What does someone who visits your site for the first time see?
Promotions with WordPress .pdf eBook
Promotions with WordPress Fall 2011 Class
Make sure your menus, page hierarchies, and categories are working how you want them to.
Make sure your widgetized sidebar and other widget areas have the widgets that you want.
Digging Into WordPress
Chapter 4 of Digging Into WordPress discusses navigation menus and sidebar and footer widgets.
Layout Design and Usability
- webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/understanding-the-f-layout-in-web-design
- webdesign.tutsplus.com/category/articles/design-theory
- seomoz.org/blog/an-seo-checklist-for-new-sites-whiteboard-friday
- fivesecondtest.com
- feedbackarmy.com
- silverbackapp.com
It is important that people can navigate your site easily. Try asking someone who has never seen your website to find something on your website.
WordPress Menus
- wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wp-101-video-training-part-13-custom-menus (via wp.tutsplus.com/sessions/wp101-basix-training)
- codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_SubPanel
Customize your WordPress menus.
WordPress Widgets
- wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wp-101-video-training-part-12-widgets (via wp.tutsplus.com/sessions/wp101-basix-training)
- codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Widgets_SubPanel
Customize your WordPress widgets in your sidebar and footer.
Lynda.com
- lynda.com/WordPress-training-tutorials/330-0.html
- lynda.com/WordPress-3-tutorials/essential-training/71212-2.html
The WordPress 3 Essential Training covers Menus and Widgets as well.
