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Creating New Widget Areas

Written by Katrina

What are widgets? WordPress Widgets add content and features to your Sidebars. Examples are the default widgets that come with WordPress; for Categories, Tag cloud, Search, etc. Plugins will often add their own widgets. Widgets were originally designed to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress Theme… [Keep Reading]

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Genesis Settings Explained

Written by Katrina

Once Genesis is installed you’ll notice it has its own settings. Genesis > Theme Settings. Watch Me: Where to add Google Analytics

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Place Slider Above Blog Archive

Written by Katrina

What is the first step? First we’ll need to add a new hook for the slider area into our funtions.php file. This will add the widget area into the blog archive template which is page_blog.php. This is built into Genesis, unless your Genesis theme says otherwise. //* Hooks slider above blog content add_action( ‘genesis_before_loop’, ‘riot_above_blog_slider’ ); function riot_above_blog_slider()… [Keep Reading]

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Installing Genesis Framework & Child Theme

Written by Katrina

What is the Genesis Framework? Frameworks are intended to be used as a parent theme template where all the functionality resides. Developers can then create a child theme to add custom styling while leaving the functionality aspects of it to the framework. This allows for a centralized location where all the functions are hosted. The… [Keep Reading]

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Sticky Menu Navigation in Genesis

Written by Katrina

I get ask this a lot when developing custom GenseisWP themes for clients. I think it’s a really cool feature to add on to your themes. So here’s how to add it to your GenesisWP theme. First you’ll need to enqueue the script by add thing snippet to your functions.php file. Create a new file… [Keep Reading]

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Create a Call to Action Button

Written by Katrina

So I was in a facebook group where someone made a comment that you could only create CTA button in your menu using Squarespace. My immediate reaction was “chile please, you gon learn today”. It really blows my mind how many people are so unaware of the non-limitations that WordPress has. You can literally do… [Keep Reading]

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Okay so here me out.... the New Year is quickly ap Okay so here me out.... the New Year is quickly approaching. How confident are you in your #WordPress site's performance? 
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If the answer is not really, slide in my DM's or comment below, and let's talk about it.
As I sit here watching #ACharlieBrownChristmas and As I sit here watching #ACharlieBrownChristmas and drinking what could only be my 64568 drink of either booze or coffee. Considering I've been up since yesterday as children and dogs don't care about your slumber. 
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I wanted to wish you all a #MerryChristmas and if you don't celebrate that's cool. Have a terrific day off, do some #SelfCare because that shit's important.
So you have a WordPress site but you haven't been So you have a WordPress site but you haven't been taking care of the necessary task required to keep your site running smooth. No worries, we're here to help you with that.
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Does this sound like your site?
‼️ Your site is suddenly running slower than usual?
‼️ You've noticed a drop in your website traffic?
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Noticing suspicious activity on your such as...
👉🏾 New Accounts
👉🏾 Forgot Password Request
👉🏾 Login Attempts
👉🏾 Random links appearing on your site
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There's a potential threat to your site due to a lack of much-needed maintenance that hasn't been performed on the site.
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What' is included in the WordPress Security Audit?
🛠️ Checking the updated status of all your plugins and themes.
🛠️ Doubling checking your General Settings to stop bots from signing up to your site
🛠️ Run a security scan for vulnerabilities.
🛠️ A full breakdown of recommendations on how to improve your site performance.
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Sounds like a service your need? 
It is, so DM for the #WordPressAudit today and get your site secure in less than 24 hours.
Let's work on giving your website the maintenance Let's work on giving your website the maintenance and protection it deserves. Because your business and your customers suffer when you aren't taking care of your site. 
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Using a strong password keeps your accounts safe from being hacked.
✔️Has 12 characters minimum.
✔️Has numbers, symbols, capital, and lower case letters
✔️Isn't a dictionary word
✔️Doesn't rely on obvious substitutions (pets names)
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Installing an SSL certificate and why it matters if you have one?
✔️HTTPS protects the privacy and security of your users. 
✔️HTTPS protects the integrity of your website
✔️Search engines like Google prioritize HTTPS sites and boost your SEO. 
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Without HTTPS the data going to and from your site will pass through unsecured. 
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It's important to NEVER use 'admin' as a username. It's the first thing hackers use to take over your site. 
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Change your user name ASAP, here's how...
1️⃣You'll need to create new users imply by doing Users > Add New.
2️⃣Use an email address that's not currently attached to Admin. You can always change it later. 
3️⃣Choose a strong password, None of this pet name, family member nonsense. See above for ways to create a strong password. 
4️⃣Don't forget to assign the role as an administrator. You'll need to move everything over to the new user when you delete Admin.
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Daily website backups, a good hosting company will have this as one of the main features. Great hosting is also very important to maintenance. 
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Last but not least, keep those plugins up to date.
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I'm currently booking custom theme development spots for 2021. Apply on the site. 👊🏾
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"Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and mor "Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." Melody Beattie
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2020 has continued to be the roller coaster no one asked to get on. I actually broke my face at the start of the year. 
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Enjoy your small gatherings this year so that those lives will be here die future family gatherings. 
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There’s so much to be grateful for and I am thankful to all of you. 
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1. My health. I haven’t had a set back all year with my autoimmune disease. Regardless of fracturing my jaw early this year as a result of said disease. I haven’t been hospitalized all year. 🙌🏾
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2. Because I Katrina proof my business. It’s still running even with financial shit that comes with this pandemic.
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3. Finding what could be potentially a life partner. (I keep things on the low but you nosy it’s on my personal page @thekatrinam) 
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What are you grateful for?
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#HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving2020 #QuarantineThanksgiving

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