It’s time for another “Flip That Mom’s Website” project!

Aurelia Williams has been hosting the Parenting My Teen Podcast for over two years now.  Her web traffic and listenership has grown consistently and she is enthusiastic about the future. 

The Parenting My Teen site was originally designed in Microsoft FrontPage.  There’s nothing wrong with the design, but in order to outsource web work to a Virtual Assistant she has to make sure that the VA has FP installed on her own system.   That isn’t a huge hurdle for most VA’s to overcome but since Microsoft is no longer selling FP, it does present a challenge for newcomers. And it just so happens that Aurelia enjoys giving work to newbies.

A potential solution presented was to switch her website over to a web based content management system, Wordpress to be specific.  With Wordpress, the entire site’s content can be managed, changed, added to or deleted by anyone with web access.

Aside from the usability advantages, having your site built in Wordpress means that every page can be used to invite interaction with visitors. 

Deciding it was a great idea, Aurelia signed up to be the next Flip That Mom’s Website ‘Flippee‘.

The first step was for Aurelia to select a Wordpress Theme that most closely resembles what she wants her finished redesign to look like.    She has chosen the Prosumer theme.

The next step was for our design team to step in and chat with Aurelia about her needs for the new site.

The existing PMT site is quite extensive with a lot of articles and information.  All of this content has to be added to the new Wordpress site.  Organizing the content will be challenging.

We’ll be back in a few days to let know how what we’ve accomplished so far.