I am interested in starting a web design and hosting service. So, I am here asking for tips and warnings from my fellow WA members.
If any of you have some info to share wi
Hi Lindsey.
I've done (am doing) web design and hosting.
My tip would be to never assume that what you like is what your client would like, and get carried away spending time developing the site, without them approving it first.
I tend to do 3 very quick designs - send screenshots to the client and let them choose which they prefer. The last one I did for a mountaineering club, I was over the moon with one design, they went with the one I really didn't think was that great.
A previous one I did for a local toddlers group - I was certain of what they wanted, and spent a lot of time producing it - they said "hmmm that's not what we want it to look like"... so I had to spend more time redeveloping it. I should have got a detailed spec first (I thought I had, but should have checked with them more often during the build).
Never underestimate what your client is looking for - get as much detail as you can up front, before agreeing prices/payment plans etc.
Another example... a local business wanted a site for selling their hand-made products. My website quotes a "price per page" - and that's what I quoted them. However, what they actually wanted was a webshop - and just one of their products (because of size, design, etc etc) had over 800 combinations or variants to setup.
I grossly underestimated the time involved - and I then had the choice of absorbing the costs, or going back to them and saying it's going to cost you 3X as much. I went with the first, as the monthly hosting I would charge them over time, would make them worth keeping as a customer, as opposed to annoying them and losing their business. I learnt a lesson!!
Linked to the last example - try to work out how much a customer is worth to you over time. If you get a customer who wants a website - chances are, if they are serious about their business, you will have them as a customer for a long time, making them worth a lot of money to you each year. Recurring income is far better than one off payments.
If I were to charge £25 hosting (not for sites here, but on my existing host before I came to WA), and I offer 1 hour of work to update the site per month, then even if no changes are needed, I know that over a year, that customer will be worth at least £300 to me. Over a few years, that adds up. In 5 years (a business is unlikely to change their website host often in my experience), I've gained £1500 from one customer.
If you are up front, and you know that your customers spec for what they want will need a paid for theme, or paid for plug-in, then add that on at the start. It's easier to ask for a higher amount up front, than to try and renegotiate a quoted price later on.
I hope some of this helps, and I wish you every success with it.
Cheers Lindsey,
Mark
Awesome info Mark - thank you! I just don't want to go in head first and then end up on the bad end of things. These are great tips. The main gist is to get as much info as possible from the customer before you start. I also like the idea of building three sites and then letting them choose. How do you have three choices when there is only one domain? May be a dumb question, I just don't understand how that works.
Barry also mentioned that it's a good idea to set-up a marketing site for my "business", that way I can have a showroom of sorts for customers interested in my services.
I am most concerned with how much I should charge for these things. I believe I may already have a customer, I just have no idea what to charge him. His site will be simple, minimum number of pages and no extensive content will be needed. I guess I'll just have to look around and see what others are quoting for these things.
So much to figure out, step by step I'll get there, especially with the help from you and the other folks here at WA.
I appreciate your help and support.
Thanks again,
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey - you're welcome.
You're a premium member here - so you can setup as many sites as you like.
For the example I gave, I setup 3 siterubix sites:
a1.siterubix.com
a2.siterubix.com
a3.siterubix.com
Obviously ask them up front if there are any sites they have seen which they liked the look of - and tell them (this is what I've done anyway) I'll come up with 3 designs for you to choose from - are you ok with that?
I then looked around for good, but different themes, installed them on each of the siterubix sites - and spent maybe an hour at most, putting some dummy menus and content - plus the company's logo - then sent them the links and said "these are 3 designs I've come up with - which would you like to go with?"
Then once you know what they prefer, you can say ok, are you happy with that design, or do you want it tweaked... that's when you start getting into the detail - not after you've spent a few days building what you think they want.
Setting up a showcase site is a good idea. I've done this (but I'm guilty for not maintaining it as much as I should). I used the banner carousel to show screenshots of some web sites and web applications I've done.
You can have a look here if it gives you any ideas: http://fixitks.co.uk - that site, and the sites shown on the banner carousel are not hosted with WA - but as a premium member, there's no reason you couldn't setup all of yours on WA hosting. It's not just a training centre - it is a properly supported, very powerful and fast web host.
Another piece of advice (please take it or leave it - everyone has to setup their business the way they want to) - I put a price on my time, and I estimate how many hours it will take to build what someone wants.
I quote them a price based on that. I'm not too concerned if they can get someone down the road to do it for half the price - if they can, and they want to go to them - fine. I'm not going to chase down a customer who expects me to work for half what I believe I'm worth.
That's a relationship in my experience, that will end with me being frustrated that I'm working for less - or the customer thinking they control me and can squeeze me as much as they want. They would be a nightmare customer, and better not doing business with them. I'd much rather quote a price I think is fair, and the customer says "yeah I'll go for that" - that way, I'm feeling valued, and I know they won't have a problem paying the monthly fees thereafter.
Also agree up front how you would like paid. eg. Do you want 30% up front, 20% when 3 designs are produced, 25% when first draft is delivered, and 25% when final site delivered - from that point, or a month later, invoicing for monthly hosting starts.
What you want to avoid is spending a lot of time working, with no payment. Remember, your time is being used - it's a service - so you should expect to be paid for that service. Don't seem too keen, and agree a price with a customer, and not talk about money. It's difficult to bring up initially, because you get excited and just want to get the business - but you are dealing with a business/business owner, who would not provide any of their services without payment terms.
All of the above is just how I work - I'd love to see what other members think, and how they work with customers.
I hope this helps a little?
All the best, Mark
In my opinion it is better to have a marketing business rather than a website design business. Hosting and Web Design can be part of your service but there is a hell of a lot more money in marketing and advertising.
Something to consider. Thank you, I was focused on hosting and design. I will definitely look into that aspect as well.
Thanks again,
Lindsey
Good luck to you with your new business. I'm sure you'll find the tips you need here in WA and I'm sure you'll be successful.
Dawn
Best wishes to you on your new business! This is what I'd like to do too, but I have a lot more I need to learn ;)
I'm not sure, maybe someone had an "oops" moment at one point that they could share. Just some things to look out for I guess
Lindsey
I took a class on this about a year ago. I remember one of the big things was to agree on a starting date for billing. It made the customer responsible for getting you the information on time, or they had to pay anyway. It helped the customer get you the information on time so that they would not lose money on an empty website!
I saw Barry offered to help. I can dig out the info if you need if, but if Barry helps I would sure prefer not to dig through my class notes. I will happily do it for you if you need them though.
Not necessary to dig up notes. That was a great tip, thank you. I never would have thought of that.
Thanks again,
Lindsey
One other one. Set up a day each week for your customers to contact you at a certain time. This serves a two fold purpose, one you are not responsible for tracking your client down and two is keeps you from being 100% available to them all the time. Set some kind of office hours and adhere to them. Do not answer the phone at their total convenience or you will find yourself a slave to it.
I have recently started to earn an income building sites for clients, with WordPress, its something that I really enjoy if you want to private message me you can, I also have some useful posts on all things WordPress that may help you
To your success
Barry
Thank you Barry. I will message you. I will also check out you posts. Appreciate the help.
Lindsey
I am sure you will get some good advice from the more experienced people hope it all works out
You might want to talk to BuckTaylor - a WAU member and Web developer. IM me if you have trouble contacting him Thanks Larry
Hey Lindsey. I have no experience with that ... looking forward to reading the feedback you get!
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I am interested in starting a web design and hosting service. So, I am here asking for tips and warnings from my fellow WA members.
If any of you have some info to share wi
Hi Lindsey.
I've done (am doing) web design and hosting.
My tip would be to never assume that what you like is what your client would like, and get carried away spending time developing the site, without them approving it first.
I tend to do 3 very quick designs - send screenshots to the client and let them choose which they prefer. The last one I did for a mountaineering club, I was over the moon with one design, they went with the one I really didn't think was that great.
A previous one I did for a local toddlers group - I was certain of what they wanted, and spent a lot of time producing it - they said "hmmm that's not what we want it to look like"... so I had to spend more time redeveloping it. I should have got a detailed spec first (I thought I had, but should have checked with them more often during the build).
Never underestimate what your client is looking for - get as much detail as you can up front, before agreeing prices/payment plans etc.
Another example... a local business wanted a site for selling their hand-made products. My website quotes a "price per page" - and that's what I quoted them. However, what they actually wanted was a webshop - and just one of their products (because of size, design, etc etc) had over 800 combinations or variants to setup.
I grossly underestimated the time involved - and I then had the choice of absorbing the costs, or going back to them and saying it's going to cost you 3X as much. I went with the first, as the monthly hosting I would charge them over time, would make them worth keeping as a customer, as opposed to annoying them and losing their business. I learnt a lesson!!
Linked to the last example - try to work out how much a customer is worth to you over time. If you get a customer who wants a website - chances are, if they are serious about their business, you will have them as a customer for a long time, making them worth a lot of money to you each year. Recurring income is far better than one off payments.
If I were to charge £25 hosting (not for sites here, but on my existing host before I came to WA), and I offer 1 hour of work to update the site per month, then even if no changes are needed, I know that over a year, that customer will be worth at least £300 to me. Over a few years, that adds up. In 5 years (a business is unlikely to change their website host often in my experience), I've gained £1500 from one customer.
If you are up front, and you know that your customers spec for what they want will need a paid for theme, or paid for plug-in, then add that on at the start. It's easier to ask for a higher amount up front, than to try and renegotiate a quoted price later on.
I hope some of this helps, and I wish you every success with it.
Cheers Lindsey,
Mark
Awesome info Mark - thank you! I just don't want to go in head first and then end up on the bad end of things. These are great tips. The main gist is to get as much info as possible from the customer before you start. I also like the idea of building three sites and then letting them choose. How do you have three choices when there is only one domain? May be a dumb question, I just don't understand how that works.
Barry also mentioned that it's a good idea to set-up a marketing site for my "business", that way I can have a showroom of sorts for customers interested in my services.
I am most concerned with how much I should charge for these things. I believe I may already have a customer, I just have no idea what to charge him. His site will be simple, minimum number of pages and no extensive content will be needed. I guess I'll just have to look around and see what others are quoting for these things.
So much to figure out, step by step I'll get there, especially with the help from you and the other folks here at WA.
I appreciate your help and support.
Thanks again,
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey - you're welcome.
You're a premium member here - so you can setup as many sites as you like.
For the example I gave, I setup 3 siterubix sites:
a1.siterubix.com
a2.siterubix.com
a3.siterubix.com
Obviously ask them up front if there are any sites they have seen which they liked the look of - and tell them (this is what I've done anyway) I'll come up with 3 designs for you to choose from - are you ok with that?
I then looked around for good, but different themes, installed them on each of the siterubix sites - and spent maybe an hour at most, putting some dummy menus and content - plus the company's logo - then sent them the links and said "these are 3 designs I've come up with - which would you like to go with?"
Then once you know what they prefer, you can say ok, are you happy with that design, or do you want it tweaked... that's when you start getting into the detail - not after you've spent a few days building what you think they want.
Setting up a showcase site is a good idea. I've done this (but I'm guilty for not maintaining it as much as I should). I used the banner carousel to show screenshots of some web sites and web applications I've done.
You can have a look here if it gives you any ideas: http://fixitks.co.uk - that site, and the sites shown on the banner carousel are not hosted with WA - but as a premium member, there's no reason you couldn't setup all of yours on WA hosting. It's not just a training centre - it is a properly supported, very powerful and fast web host.
Another piece of advice (please take it or leave it - everyone has to setup their business the way they want to) - I put a price on my time, and I estimate how many hours it will take to build what someone wants.
I quote them a price based on that. I'm not too concerned if they can get someone down the road to do it for half the price - if they can, and they want to go to them - fine. I'm not going to chase down a customer who expects me to work for half what I believe I'm worth.
That's a relationship in my experience, that will end with me being frustrated that I'm working for less - or the customer thinking they control me and can squeeze me as much as they want. They would be a nightmare customer, and better not doing business with them. I'd much rather quote a price I think is fair, and the customer says "yeah I'll go for that" - that way, I'm feeling valued, and I know they won't have a problem paying the monthly fees thereafter.
Also agree up front how you would like paid. eg. Do you want 30% up front, 20% when 3 designs are produced, 25% when first draft is delivered, and 25% when final site delivered - from that point, or a month later, invoicing for monthly hosting starts.
What you want to avoid is spending a lot of time working, with no payment. Remember, your time is being used - it's a service - so you should expect to be paid for that service. Don't seem too keen, and agree a price with a customer, and not talk about money. It's difficult to bring up initially, because you get excited and just want to get the business - but you are dealing with a business/business owner, who would not provide any of their services without payment terms.
All of the above is just how I work - I'd love to see what other members think, and how they work with customers.
I hope this helps a little?
All the best, Mark
In my opinion it is better to have a marketing business rather than a website design business. Hosting and Web Design can be part of your service but there is a hell of a lot more money in marketing and advertising.
Something to consider. Thank you, I was focused on hosting and design. I will definitely look into that aspect as well.
Thanks again,
Lindsey
Good luck to you with your new business. I'm sure you'll find the tips you need here in WA and I'm sure you'll be successful.
Dawn
Best wishes to you on your new business! This is what I'd like to do too, but I have a lot more I need to learn ;)
I'm not sure, maybe someone had an "oops" moment at one point that they could share. Just some things to look out for I guess
Lindsey
I took a class on this about a year ago. I remember one of the big things was to agree on a starting date for billing. It made the customer responsible for getting you the information on time, or they had to pay anyway. It helped the customer get you the information on time so that they would not lose money on an empty website!
I saw Barry offered to help. I can dig out the info if you need if, but if Barry helps I would sure prefer not to dig through my class notes. I will happily do it for you if you need them though.
Not necessary to dig up notes. That was a great tip, thank you. I never would have thought of that.
Thanks again,
Lindsey
One other one. Set up a day each week for your customers to contact you at a certain time. This serves a two fold purpose, one you are not responsible for tracking your client down and two is keeps you from being 100% available to them all the time. Set some kind of office hours and adhere to them. Do not answer the phone at their total convenience or you will find yourself a slave to it.
I have recently started to earn an income building sites for clients, with WordPress, its something that I really enjoy if you want to private message me you can, I also have some useful posts on all things WordPress that may help you
To your success
Barry
Thank you Barry. I will message you. I will also check out you posts. Appreciate the help.
Lindsey
I am sure you will get some good advice from the more experienced people hope it all works out
You might want to talk to BuckTaylor - a WAU member and Web developer. IM me if you have trouble contacting him Thanks Larry
Hey Lindsey. I have no experience with that ... looking forward to reading the feedback you get!
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Have any of you seen "Blocked By Product Settings" in your Google Adsense account? I am trying to unblock a certain subcategory, and I don't have the option to do so because of
I have Adsense ads on my sites for over one year now and I still have not reached their payout thresh hold of $100 to get my money. Good luck
Hi Lindsey,
Google Adsense can be quite difficult to please and if, for some reason, does not like or approve of your niche theme it may sandbag you and leave you high and dry.
I hope that it is not the case and wish you every bit of luck getting this sorted out or search for a different way to monetize your site
To Our Success Online,
Jonicas
Thank you! I've been thinking about switching to Yahoo & Bing, looks like that is what I should do.
Lindsey
Lindsey,
As with everything in life, check, search, investigate, ask the opinion of people you value their knowledge and wisdom.
I am sure that there are many members of this community with similar experiences.
Type the term "Google Adsense" above and check out the articles/ discussions on it.
To Our Success Online,
Jonicas
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Have any of you seen "Blocked By Product Settings" in your Google Adsense account? I am trying to unblock a certain subcategory, and I don't have the option to do so because of
I have Adsense ads on my sites for over one year now and I still have not reached their payout thresh hold of $100 to get my money. Good luck
Hi Lindsey,
Google Adsense can be quite difficult to please and if, for some reason, does not like or approve of your niche theme it may sandbag you and leave you high and dry.
I hope that it is not the case and wish you every bit of luck getting this sorted out or search for a different way to monetize your site
To Our Success Online,
Jonicas
Thank you! I've been thinking about switching to Yahoo & Bing, looks like that is what I should do.
Lindsey
Lindsey,
As with everything in life, check, search, investigate, ask the opinion of people you value their knowledge and wisdom.
I am sure that there are many members of this community with similar experiences.
Type the term "Google Adsense" above and check out the articles/ discussions on it.
To Our Success Online,
Jonicas
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Does anyone have any suggestions for a good product page layout? Maybe there is a plugin out there that you have had good results with.
I am not liking the way my product
How's these product pages working for you? Are you making sells on them? If so great job because It is hard hard to compete against the large department store websites. Just a suggestion maybe you can do a review of two competing products on one post at a time that way you are giving them Info on these products. Just my 2 cents. Good luck with what you are doing.
Tommy
Great idea Tommy, thank you. I haven't had any sales, but this I assume is because over half of my links are broken. I'm going to fix them today so hopefully the sales will come.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey, I have the same theme and I love it, so many things to do with it. It seams to me you didn't use your sidebar More, WA banner is sticking out and it's not related to your niche + no review. Your buy links(I've checked 4) goes to page 404. Your Facebook links also are not working. I heard and read that We-commerce plugin is great so I can just recommend it. If you want to ask question developer of your/mine too theme- Appearance - Themes - Hueman - you can read document about theme and ask developer..also there are many answers. I read those answers regularly, it might be helpful. I also made my theme child thanks to help here at WA and those answers, now I can rearrange it to my likes.
If you need some help just ask, since we choose same theme we might help each other. I had huge problems with photo gallery, finally sorted.
You have done a great work with so many info and I like your niche, bookmarked it is.
Best of luck!
Milena
Thank you Milena, I know the links are not working, I discovered that yesterday. I wasn't aware of the FB links, I'm going to fix everything today. I'll also look into the child theme. Hopefully I'll have it all hatched out today. I appreciate the suggestions and help, couldn't do this without the helpful folks at WA.
Lindsey
I was going to suggest a pin board type gallery and Tracy47 is nearest to this- you are a little constrained by the layout of your theme in this instance with columns at each side, otherwise your site is enjoyable and bang on relevant- it doesn't mess around getting to the point, which I like. He said in a rambling fashion!
Thanks for the nice words. I need to fix a bunch of stuff today, so hopefully it'll be smooth sailing going forward.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsay, Great products and very clean looking site !
I would suggest 2 options. NextGen Gallery is an awesome wordpress photo gallery plugin that you could look into - you can add images, captions and links for each image. If you are looking for an actual shopping cart I have used Ecwid previously, this awesome free e-commerce software platform that allows you to add shopping cart functionality to any current site and also get a mobile and Facebook store in one package https://tinyurl.com/nrwbzkp . I allso love http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-e-commerce/ - which is another great shopping cart plugin for wordpress.
All the best
Colleen
www.yourvirtualpa.com.au
www.wordpressva.com.au
Thank you Colleen. I'm going to do a lot of research today, and hopefully find something that fits well with my site. I appreciate the suggestions, I will look at them.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey- you could create an image gallery and couple it with the "gallery link url" plug in. This allows each image in a gallery to be individually linked to a separate page. If you want help doing this, let me know. It will look like my page which you saw earlier today, http://stylishnursingtops.com/shop-now/trendy-tops
Ah yes, I liked the look and layout you had. I'll check out the plugin. Thank you again, immensely appreciated.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey. I would suggest logging into your website, and going to the plugin section. Click Add plugin and then search for "shopping cart". There are plenty of plugins that could do the job, many of which are rated at 4-5 stars. Hope this helps. Best wishes on your endeavors
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Product Pages - Need Suggestions Pretty Please!
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good product page layout? Maybe there is a plugin out there that you have had good results with.
I am not liking the way my product
How's these product pages working for you? Are you making sells on them? If so great job because It is hard hard to compete against the large department store websites. Just a suggestion maybe you can do a review of two competing products on one post at a time that way you are giving them Info on these products. Just my 2 cents. Good luck with what you are doing.
Tommy
Great idea Tommy, thank you. I haven't had any sales, but this I assume is because over half of my links are broken. I'm going to fix them today so hopefully the sales will come.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey, I have the same theme and I love it, so many things to do with it. It seams to me you didn't use your sidebar More, WA banner is sticking out and it's not related to your niche + no review. Your buy links(I've checked 4) goes to page 404. Your Facebook links also are not working. I heard and read that We-commerce plugin is great so I can just recommend it. If you want to ask question developer of your/mine too theme- Appearance - Themes - Hueman - you can read document about theme and ask developer..also there are many answers. I read those answers regularly, it might be helpful. I also made my theme child thanks to help here at WA and those answers, now I can rearrange it to my likes.
If you need some help just ask, since we choose same theme we might help each other. I had huge problems with photo gallery, finally sorted.
You have done a great work with so many info and I like your niche, bookmarked it is.
Best of luck!
Milena
Thank you Milena, I know the links are not working, I discovered that yesterday. I wasn't aware of the FB links, I'm going to fix everything today. I'll also look into the child theme. Hopefully I'll have it all hatched out today. I appreciate the suggestions and help, couldn't do this without the helpful folks at WA.
Lindsey
I was going to suggest a pin board type gallery and Tracy47 is nearest to this- you are a little constrained by the layout of your theme in this instance with columns at each side, otherwise your site is enjoyable and bang on relevant- it doesn't mess around getting to the point, which I like. He said in a rambling fashion!
Thanks for the nice words. I need to fix a bunch of stuff today, so hopefully it'll be smooth sailing going forward.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsay, Great products and very clean looking site !
I would suggest 2 options. NextGen Gallery is an awesome wordpress photo gallery plugin that you could look into - you can add images, captions and links for each image. If you are looking for an actual shopping cart I have used Ecwid previously, this awesome free e-commerce software platform that allows you to add shopping cart functionality to any current site and also get a mobile and Facebook store in one package https://tinyurl.com/nrwbzkp . I allso love http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-e-commerce/ - which is another great shopping cart plugin for wordpress.
All the best
Colleen
www.yourvirtualpa.com.au
www.wordpressva.com.au
Thank you Colleen. I'm going to do a lot of research today, and hopefully find something that fits well with my site. I appreciate the suggestions, I will look at them.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey- you could create an image gallery and couple it with the "gallery link url" plug in. This allows each image in a gallery to be individually linked to a separate page. If you want help doing this, let me know. It will look like my page which you saw earlier today, http://stylishnursingtops.com/shop-now/trendy-tops
Ah yes, I liked the look and layout you had. I'll check out the plugin. Thank you again, immensely appreciated.
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey. I would suggest logging into your website, and going to the plugin section. Click Add plugin and then search for "shopping cart". There are plenty of plugins that could do the job, many of which are rated at 4-5 stars. Hope this helps. Best wishes on your endeavors
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Does anyone know where to put the verifcation code for Share A Sale? They are telling me to put it in the following:
Add an HTML comment (see below) containing the code w
Hi, go to your wordpress dashboard then
1) press on appearance
2) choose editor
3) on right hand side of page choose header
4) insert near the top of page right after <head>
5) choose update file
Rich
Just beware if you edit these files and then change your theme it's all gone, you should install a child theme if you want to start modifying core files, just copy the core file from the theme then edit it the child them. Look a this tutorial for child themes https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/website-development-programming/how-to-add-custom-css-code-to-your-wordpress-website
It might be wrong but it seems like they are saying, put a banner code on your site, then in the code of the banner put your verification code.
You will need to go into your editor, (caution: tread lightly - in fact, when you get there, do CNTRL A [or CMND A for Mac] to select the whole page, hit cntrl C to copy it, then on a Document hit CNTRL V to paste it. Save this as a backup. If things mess up, you can save it with this file. Just do the above in reverse.)
In the top of the page you'll see a <HEAD> tag. It will be followed somewhere below with another tag, to close it. </Head>
You want to paste your code between these two tags.
<HEAD> Somewhere in here. There will be other stuff here too. </HEAD>
If you have Firebug for Firefox, you can open your page, open Firebug, on the left top of Firebug there is a button, (it's like the second one in or so) press it, then when you click on the top of your web page, it will show you the code. You can look for the <HEAD> tags and practice pasting it in there first without worrying about things getting messed up, then do it for real.
Lindsey-
Did this work for you? I am scared to death to put the code in just anywhere between the <HEAD> and the </HEAD>. Then do you go back and take it out after they verify the domain? Does it change anything about your website? Any help would help me out. Thanks.
Dawn
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Does anyone know where to put the verifcation code for Share A Sale? They are telling me to put it in the following:
Add an HTML comment (see below) containing the code w
Hi, go to your wordpress dashboard then
1) press on appearance
2) choose editor
3) on right hand side of page choose header
4) insert near the top of page right after <head>
5) choose update file
Rich
Just beware if you edit these files and then change your theme it's all gone, you should install a child theme if you want to start modifying core files, just copy the core file from the theme then edit it the child them. Look a this tutorial for child themes https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/website-development-programming/how-to-add-custom-css-code-to-your-wordpress-website
It might be wrong but it seems like they are saying, put a banner code on your site, then in the code of the banner put your verification code.
You will need to go into your editor, (caution: tread lightly - in fact, when you get there, do CNTRL A [or CMND A for Mac] to select the whole page, hit cntrl C to copy it, then on a Document hit CNTRL V to paste it. Save this as a backup. If things mess up, you can save it with this file. Just do the above in reverse.)
In the top of the page you'll see a <HEAD> tag. It will be followed somewhere below with another tag, to close it. </Head>
You want to paste your code between these two tags.
<HEAD> Somewhere in here. There will be other stuff here too. </HEAD>
If you have Firebug for Firefox, you can open your page, open Firebug, on the left top of Firebug there is a button, (it's like the second one in or so) press it, then when you click on the top of your web page, it will show you the code. You can look for the <HEAD> tags and practice pasting it in there first without worrying about things getting messed up, then do it for real.
Lindsey-
Did this work for you? I am scared to death to put the code in just anywhere between the <HEAD> and the </HEAD>. Then do you go back and take it out after they verify the domain? Does it change anything about your website? Any help would help me out. Thanks.
Dawn
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Hey WA family, I need some advice. I just changed my theme due to the fact that I couldn't change my Menu font & size. So instead of messing with code, I went with a new t
FYI, there is a free extension you can get with Firefox, it's called Firebug. When you install it, it will have a little bug in the corner of your screen. When you are looking at your site, click on firebug, it will show you the code for your site at the bottom of the screen.
On the left there is a button, (you'll have to fool around with it to get familiar with it.) that when you click on it, and click on a part of your site, it will show you the exact code for that part of your site. You can change the font, color, size and not worry about messing things up because it's only temporary. It just shows you what it will look like.
Then when you have found what part of the code you need to change, you have to go find it and make the change there to make it permanent.
Even so, before you ever make changes to any code, always make a copy of it before you make any changes and keep it on file. That way if you make a mistake, you (hopefully) can go back in and copy and paste the whole code back in the way it was before.
Good Luck...
(Tread softly)
Brilliant! I will look into getting Firebug. The font is the main reason I changed themes in the first place since I couldn't find the code to change my menu settings. Great advice, thank you!!
Lindsey
I also had trouble with the font color for the title bar. You may be able to insert a header image although I'm not familiar with the theme so can't say for sure.
Hi Lindsey...I like it alot! Agree with Wayne, those green links are difficult for old eyes....and that little dealie at the top that sez Feel The Buzz is nearly invisible to ol' Granny here. The gray text against beige background may be a little faint too.
I think the layout is great - fresh looking! If I was shopping for coffee beans, I would check out your site for sure.
Hope this helps,
Suz
It definitely helps Suz, thank you. I will make some changes tomorrow. I just couldn't look at it anymore tonight. I thank you for your help.
Lindsey
I'm nearly at the same place as you....I've almost got this thing together and I'm not sure I like the way it looks any more.....hmmm I'll probably not change themes until I get more completed, and then I shall cast it upon the merciful waters of WA for critiquing....haha
I really think this theme perked up your site, tho. Keep on truckin, Ms Lindsey!
Your bud,
Suz
I recommend the plugin "Ultimate TinyMCE" . It's great and easy to use. It gives you font size choices and a ton of other features right on your editor. After that, I would take a break for now.
Does anyone have a good theme suggestion?
I went through dozens (and dozens) of themes before finding what I liked. I currently use 2 Elegant themes (Trim and Notebook) and Iconic One (free version).
I was using the Voyage theme prior to switching. I have the TinyMCE plugin, but that only changes the fonts within my pages and posts. The problem I had was with my background, the main menu didn't show up very well. I couldn't change it in the theme options either. So, I just changed themes, not the easiest thing. But I think in the long run this one will do.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Lindsey
I liked your website ! The background is bright, it took a little while for my eyes to adjust to it. But, that's probably just me, it looks good.
Great Job!
Thank you Terry. It took me a long time to decide to keep this one, I'll have to adjust to it as well.
Lindsey
Thank you Denise, I'm never sure after changing it so many times. I appreciate it.
Lindsey
Thanks Wayne. Might tweak it a little, but hopefully I won't have to change it again.
Lindsey
My only suggestion is that green links on the brownish background don't contrast enough for some peoples' vision. Not a big deal. Everything else looks great.
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Hey WA family, I need some advice. I just changed my theme due to the fact that I couldn't change my Menu font & size. So instead of messing with code, I went with a new t
FYI, there is a free extension you can get with Firefox, it's called Firebug. When you install it, it will have a little bug in the corner of your screen. When you are looking at your site, click on firebug, it will show you the code for your site at the bottom of the screen.
On the left there is a button, (you'll have to fool around with it to get familiar with it.) that when you click on it, and click on a part of your site, it will show you the exact code for that part of your site. You can change the font, color, size and not worry about messing things up because it's only temporary. It just shows you what it will look like.
Then when you have found what part of the code you need to change, you have to go find it and make the change there to make it permanent.
Even so, before you ever make changes to any code, always make a copy of it before you make any changes and keep it on file. That way if you make a mistake, you (hopefully) can go back in and copy and paste the whole code back in the way it was before.
Good Luck...
(Tread softly)
Brilliant! I will look into getting Firebug. The font is the main reason I changed themes in the first place since I couldn't find the code to change my menu settings. Great advice, thank you!!
Lindsey
I also had trouble with the font color for the title bar. You may be able to insert a header image although I'm not familiar with the theme so can't say for sure.
Hi Lindsey...I like it alot! Agree with Wayne, those green links are difficult for old eyes....and that little dealie at the top that sez Feel The Buzz is nearly invisible to ol' Granny here. The gray text against beige background may be a little faint too.
I think the layout is great - fresh looking! If I was shopping for coffee beans, I would check out your site for sure.
Hope this helps,
Suz
It definitely helps Suz, thank you. I will make some changes tomorrow. I just couldn't look at it anymore tonight. I thank you for your help.
Lindsey
I'm nearly at the same place as you....I've almost got this thing together and I'm not sure I like the way it looks any more.....hmmm I'll probably not change themes until I get more completed, and then I shall cast it upon the merciful waters of WA for critiquing....haha
I really think this theme perked up your site, tho. Keep on truckin, Ms Lindsey!
Your bud,
Suz
I recommend the plugin "Ultimate TinyMCE" . It's great and easy to use. It gives you font size choices and a ton of other features right on your editor. After that, I would take a break for now.
Does anyone have a good theme suggestion?
I went through dozens (and dozens) of themes before finding what I liked. I currently use 2 Elegant themes (Trim and Notebook) and Iconic One (free version).
I was using the Voyage theme prior to switching. I have the TinyMCE plugin, but that only changes the fonts within my pages and posts. The problem I had was with my background, the main menu didn't show up very well. I couldn't change it in the theme options either. So, I just changed themes, not the easiest thing. But I think in the long run this one will do.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Lindsey
I liked your website ! The background is bright, it took a little while for my eyes to adjust to it. But, that's probably just me, it looks good.
Great Job!
Thank you Terry. It took me a long time to decide to keep this one, I'll have to adjust to it as well.
Lindsey
Thank you Denise, I'm never sure after changing it so many times. I appreciate it.
Lindsey
Thanks Wayne. Might tweak it a little, but hopefully I won't have to change it again.
Lindsey
My only suggestion is that green links on the brownish background don't contrast enough for some peoples' vision. Not a big deal. Everything else looks great.
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Mark Tait as always has good info for you