There is an old saying about the cobblers kids having the worst shoes. We have felt kind of guilty about our site and finally got around to giving it a facelift.
We’re still working on some details, including our CRM integration and a few other cool tricks, but here is the before:
Old site- circa 2010 to mid 2012.
The new site, incorporates the new identity, a much more focused front page, with calls to action. We’re still working on adding functionality. Note, the content hasn’t changed- just the way it’s displayed- this is the beauty of WordPress:
A new look and feel, with a focus on registration
We’d love to hear what you think of the new design in the comments.
I recently came across a beautiful site built in WordPress with an equally beautiful proposition: fonts for whatever price you think is fair. Visit www.losttype.com to view 25 original typefaces.
The site is elegant as are the fonts. I got a kick out of the “Wisdom script” description: “Wisdom Script was originally designed for Woods of Wisdom, a 50 part poster series on bad advice.”
Many of the fonts are all cap display faces, but, there are some really interesting fonts to choose from and you get to name your price.
The above video shows how to make JPG Thumbnails of PDFs posted to your WordPress website the old fashioned manual way.
We’ve got a handy post about a plugin that makes it a cinch- https://websitetology.com/word-press-plugins/new-easy-way-to-make-thumbnails-for-pdfs/
There are many reasons why you would want to do this. First and foremost, uploading PDFs using the basic WordPress uploader just provides a link to the document- without a way for your user to see what the PDF looks like.
The reason you are using PDF’s instead of a JPG is because PDFs, if created properly, are search engine friendly and handicap accessible. To make a PDF properly, it’s not made from a scan- it’s made from an document- so that you can highlight and copy text from the PDF. If you are making a PDF from a scan, make sure you use the “recognize text” function to perform Optical Character Recognition on your scan. It won’t be perfect, but it will be close.
JPG’ss are also not search engine friendly, whereas PDF’s are.
Creating a JPG preview of your PDF is easy and will give your website’s users a better experience.