Do you consider to start your own blog, then first you need a subject. If you are not sure, you can start writing in for example Word. Make some pages and see if you like it. At least you will already have some content for your blog as soon as you go online. After...
Add Extra CSS file to WordPress
Why do you want the extra css file in your wordpress editor? Just to have a quick access to it. Only one time uploading of an empty CSS file, after that you can access it directly from your editor The best way to change the look of your WordPress site is still making...
Technical SEO
Technical SEO is becoming an essential part of SEO (search engine optimization). Google uses more then 200 algorithm to index a page for a certain keyword. This article will explain some well-known algorithm Responsive Webdesign Since 2015 a responive website is more...
On Page Search Engine Optimization
On Page Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is used to upgrade the position of your page or post into the first few positions of a search engine results list for your chosen keywords. After deploying videos and websites about SEO writing, my conclusion is the same as...