Welcome to Talking HTML, an audio/video internet thing for web developers who are just starting out!     In WordPress always use a child theme.   – Child Themify   – FTP header.php, footer.php, and index.php   – Create a robot.txt file and upload it – helps in seo/search Use this code in a file on its own and name it robot.txt: User-Agent: * Allow: /wp-content/uploads/ Allow: /wp-content/plugins/ Disallow: /readme.html Sitemap: http://www.example.com/post-sitemap.xml Sitemap: http://www.example.com/page-sitemap.xml   Have a basic index.html template   – can be opened in any editor   – makes having to rewrite basic skeleton/frame code null   – consistency across web pages/ other websites   Use Google Analytics!!!   – free***   – excellent in depth stats   – as simple as copying and pasting code   In chrome use the window resizer Chrome extension   – immediately shows screen and port size when resizing the window   Don’t be afraid to ask for help   – Google+ Communities   – Social Media   – Other developers locally   If you don’t know how to do something… Look it up!   – no shame in consulting text books, internet   Resources:   – YouTube   – CSS Tricks/ Chris Coyier   – Tuts+   – W3C School   http://www.Webdevpod.com for all the content and links @TNPWDesign @tommnorman DreamHost promo code – tnpw