Integrating the robots.txt, .htaccess ( +GZIP compression ) and sitemaps.xml files is a fundamental step for SEO optimization on our WordPress site. Below I explain in a simple way how to configure and add these files without much hassle. ▶ Creating XML Sitemaps The sitemap.xml file is used to outline all existing pages of a [...]
Before explaining how I prepare a website for optimization and SEO positioning, I will talk about the online tools I use to analyze results before and after improvements: Performance and SEO Analysis ▶ WOORANK Even in its free version, Woorank reliably and intuitively provides essential information for analyzing the performance and SEO of our website. [...]
I'm going to explain how to create a new style in our WordPress template for linked text. The first thing we’re going to do is go to the child theme of our WordPress template, or alternatively to the CSS customizer included with the theme. I recommend building a website from the child theme because in [...]
There are many types of animated videos depending on whether they are in 2D, 3D, combined with real images, based on templates, or custom-made. The software we use to bring graphics, logos, texts, or images to life is Adobe After Effects. In these examples, we show you different approaches: Video based on real images combined [...]
Here’s a quick tip to fix a really annoying visual bug that’s been happening in the X Theme by Themeco since the latest WordPress updates. All the links on the website now show a weird outline/border/highlight when clicked, which totally messes up the site's aesthetics: To get rid of this outline, here’s a super quick [...]
The virtual world evolves nonstop, and new resources constantly emerge to make visiting a website much more pleasant, surprising, and even fun. Check out the beautiful websites we've gathered. In this post, we want to give you some tips on the key factors for creating a fantastic user experience so you can achieve your goal: [...]
The odyssey of finding a plugin (for WordPress 3.9.2) that allows you to create a carousel with the latest videos from our YouTube channel... Finding the exact plugin we want within the vast universe of WordPress plugins is almost always a tedious, complex, and unrewarding task. Sometimes we get lucky and find exactly what we [...]
Here we show you a very simple way to create a portrait in the pure Warhol style. For today, I have chosen a photograph of the former scandalous Disney girl turned Goddess of twerking... the rebellious Miley Cyrus in one of her most characteristic gestures :P 1. In the top menu go to Image -> [...]
With Photoshop, it's very easy to turn our photos into a Pop Art image. I'm going to show you a simple and quick way to get your portrait in just 5 steps. I chose a photo of my cousin Paula, and since she's so gorgeous, anything I do to her photo turns out quite striking [...]
Basic CSS Mini-Course for WordPress If you've made it this far, it's probably because you're starting to build websites with WordPress and don't know how to change some parts of the default styling for fonts, headings, or links in your theme. Don't worry—it's actually quite simple, but first we need to understand what CSS is [...]