A few years ago, as I began to expand my use of WordPress with my clients, I was longing for a way to connect to other WordPress users and developers. I began to search for seminars or training opportunities for WordPress, and I discovered a thing called WordCamp.
Researchers are discovering that the ability to reason, learn and recall information ebbs and flows over our lifespan. In the world of web development, technology changes daily. It’s important to always be learning. Often in this industry you don’t know what you should learn, nor what information will become useful.
One of the biggest benefits to using WordPress for your site, is the number of Themes that are available. Themes are what give your site “the look”. Themes control the layout, the graphics, the colors, the fonts, the menu, the sidebar… basically every visual aspect of your site. There are literally thousands of options out there. Many themes often have additional customization or color options within.
There are volumes that can be written about WordPress security. In this brief blog post, I’ll attempt to cover a few of the basics.
WordPress itself, is a very secure software package – however nothing is 100% foolproof. And the more popular it is, the more hackers try to figure out how to hack it – because uncovering a vulnerability in WordPress would allow them to hack a large number of sites.
In my last blog titled “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? Paid vs. Free WordPress Plugins” I compared free WordPress plugins to paid WordPress plugins. But there is a way to have your cake and eat it too!