Recent content by MrDaveFoy

Thanks @scotty. I know a few designers who do exactly that. Heck, even my hardcore developer friends struggle to keep up with the latest changes in web dev technology! Sometimes I think it's better to just specialise in what you do best. Thanks again.

Thanks for your comment @Claire20. Definitely an ongoing task keeping website designs fresh and current, while also still being easy to use. There are probably more than just thousands of websites though... ;)

Does anyone have anything to add? I'd love to learn more about what your biggest web design challenges. Thanks. :)

If you’ve ever been involved with any part of the process of making websites, I’m wondering what are the main challenges you’ve faced? What do you struggle with or wish you knew more about? It could be related to any part of the web design process: the planning, the designing, the building...

@Mark2000 Probably too late now but I currently use a combination of the GeneratePress theme (free, but the premium version is cheap and top notch) and the Elementor page builder plugin. Does exactly what you want. GeneratePress is a lightweight, well-coded 'frame', Elementor is a drag-n-drop...

@Pico Bags I see your site is on Shopify? You might have problems moving the calls to JS and CSS in your templates in that case. Are you using Google's page speed testing tool? I wouldn't get too hung up about some of the issues it reports (like render-blocking). Sure, it's better to reduce...

@ben5000 - You've probably long since got sorted now, but just to say... I've been helping a couple of graphic designer friends with just the same thing recently, finding a solid, well-coded Wordpress drag-n-drop theme that allows them full control over the design but without knowing any code...