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Operations
Wrike Assigning a Task as a Hourly Rate and not in Site Builds
Sometimes a task is made (accidentally, we're still trying to work out why this happens sometimes) on the Default Workflow that we use for Site Builds (which are usually fixed quotes). Instead, we need to use the HOURLY Workflow. You can change a task to another...
Customise Blog (& Archives) layout/s styling
The common elements to a Blog (and any archive) layout are: Page/post title Blog/Archive posts reel Pagination/navigation links All of these should adopt styles from the rest of the website, so that the branding and styling is consistent. Page/post title Check...
Setup Blog (& Archives) layout/s in Divi Theme Builder
Summary: Navigate to Divi > Theme Builder For new websites made from the MakeWeb template site: Use the starting layout titled "Blog (And 2 More)" For websites that don’t already have layouts for the Blog: Export the "Blog (And 2 More)" & "All Posts" layouts...
Add initial blog posts
a) Add initial posts Navigate to "Posts" and add the starter posts with the content provided by client Trash example posts once starter posts are published OR b) Or use sample posts if client has not yet provided any If the client does not have any posts ready, you'll...
Set up initial Blog post category/categories
Summary: Navigate to "Posts>Categories Rename title and slug of default category, if not suitable WP default is "Uncategoriz/sed", which we want to eliminate if possible MW template default is "News", which won't always be suitable If more than one category:...
Makeweb Definitive Guide to CRON
This explanation highlights the use of CRON and WP-CRON for automating website tasks. While CRON facilitates timed actions, WP-CRON integrates them within WordPress. Despite WP-CRON’s timing limitations, a server cron setup ensures more accurate triggers. The process involves installing the WP Control plugin, but due to occasional database issues, Makeweb now hard codes CRONs in PHP. Additionally, it emphasizes visually confirming active cron jobs and offers guidance on setting up crons using PHP code and a helper class.
Guidelines for Gravity Forms fields
These instructions and guidelines are for adding/editing/preparing the fields of a Gravity Form. Add/edit form fields according to the guidelines below After preparing form fields, always test the functionality and user experience of the fields, and edit as applicable...
Use CPanel Cron to trigger WPCron
This is for when you need you need a function to fire at a certain time WPCron will try to do this but cant unless the site is loaded at that time (will fire later on next load but not always appropriate). Log into CPanel of the site Open cron jobs page Add new...