Not long ago I moved this site to a new domain and in the process axed a lot of custom code and plugins I had been using for almost three years. I was frustrated with the bloat of the site and wanted to start fresh. During that process I deleted a plugin that I had [...]
If you’ve been around the WordPress world for awhile, you’ve no doubt heard about the WishList Member plugin. If you haven’t heard of it before, here’s the skinny…it’s simply the best and most feature rich WordPress membership plugin available (in my opinion that is). Not only does this plugin work as advertised, but they also [...]
A long title perhaps, but it could have read like this… “What I Learned About Using WordPress Multi-Site (WMPU), Multiple Thematic Child Themes, Thematic Functions and CSS Body Class Styling and the wpSearchMu Plugin, to Accomplish a Sitewide Search and Get the Results Displayed How I Needed.” Whew! In other words…
As I promised in my previous post, I’ve created a video tutorial on my personal site that shows how to configure the Slideshow Plugin. The name is a bit generic as far as Slideshow plugins for WordPress go, so let me be clear. This is a
If you’re subscribed to my feed by RSS or email, you may be surprised to hear from me. My last post here was close to seven months ago. There are few reasons for my absence, all of them good. The short story is that life is happening and I’ve been enjoying it (see bottom of [...]
We all know that you can add a sticky post to the index page right? Have you ever wanted to do the same with a category archive page? One way is to create your own category page template and code in a custom loop, but that’s not really “user-friendly” for most WordPress users. As good [...]
Are you a WordPress fan like me? Do you aspire to become an expert in any area of WordPress like themes or plugins? Maybe you’ve heard of WordPress Multi-User (WPMU) and want to know how it differs from standard WordPress and learn it’s enormous capabilities? Well kiddos, if any of the above rings true for [...]
Viper007Bond, “a 25 year old guy living in Portland, Oregon”, has just posted some very exciting news concerning a new feature coming in the 2.9 release of WordPress. Media Embedding. If you’ve ever struggled with embedding video or images, or if you wish it was simpler for your clients to do, you’ve just found the [...]
I am working on a website redesign project for a company that has a need to display several thousand products on their site. One of the main goals with this redesign was easier navigation for the end user. This post will focus on only one aspect of this new navigation. The display of categories. The [...]
As with most products I use or causes I’m involved with, I’m always proud to be affiliated and promote their use whenever I can. This is no different with WordPress. Although I’ve been using WordPress for many years now, I’ve never bought anything from the WordPress shop until recently. I’m a proud user and wanted [...]
WordPress Professional Business
The Problem We recently released a new Pro Business Guide named Facebook Fan Pages for Business on our other site. We created a landing page using Premise. Premise allows for the creation of several types of landing pages with some cool features. Read more here. The Premise landing pages are created as custom post types [...]
One of our WP Pro Business clients recently went through a redesign in anticipation for her book release. We moved her to the Genesis framework and implemented a customized version of the Crystal child theme. She needed custom fonts on her site in order to match the design of her book cover. Here’s how we [...]
I was browsing through the WordPress.org support forums today and came across a question by a user who was creating an image grid on a page. There was a border around the table he created and it wasn’t clear on how to remove it. Here’s how I found what was causing the border and how [...]
Creating contact forms in WordPress has been relatively easy with the availability of many different form making plugins. However, creating advanced forms that include features like letting users upload files, creating multiple page forms, etc. while still allowing you (or your clients) to create these inside an easily usable interface, can be a bit difficult. [...]
The WP Modder mobile app is now available in the Android Marketplace. Check it out. Now more people can read and watch our WordPress tutorials and information while in the bathroom! Why Did We Focus on Android? Because we love you. As you may know, our app has been available for iOS devices since early [...]
I recently offered to provide WordPress answers to my readers in the form of screencasts. In this article we’ll learn how to change the default font sizes in the WordPress Tag Cloud. This Screencast Challenge question comes from Neal who asks… In the WP tagcloud please showcase how to make all of the style consistent. [...]
I recently revealed a free video course named Setup for Success over here that teaches you how to get started with a website powered by WordPress. I didn’t anticipate the overwhelming response. I’m humbled but I’m certainly not complaining! Rest assured that I am diligently working on course #2 which will dive into every detail [...]
I’m delighted to announce the release of the Hide Widget Title plugin. This plugin was created in partnership with some developers that I’ve been working with for the past several months for various personal and client projects. It solved a huge problem for me and I hope it will do the same for you.
Not long ago I wrote an article targeted toward business owners and new bloggers detailing a checklist of what to consider before starting to build a website. That website checklist was sparked by the experiences I often have when performing freelance project work for clients. It was meant to be a reference tool for those [...]
As I wrote in a previous tutorial, adding an Amazon store to your WordPress website is best accomplished (in my opinion) by using Associate-O-Matic. Just to be clear, this is not a plugin. It is a standalone script that you install on your server. However, there is a WordPress plugin that integrates with this script [...]
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