You can change the look and feel of a website (the theme) without having to migrate databases and code (the WordPress platform). The analogy we use is this: WordPress is a mannequin themes are the clothes you put on the mannequin. The beauty of WordPress is the ability to redress the look without having to migrate content. A good rule of thumb is to re-invest in your website every two years or so. It’s common that a business’ website needs change over time. It’s unlikely that a website designed for a business four years ago still fulfills their needs. By using this child theme base, we eliminate hours of custom coding and can focus on tailoring the look and feel based on a client’s needs. We don’t “hard code” changes within the Genesis theme as doing so will create havoc when updates are rolled out by theme developers. Then we create a child theme - a copy of the original theme - that we modify. When we create WordPress sites, we work with a client to choose a theme that has the features and functions they desire. Ours happens to be StudioPress’ Genesis framework (note: we’re an affiliate). Most developers have a favorite theme framework. When you do, it causes all types of problems that makes ongoing maintenance and security a nightmare. Nor should you modify the core code of a theme. This is the case regardless of what WordPress theme you choose.Īnother important element when building a WordPress site is not to touch the core code. However, some plugins don’t keep up-to-date with WordPress versions and can break. 95% of the time there aren’t issues especially if you choose plugins from reputable developers.
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What’s not part of those automatic software updates are upgrades or changes to plugins and themes. That’s a manual process you need to log into the backend and upgrade specific plugins. This is built in clients don’t have to worry about it. WordPress’ software automatically updates its core code when it involves security. WordPress Updates, Theme Frameworks & Longevity That’s just the nature of website management regardless if it is in WordPress, Joomla or any other Content Management System (CMS). They can also easily add content using a non-page builder theme. So, can clients figure out the visual interface and maintain their own content? Yes, they can. MS Word’s menus and text formatting, for example, can be confusing at first to the novice. Just like any kind of software, it takes practice. Even with detailed how-to guides, video tutorials, and built-in controls, time and again they ask us to add and optimize content for them. We work with clients that have visual composer websites (not created by us) all too often they find it difficult to navigate the system and make their content behave like the vision in their heads.
One of the major arguments in favor of visual composers is the ability for clients to “build everything visually on a page” without the need to understand CSS or other code.