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The Project

u3a SiteWorks is a volunteer-led project providing WordPress websites to u3as, replacing the existing Site Builder platform.

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These articles are cover various topics relating to SiteWorks and WordPress, the SiteWorks project, and the web in general. They include include personal preferences and opinions so treat them as a source of ideas.

Note that some, prefixed Advanced, are generally more suitable for experienced Web Managers and site authors.

  • Broken links to your live site

    Broken links to your live site

    Advanced. Moving a SiteWorks WordPress site to another host (including Local WP) is not supported by the team. Nevertheless, these notes will assist anyone with one approach.

    Graham Tigg
  • Updated: move a SiteWorks site (unsupported)

    Updated: move a SiteWorks site (unsupported)

    Advanced. Moving a SiteWorks WordPress site to another host (including Local WP) is not supported by the team. Nevertheless, these notes will assist anyone with one approach.

    Graham Tigg
  • Media Library quirks and bewares

    Media Library quirks and bewares

    Media Library quirks and bewares It’s fair to say the Media Library is the weakest area of WordPress, at least for the needs of u3as. Well know is that it’s…

    Graham Tigg
  • Page or Post?

    Page or Post?

    Page or Post and how does SiteWorks fit in? The first point to make is with SiteWorks many u3as will have no need to create Posts. They will find the…

    Graham Tigg
  • Groups etc. information form disappears

    Groups etc. information form disappears

    Group, Event etc. information form disappears When creating or editing any of the u3a posts (Groups, Events, Venues, Contacts, Notices) there is an information form at the bottom to structure…

    Graham Tigg
  • Templates, Headers and Footers

    Templates, Headers and Footers

    Templates, Headers and Footers Templates in WordPress provide a layout for pages and posts. Templates are part of the WordPress theme and referring to generic WordPress documentation requires some interpretation.…

    Graham Tigg
  • Website styles

    Website styles

    There is a different website design styles out there, much of which stems from sites having various purposes. These are described and discussed.

    Graham Tigg
  • Authoring tips (advanced)

    Authoring tips (advanced)

    Aimed at experienced Web Managers – suggested SiteWorks authoring best practice and tips. Includes points on u3a plugins and ways of working.

    Graham Tigg
  • Query Loop and u3a plugins (advanced)

    Query Loop and u3a plugins (advanced)

    Advanced. The ‘Query Loop’ garners more questions than any other editing topic. When to use u3a features and when a Query Loop may be appropriate?

    Graham Tigg
  • Query Loop additional attributes (advanced)

    Query Loop additional attributes (advanced)

    Advanced. Accessing through a Query Loop additional attributes of u3a features – groups, events, venues, contacts and notices.

    Graham Tigg

Project News

  • Project Progress 10th September 2024

    Progress as of 10th September The chart has been re-scaled to fortnightly and goes back to start of the main roll-out in February. The 29 sites live at that time…

  • Project Progress 3rd September 2024

    Progress as of 3rd September We now have 321 sites live with with nearly 500 either live or in site preparation (Migration). If you have been studying the Workbook for…

  • Project Progress 21st August

    Progress as of 7th August We are nearly at 300 live sites progress continues to be steady. Concerns continue to mount with nearly 50 Site Builder sites that have not…

  • Project Progress 7th August 2024

    Progress as of 7th August We now have 253 sites live with good progress having been made in the past 4 weeks despite being Summer (of sorts). Nevertheless, there are…

  • Project Progress 31st July 2024

    Progress as of 31th July The latest progress chart: We have now passed the 250 mark – read more on the Trust’s latest news. The was a surge of sites…

  • Project Progress 18th July 2024

    Progress as of 18th July This chart shows the status by week from 24th January of the sites that have signed Terms and Conditions (T&Cs). We are approaching 250 live…

  • News and Progress 9th July 2024

    Help Desk We have had a contact form in place since the start of production roll-out. This captured key information and generated an email to an Outlook mailbox. This has…

  • Project Progress 18th June 2024

    This chart shows the status by week from 24th January of the 569 sites that have signed Terms and Conditions (T&Cs). 126 sites are still to sign T&Cs, but not…

  • Project Progress 29th May 2024

    Chart showing weekly progress of SiteWorks sites from signing T&Cs to going live.

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