5 Questions for Becky Davis: 5 WordPress Tips – How to Design a WordPress Website
Kurt Scholle & Becky Davis
Q1) WordPress powers 15% of the World Wide Web. Why is WordPress so popular and why do you recommend using a WordPress platform?
A1) As a designer/developer, WP makes a lot of things in my life faster and simpler and expands what I can do for a site, for the owner it makes it easy to have control over their content.
Q2) What do you recommend for how to choose WordPress a theme?
A2) I’m prejudiced here, but I think the theme should be designed around the goals of the site instead of finding a ready made theme that has some of the elements you’re looking for.
Q3) What are your best design recommendations?
A3) Keep it clean and simple and remember the 10 second rule. You have 10 seconds to tell a new user what your site is all about and what you can do for them.
Q4) What is the best way to promote your blog?
A4) Email and all the social media connections are a great way, but nothing really replaces getting to know people and promoting your site in person. This is why I’m such a big fan of meetups and of course WordCamp.
Q5) What WordPress plug-ins do you recommend everyone use and why?
A5) My favorites are the “fast and secure contact form” for a quick and reliable form and I love “photospace” for portfolios, galleries and product views.
About Becky Davis: Becky is a blogger, website developer and WordPress expert in Chicago. She is an organizer for Word Camp Chicago. Follow her on Social Media: facebook.com/BeckyDDesign twitter.com/beckyddesign linkedin.com/in/beckydavisdesign
Building and Designing a WordPress Website
Becky will be teaching a course on WordPress Website development beginning Sept 8. Truman College is offering is a continuing education class on building and designing a website using WordPress. The course will be 7 weeks, 3 hours once a week, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm on Thursdays. This class is designed for web and graphic designers who are already familiar with HTML and would like to understand the WordPress structure and theme in more depth.
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