From 92acacbba9a81798023fc6340437ba54bae1a822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ray Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 15:46:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update draft --- content/posts/stanthams.md | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/stanthams.md b/content/posts/stanthams.md index c6429fd..9b9a20f 100644 --- a/content/posts/stanthams.md +++ b/content/posts/stanthams.md @@ -23,11 +23,18 @@ Was before Gutenberg update. Nothing particularly special. Some bits of minor customisation via CSS required and so a child theme, based on [OceanWP](https://oceanwp.org/), is used. -Reasons for choosing OceanWP: +Reasons for choosing Elementor and OceanWP: -* one -* two -* at least three good reasons +* Cuts development time considerably. +* Flexible. +* Free version can be enough for a lot of sites -- if need additional stuff can either purchase addon plugins or code manually. +* Relatively lightweight compared to other page builders. + +Disadvantage is bloat required to cover many use cases, in which not many may be used. +Purpose built design elements will always be leaner and more efficient with cleaner code (if coded correctly of course). +This especially true if using very few components of the chosen parent theme / page builder. +Performance may not be so much of an issue for small sites with few users -- will become much more of an issue the bigger the site. +Can be harder to customise in ways that are not available in the interface -- e.g., CSS specificity problems. Plugins used (with reasons, and what I would probably use now): @@ -42,6 +49,8 @@ Plugins used (with reasons, and what I would probably use now): * [WP Fastest Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/). * [WP Mail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/). +Always a good idea to test speed of site after adding a plugin, especially if not used before. + Not much to say - a pretty basic brochure site. The primary purpose is to allow users to discover/get more information about the firm. Important that site is easy navigable and presents the information in a clean, uncluttered way.