I am a photographer, a videographer, a designer, a writer, a marketer. I am not a developer… and I’m freaking out because I just finished building a WordPress theme from scratch – without writing a single line of code – with Upfront Builder. Most people I know have no clue what it is that I actually do. They know it has …
How to Customize the WordPress Multisite Activation Email with a Plugin
One of Multisite’s useful features is the way it lets you change the experience users get when they first register a site on your network. You can edit their welcome email and change the default content that’s created for their site. You do this by configuring your network settings in Settings > Network Settings. But there are two emails that are …
Why Are You Thankful for WordPress?
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US. It’s a time of reflection and an opportunity to express gratitude for the good things in life. In episode 143 of the KitchensinkWP podcast, host Adam Silver asked his two sons why they’re grateful for WordPress. “I am thankful for WordPress because it gives you a job for the household that we live in …
How to Code Your Own Custom WordPress Widget
Have you ever wanted to create a custom widget for your WordPress website? While WordPress does include a built-in text widget, which you can use to display HTML along with embedded CSS and JavaScript, if you want to do anything more than that the text widget just won’t cut it. What if you want to grab a bit of content …
Pricing Your Services: A How-To Guide for WordPress Developers
Pricing is tricky, to say the least. And no doubt you’ve had a similar conversation to this one I had recently with a massively popular (and profitable) blog I wanted to write for: Client: “I’m sorry to break this to you — but you’re nowhere near the $XX rate.” Me: “Thanks very much for your feedback. Much appreciated 🙂 Cheers” …
5 Moves to Get Your Startup Featured in Major Media Publications
Think that a feature story on your brand is a pipe dream? Here’s how to make the dream come true. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Will You Still Need a Child Theme With WordPress 4.7?
WordPress 4.7 is slated to arrive in early December 2016. While a lot of new features will roll out with the latest version of WordPress — the new Twenty Seventeen default theme, thumbnail previews for PDF uploads, and more — it’s the custom CSS editor added to the WordPress Customizer that caught my eye. The question this new feature raises …
The WordPress Loop Explained
The WordPress loop is big. It’s huge. It’s critical. Without it, your WordPress site won’t work. By this, I don’t mean that it’s large. In fact, it should be as lean, tight and quick as possible. But it’s a major part of what makes WordPress, well, WordPress. Without it you can’t query the database and display your content, whether that’s …
Automattic Clarifies .blog Landrush Process After Bait and Switch Allegations
Earlier this year, Knock Knock Whois There LLC, an Automattic subsidiary in partnership with Primer Nivel, won an auction for around $19 million dollars to offer top-level .blog domains. On August 18th, an email was sent to users who signed up to Dotblog.WordPress.com notifying them that they could apply and secure a .blog domain name before November 21st. Applying For …
New Balance Suffers a Brand Mangling 'Whitewashing'
Overnight, the shoemaker fell from champion of American manufacturing to a pariah brand endorsed by white supremacists. View original post at Entrepreneur…