These notes were written June 2023 when I gave the website a refresh.
I chose Kadence as the Theme and Kadence Blocks to edit it.
Dave Simpson – June 2023
WP Settings – Kadence Template
Header
Title Font changed to Orange [Header, Logo, Design, Site Title Font]
Sticky Header for Main Row [Header, Sticky Header, Enable Sticky Header, Yes – Only Main Row]
Footer
Created a Footer menu with link to Login Page
Changed layout so 3 cols – middle one wider, Footer Navigation in Left, Copyright in middle/
[Footer, Click gearwheel on bottom row and change column layout]
General
Layout:
Content Max Width: 1900px
Content Left/Right: 2.02px
Sidebar:
Sidebar width: 20%
Enable Sticky Sidebar: Yes
Design:– Widget Titles – changed 20px to 12px
Scroll to top: Yes, 1st icon, Align: Right
Page Layout [Posts/Pages Layout, Page Layout]
All default except:
Title Container Min Height: 50px
Default Page Layout:
Right Sidebar
Page Default Sidebar” Sidebar 1
Design:
Site background – set to image and select image
Default Page
I created a blank page called -Empty Page
Then I modified it to look how I wanted.
When needing a new page I just took a copy of it and renamed it.
Plug-ins in use
- Block Navigation by melonpan.
- Classic Widgets by WordPress Contributors.
- Content Aware Sidebars by DEV Institute.
- Copy & Delete Posts by Inisev.
- Export Single Post Page by SS88 LLC.
- FileBird Lite by Ninja Team.
- FooBox Image Lightbox by FooPlugins.
- FooGallery by FooPlugins.
- FooGallery Migrate by FooPlugins.
- Hostinger Easy Onboarding by Hostinger.
- Hostinger Tools by Hostinger.
- Increase Maximum Upload File Size by Imagify.
- Kadence AI Starter Templates by Kadence WP.
- Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features by Kadence WP.
- LiteSpeed Cache by LiteSpeed Technologies.
- Page-list by webvitaly.
- PDF Embedder by PDF Embedder.
- Plugins List by David Artiss.
- Popup Anything - A Marketing Popup by WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin.
- SearchWP Live Ajax Search by SearchWP, LLC.
- Ultimate Blocks by Ultimate Blocks.
- Widget Importer & Exporter by ChurchThemes.com.
- WordPress Importer by wordpressdotorg.
- WPForms Lite by WPForms.
All Plug-ins
Same list as above but includes a couple that are kept for future use but are currently deactivated.
- Block Navigation by melonpan.
- Classic Widgets by WordPress Contributors.
- Content Aware Sidebars by DEV Institute.
- Copy & Delete Posts by Inisev.
- Export Single Post Page by SS88 LLC.
- FileBird Lite by Ninja Team.
- FooBox Image Lightbox by FooPlugins.
- FooGallery by FooPlugins.
- FooGallery Migrate by FooPlugins.
- Hostinger Easy Onboarding by Hostinger.
- Hostinger Tools by Hostinger.
- Increase Maximum Upload File Size by Imagify.
- Kadence AI Starter Templates by Kadence WP.
- Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features by Kadence WP.
- LiteSpeed Cache by LiteSpeed Technologies.
- Page-list by webvitaly.
- PDF Embedder by PDF Embedder.
- Plugins List by David Artiss.
- Popup Anything - A Marketing Popup by WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin.
- SearchWP Live Ajax Search by SearchWP, LLC.
- Ultimate Blocks by Ultimate Blocks.
- Widget Importer & Exporter by ChurchThemes.com.
- WordPress Importer by wordpressdotorg.
- WPForms Lite by WPForms.
How some of the plugins are used.
Advanced Editor Tools
Because I hd used these when creating the original site, some of the features, mainly Tables, were still needed, therefore the plugin was retained.
Advanced iFrame
I want to dispense with this but it used to embed TNGRS and TNGDS within the pages. If I decide to use the Kloosterman method, I will delete it.
Block Navigation
Originally installed, I have disabled this and as yet found no problems.
Custom Sidebars
Allows the creation of extra sidebars beyond those provided by the Theme.
PHP Code Widget
Used to excute PHP code. Used on Sidebar 1 on Home page to display last page updated.
Popup Anything
Used to allow pop-up images on pages – mainly used on Pender part of the site.
Simple Site Map
This creates an indented site map.
It creates a menu called Sitemap
You then populate as required – it is not automatic.
If you create an indented structure then that will be displayed correctly.
Smush
Used to reduce the size of images.
Manually ran it with existing media. Will automatically handle new uploads.
WP Photo Album Plus
Allows you to create gallerys and picture shows.
I think that currently it is only being used on the Home page. Want to see if I can use FooBox to do the same thing.
WP Forms Light
Used to create the Contact Us form