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How to Optimize and Resize Images for WordPress (Formats for Web including JPG, PNG and WEBP)
Are you creating a portfolio or photo gallery on your website? Uploading images for your business or personal blog? If so, you have to consider the benefits and advantages of image optimization. In short, uploading quality images with small full sizes is absolutely critical. Images less than 1 MB in size can still look amazing…
Contributors Get Free Membership (Create a Blog Post, Lead a Meetup or Workshop, Design a Course)
Some of our membership levels are paid and some are free. Though we don’t have a free membership level on our sign up page, it is possible to get free membership if you contribute to this site or our sister sites (for example tdotshots.com, tdot.com/events). We currently offer our contributing members a “Connect Plus –…
How I Created My Portfolio Site Using Kadence Theme and WordPress
Hello and welcome to my first post on the Tdot Connect site. I’m really excited to share some insights and tips on the topic of how to create a portfolio site on this network. First of all, you’ll need a premium membership which comes in two flavours: Plus and Pro. You’ll find they are similar…
Welcome New Members (Tell Us About Yourself)
Hey everyone. We welcome you to the site. I am Mike. I founded Tdot Connect (formerly Tdot Studio) and I am the lead for our courses, sites, events and public outreach. I also run a design agency via our parent, Tdot.com. It’s great to have you here. Whether you are an artist or educator, photographer,…
What’s New in WordPress 6.4 and Release of Twenty Twenty Four Theme
A new version of WordPress is out and it has some overall improvements and a welcome new feature in the addition of a long overdue lightbox and the release of the newest theme, Twenty Twenty Four. According to WP they write: “Twenty Twenty-Four is an elegant, versatile default theme designed with distinct use cases in…
Get Yourself a WordPress Site and Lift into Orbit
Welcome. Our community and site network is live now on this new platform called Tdot Connect. Visit the main page of our site at tdot.co. Please consider a membership (free community level or premium). Do you have a website? Interested in creating one easily and professionally? Consider taking our WordPress course, and building your site…
Kadence May Be the Best WordPress Theme (Free or Premium this WP Tool is A Must Have)
I’ve used a lot of themes and many caused me to get excited after I discovered them. Usually a wide feature set and adaptability were key to my selection. I wanted a lot of features and the ability to customize my site. About a year ago I discovered Kadence and it has been a revelation…
Should You Use Linkinbio or Linktree to Promote Yourself or Your Own Website?
Have you noticed a trend that creatives, businesses and various influencers and regular folks alike are using either linkinbio or linktree for their primary link on social media sites like Instagram? It’s an interesting trend and while we understand why people are doing it, our gut feeling is that you would be better served by…
Themes and Plugins We Use on Our Site Network
We are proud to offer you some of the best themes and plugins for building your WordPress site. In this post we describe the themes and plugins we offer and explain how you can use them, what the benefits to each are, and what the limitations are. We use themes and plugins that are designed…
WordPress Website Training with Mike Simpson (Create a Site)
Are you a designer, photographer, artist or business person? Do you have a website? Are you interested in learning how to design and manage your own site? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you should consider taking a workshop or online course with Mike Simpson from Tdot Studio. Mike walks you…
Getting Started with WordPress Part 1 (Building Pages and Posts with Blocks)
Welcome to the tutorial. This article assumes you have already established things like hosting, your domain name and you have installed or set up WordPress. If you have done these things, then congrats! This is the fun part, where you get to start adding content and designing your site. We are gong to look at…
How To Register Your Own Domain Name (including Dot Com, Dot CA and Alternate TLDs)
Are you ready to register a domain name? Your own domain name and website offer maximum personalization, customization and the ability to share your portfolio and work without overwhelming your clients or contacts with advertising or any of the distractions of the social web. Here are some valuable tips for registering domain names.
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