It’s only boring until something breaks—then it’s an emergency.
That’s why I try to stay ahead of the problems, even if it means spending time on the “boring” stuff. (Apologies if this kind of work isn’t boring to you.)
Here’s what I tackled on the website this weekend:
🔒 Backed up the site (finally!)
For the first 5 weeks, there was no backup running—yikes. That’s fixed now. I installed a well-reviewed plugin and set it to store backups in a trusted, secure cloud service.
👉 It’s a static file backup (not a live mirror site), but that’s all I need right now.
📱 Updated menus for easier browsing
I reworked the product menus to reflect categories and tags more clearly. Now, when someone taps “Products” on their phone, they can jump straight to “Dandelion Faith” or “Classic Tees” without extra clicks.
This took some trial and error—and a few help docs—but it’s much more intuitive now.
🏠 Tweaked the homepage layout
I changed the order of sections on the homepage:
- Product categories
- A small quote
- Featured products
- The image with three quotes (this used to be at the top)
It looked fine on desktop, but on mobile, it just wasn’t working. After looking at how other t-shirt sites do things, I made the change—and I like it a lot more now.
🛠️ Other small fixes too, but those were the big ones.
Bit by bit, it’s coming together—and ideally, no emergencies in sight.