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Hi there MslilPeta followers and readers.  Just a quick post in between some of my study and Social Media work.  If you are going to build a website for yourself or a business have you considered what platform you would like to use?  Would you like to do some due diligence and research what is out there on offer, what others are using and what will suit you?  Then I have found a great placce to start researching and seeing the statistics for websites in use or CMS (Content Management Systems).  Check it out HERE

Now obviously I am using a WordPress content management system, and it seems to be the most popular choice, but make sure you look for what you think will work for you and your business.  Remember to think about what you want the website to do, how you want people to interact with your website and what information you want to share and gain from your visitors.  WordPress works for me as it was easy for me to teach myself and get it up and running quickly and efficiently.  I also love the plug-ins available to use with WordPress.  These Plug-ins make updating and keeping up with the evolution of the web, social media, and how people interact with websites quite easy, and as the name suggests ‘plug-in and go’.  Nice and easy, something MslilPeta likes and appreaciates in this busy life.

So please take a quick look at the CMS link to start your research about websites and also note down what you want your website to do and how you want the website to be used.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.’ – Zora Neale Hurston

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Hi there readers and fans, MslilPeta back with a quick video and tip to enhance your worpress website.

I am sure you have noticed that many-a website have small icons -a favicon- in the address bar and in the tabs of the windows you have open while using your interenet browser.  Yes?  No?… Just incase you haven’t or not sure what I am talking about,  you should be able to see a ‘P’ favicon in the address bar of your browser while reading my post.  Do you want to have one of these for your webpage?  If you don’t this post is for you!

After deciding I wanted my site to look even more professional and polished.  And remember this is not a bad thing, you want your site or sites to look as professional as possible too.  And well, also standout from the crowd.  You can add a ‘favicon’ to your site quite easily.  Firstly what is a favicon?  A favicon or ‘Favourtie Icon‘ is a small icon that allows a short cut for you favourite web pages and adds a graphic to your bookmarks. Typically a favicon is to be 16×16 or 32×32 pixels and can be added to you ‘root’ directory in your website.  Now if you are using WordPress as you website platform, adding your very own favicon is more simple than you may think.

Firstly you can create or find a favicon that suits your website or needs. Check out this site – iconj.com for many favicons, still or animated, available for free download.  My favicon in the picture above is one from iconj.com and is exactly what i wanted for my website.  If you are feeling more adventurous you may want to generate your own. You can do so by using one of the many online favicon generators suchas Favicon Generator.com and there are many more.  Many of these sites will also give you the code needed to add to you website, but I have found an easier and much quicker method to add your new favicon to your wordpress site.

Once you have made or found the favicon that you want to use on your wordpress website, go to your plug-ins page and search for new plug-in – All in one favicon.  Once you have found the plug-in, install straight to wordpress plug-ins for your site and activate the plug-in.  Once you have done this you will can edit and add you favicon straight into this plug-in.  Go to settings in your wordpress dashboard and click on All in one favicon and it will bring up the set-up page for adding your favicons.  It is now a simple case of uploading your favicons to this settings page.  Browse for your favicon, maybe save your favicon to desktop to find it easily.The favicon plug-in uploads automatically and hey presto… you have your favicons ready to go for your site.  Save the changes of course at the bottom of the settings screen and you are done.  Reload you admin page or open your website and your favicon should appear. Watch the below quick video to help you set up your favicon for your wordpress site.

So now go forth and add your very own favicon to your own wordpress website, I hope I have inspired and helped you to take you website to yet another level and also given you a new skill you can add to your website building resume.  Don’t forget to share this with friends… Or would you like to ask MslilPeta a question?  Click the ‘Ask MslilPeta’ tab at the top of the site

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WordPress | Web Designer.

A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.  ~Author Unknown

Hello to my followers, just found a great site I wanted to share with you all which I hope in turn will have some good content if you are looking for ideas, hint and tips for building your own website, or you are interested in learning what more you can do if you have already started.

I bought ‘Web Design’ magazine in my local newsagent recently, as I wanted to continue my own learning and research for updating and  making my WordPress website even better.  And I am also looking to get the best up to date thoughts for plugins and the like for other websites I am working on and hope to start in the near future.  I have already used one of the recommended WordPress plugins from the magazine.  My last post ‘My Website More Mobile’, using a plugin to make my website more mobile device friendly.  And I am sure as I filter through Web Designer internet site I will find more interesting facts, hints and tips to help grow my website and of course make mslilpetamattschoss.com, an even better website for all of you.  I have not fully dived into the website or the magazine, at times MslilPeta a little time poor   unfortunately, but it doesn’t stop me from passing on a good find to help syndicate a good source of information from other ‘Web’ and ‘Internet’ peeps out there.

So check these guys out, and also stayed tuned for any cool little widgets, tip or hints I can also say that I have tried and am using for any and all websites I am working on.  Always looking to help out and keep you up to date with what does or doesn’t work for me.

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WordPress Sites configured for Mobile Devices

‘The Mobile Web Initiative is important – information must be made seamlessly available on any device.’
Tim Berners-Lee

Hi there folks… MsLil Peta catching up with you all after a bit of a lull.  I have been busy getting a local jewellery shop online and setting up their online sales/blog site, so I have been a little behind the times with my own posts, but here is another quick installment for you all to have read and maybe implement into your own sites.

Even though have been quite busy working and setting up another website, I have also been doing more reading, and learning about the web and getting my site (and of course yours with my tips) out there and providing a site that suits all users that will visit your or my site on their internet ‘surf’.  As you know I love my iPhone and use this device a lot, and of course you can view the internet quite seamlessly and at any time with such a mobile device.  And of course there is now the evolution of Android phones and the iPad which is also getting more and more people connecting to the net and searching and finding the information they are after at anytime and anywhere.  Using Safari on Apple devices, or your mobile devices browser, you can connect to websites as you please, but it is getting more and more important and possibly better that all websites, maybe more so for blogs, can also have a mobile device option within the site so that mobile device users can view their favourite website, like mslilpetamattschoss.com, in a mobile friendly format.

I have since found such a plug-in for WordPress which I am quite happy with, and does, make my site mobile friendly without losing to much integrity.  Of course on an iPhone/iPod or iPad you can view my and many other sites in normal view, but having found WPTouch, I now have a mobile device friendly website.  WPTouch is a plug-in accessed through your WordPress dash, in the plug-ins section.  Do a specific search for WPTouch and install immediately to your dash and of course your site.  For those who like to you can download the plug-in and upload to WordPress as you need.  The WPTouch plug-in comes with a large amount of options and tweaking if you prefer and of course comes with a Pro version which adds even more features.  I am using the standard program and as shown below, which looks fine and allows a better mobile view of my site.

Of course I do like to view my site in full as on the web, I am the type of person who likes the BIG picture so to speak.  But we are all at a time when building our websites for blogging, selling or whatever the reason, that we need to think of the more mobile society we are part of, and connecting with readers in a mobile friendly way.

‘Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”
Mitchell Kapor