September marks a return to routine for many. With vacations ending and kids back in school, both business owners and customers are refocusing on their professional goals. It’s a natural time to reassess your digital strategy and ensure your website aligns with your business objectives for the rest of the year.
The holiday season is just around the corner, and for many businesses, this period is critical for sales and customer engagement. Revamping your website in September ensures that your site is optimized, visually appealing, and ready to handle increased traffic. Whether it’s updating product pages, improving site speed, or enhancing user experience, now is the time to get your site holiday-ready.
Many businesses operate on an annual budget cycle, with the fiscal year ending in December. September is a great time to allocate remaining funds towards a website revamp. Investing in your online presence now can help you maximize your budget and start the new fiscal year with a competitive edge.
The web design and development landscape evolves rapidly, with new trends and technologies emerging every year. September is a great time to assess your site and ensure it incorporates the latest design trends, mobile optimization, and security features. Whether it’s implementing a more modern design, enhancing accessibility, or adding new functionality, updating your website can help keep your business at the forefront of your industry.
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a critical factor in driving organic traffic to your website. Revamping your site in September allows you to implement the latest SEO strategies and see the benefits before the end of the year. Whether it’s updating content, improving site speed, or optimizing for mobile devices, enhancing your SEO now can lead to better rankings and more visibility during the crucial holiday season.
A website revamp in September not only prepares you for the end of the year but also sets the stage for the year ahead. By refreshing your site now, you’re positioning your business for success in 2025. A modern, user-friendly website can help you attract new customers, retain existing ones, and achieve your business goals in the coming year.
September is more than just the start of a new school year; it’s the perfect time to hit the reset button on your website. By taking the time to revamp your site now, you can ensure that your business is ready to make the most of the holiday season and start the new year strong. Whether you need a complete redesign or just a few updates, investing in your website this September can pay off in a big way. RooSites can help!
I am a big believer in WordPress and use it for 95%+ of my client websites. They are constantly upgrading the CMS and at this point I wouldn’t consider using any other software. But, as with most things in life there are some things I’d like to see improved. My number one pet peeve is the random nature of theme updates. Now what do I mean by this? When you log into your WordPress, some themes give you a notice that there’s an update. The problem is that there are different ways of upgrading themes.
Here are a few:
The scary thing is there isn’t always good documentation on how to upgrade themes. Some vendors do a much better job than others. Some of the premium themes make it very easy, and not only offer an automatic update you can just click on, but they also have a mechanism for patching along the way.
Here’s where I think:
WordPress can improve. I think there needs to be a uniform method of updating themes. I think there needs to be away that people can have a one click update, AND also have a mechanism to revert back in case the theme update corrupts the website.
I also feel that WordPress should try and require theme vendors to have a minimum standard of documentation for updating themes. Besides dealing with the three methods, some themes also have strange quirks.
Here’s an example:
A theme I really like a lot has a one click theme update as I mentioned above in method number one. But as I found out the other day the entire header region disappears after making a team update. The logo, menu, and entire top of the site literally disappears.
Why?
Well, they have a header builder and when you upgraded the theme you lose your settings. Now, I reverted back and figured out there is a way to save your header settings. I then updated the theme and then could use those old settings. While this was simple enough, it was not very clear and an inexperienced website owner or developer would not have known what to do, other then perhaps open a service ticket with the theme vendor.
In Closing:
WordPress is the number one CMS in the world. But as with any open-source software, there is a random nature in the way some people develop their plug-ins and themes. I think that it is in WordPress’ best interest to have some standards which themes and plug-ins have to follow. This will make the user experience much better. And after all, WordPress owes its success to providing the world’s most user friendly content management system.
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