November 24, 2015

Eps 17: Optimizing WordPress – Talking HTML

11 minutes

WordPress Optimization

Welcome to Talking HTML, an audio/video internet thing for web developers who are just starting out

Child Themify WordPress Plugin

allows for easy coding without actually changing the original theme

starts with only the css file but you can add any file that you want.

robots.txt

the code for this file is in the show notes

makes your site more accessible to search engine crawling/indexing

if you use google dev tools you can see what your website looks like when it’s crawled by the google wizards. 1 of my sites looked completely broken. The images weren’t showing up and the content was a bit misplaced. When I added the robots.txt file and looked at it again the site looked as it should. Images were there and it looked like a complete website.

P3 Profiler WordPress plugin by GoDaddy, the hosting company

several different breakdowns of page load speed and how fast your plugins are loading

Optimize your images

Stay away from pngs if you can help it

use JPG, smaller file size by default. Can be optimized in Photoshop to become smaller

Ask yourself if social media share buttons are necessary or if you can get away with linking directly to the source

If you enjoy listening please share it with your friends and Please go to iTunes and Stitcher to rate the show! Ratings get listeners!!

If you leave a good comment it could end up on the front page of the site!

http://www.Webdevpod.com for all the content and links

@TNPWDesign

@tommnorman

DreamHost promo code – tnpw

User-Agent: *

Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

Allow: /wp-content/plugins/

Disallow: /readme.html

Sitemap: http://www.talking1265.com/post-sitemap.xml

Sitemap: http://www.talking1265.com/page-sitemap.xml

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By Tom Norman

November 24, 2015

Eps 17: Optimizing WordPress – Talking HTML

11 minutes

WordPress Optimization

Welcome to Talking HTML, an audio/video internet thing for web developers who are just starting out

Child Themify WordPress Plugin

allows for easy coding without actually changing the original theme

starts with only the css file but you can add any file that you want.

robots.txt

the code for this file is in the show notes

makes your site more accessible to search engine crawling/indexing

P3 Profiler WordPress plugin by GoDaddy, the hosting company

several different breakdowns of page load speed and how fast your plugins are loading

Optimize your images

Stay away from pngs if you can help it

use JPG, smaller file size by default. Can be optimized in Photoshop to become smaller

Ask yourself if social media share buttons are necessary or if you can get away with linking directly to the source

If you enjoy listening please share it with your friends and Please go to iTunes and Stitcher to rate the show! Ratings get listeners!!

If you leave a good comment it could end up on the front page of the site!

http://www.Webdevpod.com for all the content and links

@TNPWDesign

@tommnorman

DreamHost promo code – tnpw

User-Agent: *

Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

Allow: /wp-content/plugins/

Disallow: /readme.html

Sitemap: http://www.talking1265.com/post-sitemap.xml

Sitemap: http://www.talking1265.com/page-sitemap.xml

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