Installing a Wordpress theme and launching a website is a relatively simple matter. Most hosts even offer assistance with this. However, there are many things you need to do to optimize your site and avoid problems down the road. You can do most of these things soon after launching. If you are developing your site locally or on a staging platform, you can do many of them before launching. Aim to complete the checklist in the first week.

Creating your site

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There’s no doubt that the Internet has changed a lot since 1997. We have progressed from simple text-based HTML sites to 2017's responsive and mobile first designs, animations and other innovations which improve the user experience.

On Thursday, Feb. 24, I attended a Meetup hosted by Graphically Speaking and CodeCore Bootcamp to learn what’s coming up in 2017. The panel of six speakers covered everything from web project management to development trends. However, it all...