Author: Web Design

  • Switching Themes Again

    Switching Themes Again

    It is time to test out the latest WordPress theme, Twenty Twenty-Four, that released with version 6.4 of WordPress. Since I never fully fixed all of the problems that came with the switch to the previous theme, I’m not hoping for backwards compatibility or widget compatibility. I’ll just go with the flow and see what…

  • Another Messy Theme Swap

    Another Messy Theme Swap

    I activated the 2023 theme and I must say, there are default behaviors that I’m not happy about. The blog page put in their “placeholder” title instead of keeping my own. It also threw in an unstyled, disconnected CTA at the bottom. The Home page had an ugly “home” at the top and it wasn’t…

  • Don’t go from the 2021 to the 2022 theme!

    Don’t go from the 2021 to the 2022 theme!

    Seriously, what a mess. Widgets changed up a lot between the two versions and rather than TRY to keep existing footer settings, WordPress just decided to make those widgets inactive. No problem if you can find the inactive widgets and copy them to new blocks or the template, but no… you suddenly see this “Editor…

  • Switching It Up

    Switching It Up

    Today saw the release of WordPress 5.8. Since this is my site to give WordPress default options a try, I’ve taken the plunge and updated on day one of the new release. I never do day 1 updates on my client sites or my other business sites to give the bugs some time to show…

  • WordPress Safety and You

    WordPress Safety and You

    One of the posts I often make to my business Facebook page is about high-threat, zero-day, plugin vulnerabilities that WordFence discovers. It is a bit more trouble to post those through my website, but I still want to keep my followers updated about them. So here you go: If you are one of the 700,000+…

  • Looking for Alternatives

    Looking for Alternatives

    Today was something of a breaking point (well, ANOTHER breaking point to be honest), for me and my ability to cope with the flood of rage inducing muck that I wade through every day. It is time to find alternatives to Facebook. I started out innocently enough, trying to learn about how people fared overnight…

  • Side Hustles

    Side Hustles

    I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking about ways to earn some extra money right now. I’ve seen a few people working on some side hustles to get them by and pivoting their businesses. In fact, a post by WebinarNinja gave me some inspiration to update my resources page. I recommend favorite tools and services…

  • Working From Home (sort of?)

    Working From Home (sort of?)

    I’ve been working from home for at least 14 (wow really?!) years now, and I’ve gotten into a routine with it. When my hubby was between jobs, that routine was completely disrupted. Suddenly I had someone in the room with me playing computer games, sitting in a robe, and reminding me of life outside of…

  • Hello I’m Paula Sageser

    Hello I’m Paula Sageser

    Welcome to this experiment in trying out the default WordPress themes. This one (as I type) is their 2019 theme released with the initial iteration of Gutenberg, their block editor. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. I’m sure it will grow on me, until I decide to swap out for 2020…