Welcome to the Web Design Guelph Blog!
This blog contains several articles that provide background information on the things you should consider before building a website and step by step instructions on how to build a WordPress website using the Avada theme. If you choose to use another theme, most of the information here will still be relevant.
If you are just starting out and deciding what to do, I recommend you start with my blog post: Building a WordPress Website: Pre-Build Considerations. All of my posts are listed below.
How to Set up Google Analytics Using a Child Theme
Ideally, your theme provides a place to paste the google analytics tracking code and that's all you have to do to get started. Alternatively, you can install a plugin which also makes it very easy [...]
The Best Way to Build a Website
The Best Way to Build a Website - WordPress, Shopify and Others There are a plethora of options out there and each choice has many more options. I've narrowed it down to the 3 options that [...]
Avada Cheat Sheet
AVADA CHEAT SHEET There are many customization settings in Avada and for beginners, it can be difficult to remember where everything is. However, if you remember the following three things, you’ll usually be able to [...]
Avada Builder Element Examples
Below are examples of all of the Builder Elements provided by the Avada theme. Most of them are very customizable, the colour, size, shape, etc. can easily be modified in the settings under the pencil [...]
How to set up Google Analytics if using Avada Theme
Google Analytics is a tool provided by google that lets you track visitors to your site. It tells you about who visited (their geographical location) and their behavior when they're on your site (how long they [...]
Instructions for Building a WebSite Using WordPress.org
Step by Step Instructions for Building a WordPress Website With the Avada Theme If you've read my post: Building a WordPress Website: Pre-Build Considerations and have decided to build a website using WordPress, here are [...]
Definitions, Tips and Tricks for Building a WordPress Website
In no particular order, here are some various things that you might find useful when just starting out with WordPress: 1. A Useful Analogy to Understand the Internet 2. How long does it take to [...]
PCI Compliance for Small eCommerce Businesses
Does a small eCommerce business need to do anything to become PCI compliant? If so, what? Conclusions I've started with conclusions to save you reading this wall of text, in case you're [...]
Building a WordPress Website: Pre-Build Considerations
In this article: 1. Do you really need a WordPress website? 2. Should you try to build a website yourself? 3. Why use WordPress? 4. What you need to know about WordPress: WordPress.com versus WordPress.org [...]