Blog Setup Checklist Set up initial blog post category/categories Add initial blog posts Set blog roll page Setup Blog (& Archives & Search Results) layout/s in Divi Theme Builder Customise the Blog (& Archives & Search Results) layout/s styling to...
Operations
How to create a new development environment
Step 1: Before creating the development environment, you’ll need to add a subdomain (to makedev.com.au for MakeWeb project and client projects). How to create a subdomain Step 2: Login to the cPanel of makedev.com.au a) Go to Installatron b) Find and "Clone"...
Convert an Optimus Divi Module to a WordPress plugin
Step 1 Create working directory with the module name in kebab case with the prefix optimus-divi. For example, a module called Video Popup would be called optimus-divi-video-popup. Step 2 Initialise empty git repo, add all files from original module codebase and commit...
Disk Usage Warning: Investigating and Rectifying
CPanels can fill up for a number of key reasons: If there are email address on the account (rare, because we are moving our clients to G Suite) If the client has WordPress access and is uploading many images The backups are growing in the Backup Buddy folder....
AutoSSL certificate expiry – Email Notification
Let's Encrypt is a free SSL method that lasts for 90 days. Our WHM server (and many other providers also) use a method that automatically renews the free Let's Encrypt certificate before the 90 day expiry. But it can only be applied if the domain name resolves to the...
How to use a custom section or layout for footer in Divi
If using the Divi Theme Builder for a custom footer, there is no longer any need to keep a footer layout in the Divi Library. Now that footer changes are made from the Theme Builder, you can trash the layout in the library, to keep a neater library list.
How to use a custom section or layout for footer on every page in Prime
Create your footer section (in Divi Library, or elsewehere and add to Divi Library). Navigate to "Appearance>Customise" from admin end, Or click on the "Customise" in the top editing bar on the front end of website. Select the "Footer" option. Then scroll down to...
Launch Checklist
View site in browser. Get a visual confirmation and click around to see it is displaying and behaving as expected License iThemes plugins. I now have this set in my browser as a one-click bookmark. See Isaac about obtaining this....
Pre-Launch Checklist
Record a screen shot of "Superseded Nameservers". This is for posterity, in case for any reason we need to revert back to the original site. Only relevant when replacing an existing website that is not already on our ns1.makeweb.com.au server. Save as a jpg, under...
Configure style-guide page
Navigate to "Pages". From the page list, click on the title of the privately published "style-guide" page to edit. Right click on the "View Page" link in the top editing bar, and open in a new tab to view. (Or use the "Preview" button in "Publish" box if you prefer.)...