On Getting Started with WordPress

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At our Metro Detroit WordPress meetup last week, I was one of the WordPress experts helping fellow members with questions about WordPress and their sites.

The members I spoke with were starting out with WordPress or had recently created a site, but had a number of questions on where to go next.

What about self-hosted WordPress, WordPress.com, blogs vs. websites, training, and keeping my site safe and secure?

They wanted information and answers to their questions so they knew they were getting started on the right track. Continue reading On Getting Started with WordPress

Photo of the Week: Last Full Moon of the Decade

yellowish full moon glows in the blue sky over the bare tree tops.

With brisk west winds from the harvested cornfield behind me, it was a freezing cold December afternoon as I patiently waited on the edge of the fallow field for the Short-eared Owls to appear before dusk. Birdwatching takes me to all kinds of places with extreme temperatures, from rain to snow, to 90 degrees Farenheit… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Last Full Moon of the Decade

Free Online Course: Introduction to Web Accessibility Starts January 2020

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If one of your goals in 2020 is to learn about web accessibility, or to expand your current knowledge, you’ll want to take a look at a new free online web accessibility course that launches in January 2020.

A partnership between the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE), the new Introduction to Web Accessibility course aims to provide a foundation for creating websites and web apps that are accessible to everyone.

The course is designed for people who are technical or non-technical, including:

  • Designers
  • Developers
  • Content authors
  • Project managers
  • People with disabilities
  • and others involved in digital technologies

Continue reading Free Online Course: Introduction to Web Accessibility Starts January 2020