Eps 5: Tips & Tricks – Talking HTML

Welcome to Talking HTML, an audio/video internet thing for web developers who are just starting out! In WordPress always use a child theme. – Child Themify – FTP header.php, footer.php, and index.php – Create a robot.txt file and upload it – helps in seo/search Use this code in a file on its own and name it robot.txt: User-Agent: * Allow: /wp-content/uploads/ Allow: /wp-content/plugins/ Disallow: /readme.html Sitemap: http://www.example.com/post-sitemap.xml Sitemap: http://www.example.com/page-sitemap.xml Have a basic index.html template – can be opened in any editor – makes having to rewrite basic skeleton/frame code null – consistency across web pages/ other websites Use Google Analytics!!! – free*** – excellent in depth stats – as simple as copying and pasting code In chrome use the window resizer Chrome extension – immediately shows screen and port size when resizing the window Don’t be afraid to ask for help – Google+ Communities – Social Media – Other developers locally If you don’t know how to do something… Look it up! – no shame in consulting text books, internet Resources: – YouTube – CSS Tricks/ Chris Coyier – Tuts+ – W3C School http://www.Webdevpod.com for all the content and links @TNPWDesign @tommnorman DreamHost promo code – tnpw The post Eps 5: Tips & Tricks – Talking HTML appeared first on Schaffen Creative.