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Universe is an iPad app that letsyou build a simplewebsiteby dropping photos,text and anything elseyou
like into a gridtemplate tocreate a great-looking ‘yourname.onuniverse.com’ site in secondsStructure your site with
Google’s new tools
Google iscontinuingtopush its
structured datasystem, so ifyou
haven’t already incorporated it
inyour site,now is the time.
Structured data is an opensystem
of tags that help search engines
work out whatyour site is about
and where thekeyinformation is.
Google has launched two new
structures, designedfor pages
thatcontainFAQs and how-to
guides(seebit.ly/faqht4 76 for
more information). Ifyou wantto
know howtoapplystructured
datatoyour site,there’s alsoa
useful new interactive guideyou
canfollowatbit.ly/c l476.
WordPress gets safer
Automattic has launched a new
version ofWordPress (wordpress
.org), which adds more useful
informationtothe Site Healthtool
introduced in the previousversion
(go toTools and choose Site
Healthtocheck whetheryour site
is intop condition).There’s also
a selection of new accessibility
tools, acollection of dashboard
icons and a handytool that can
tell whether theversion of PHP
you’re using istoo out of datefor
your plugins.1Choose what kind of siteyou want
tomake –we’re choosingTemplate,
thenPersonal.Swipe through the
available options untilyou find oneyou
like the look of –you can alwaysadjust
this later. Whenyou’ve madeyour
choice,^1 tap‘start building’.^2 Keep
working through the tutorial, skipping
any elementsyou don’twanttoadd.2When itcomestomakingyourown
edits, tap a space in the grid^1 to
choose somethingtoadd.There are lots
of options,^2 from images and videosto
links and blocks oftext.You canresize
and moveelementsbyplacing two
fingers andstretching or shrinking across
several spaces in the grid.3Add new pages from the
organisation page.Tap the ‘+’
button^1 or scroll through the
suggestions. New pages are addedto
the tabs above^2 and areavailable
from the menu button onyour site.
Below,you’ll find blocks thatcontain
information aboutyour site.^3Specialist tips, top tools and practical help
Build a Better SiteTop Tips of the FortnightMINIWORKSHOP|Build awebsiteonyour iPad
Universe:bit.ly/univ476| 10 mins|iOS 11.Deal of the Fortnight
Fasthosts (www.fasthosts.co.uk) is offe ring
50% off its hosting packages for the first
year. The Ignite package, for a si ngle
website, is £3 per month, down from £6.Web-building HelpdeskQI want tocodea websitein
HTML but don’t understand
things like Bootstrap. Is there
anyway to make startingout easier?
Rick Fuller, via emailADon’t worry about anythingother
thanHTML andCSS whenyou start.
HTML tells the browser whatinfo
todisplay onthe pageandCSS controls the
presentation. Tools suchasBootstrap are
usedbydeveloperstospeedupwebsite
buildingbut it’s only worth learninghowto
use it ifyou’replanning tocreatelotsof
sites.Sostart with HTML andCSS,thenwork
out the directionyou wanttodevelop in
once you’vemasteredthese basics.There
are freeHTML and
CSS coursesworth
signingupfor at
Codecademy
(www.codecademy
.com).
Andy Shaw,
Technical & ReviewsEditor, Web User1122
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