On writing manuals for WordPress web sites

I always dislike starting a manual. The work seems so endless and boring. You have to write everything down, step by step, you have to make relevant screen shots, sort everything, and then create an index for easy reference. Whenever I’m about to start, I always wish I didn’t have to. I do it anyway …

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Updating Your Own Site

If you already have a Web site and you’re happy with it but you would just like to make a few small changes to the text now and again – and you can’t… there are some options that might be interesting for you. It depends a little on how your site was build originally and on …

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Multilingual and 404

It took me a long time to find a plugin for making WordPress Web sites multilingual that didn’t frustrate me, and after endless battles with Qtranslate en WPML, I’ve finally found one that so far has been reliable and relatively easy to use. Polylang It’s free, not overly complicated, extensive and the author keeps the …

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Meanwhile in the office…

Midwinter, Romy Ashby got a new design for her website romyashby.com, while she herself keeps the content fresh. The website now has the simplest possible shop: a paypal button. kittybouwman.nl has had a small update and a new page will soon be there with sculptures . The Appril’s new site has been online for a …

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Appril – ideas applied

This year I participate again in Appril by helping build their Web site (in WordPress). I’m enjoying working with such a big, diverse group of people on one site. It’s both inspiring and challenging, one of my favorite combinations. Appril is an annual festival in April in Amsterdam where app pioneers, makers, users, creators and …

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