Little chewy bits of goodness. Basically, whatever we want to talk about (or think is cool content).
WordPress is an intuitive enough platform. Once you’ve got the hang of where to find the Add New button and familiarized yourself with the page and post edit screens, you can create and edit content in little to no time. Now, think about how long it takes you to navigate to one of your posts or […]
I was recently helping a friend build a site for his new podcast when he asked, “How do you make these all caps go away?” I’ve spent enough time in WordPress and with premium themes to know where to go to alter typography—and this quickly became one of those times where the theme did not […]
To celebrate National Dog Day, these pup-fluencers (and their humans) revealed their brand-building secrets.
You know that the content on your site is valuable. That’s why you do things like protect your images from theft. But for those of you who have additional content of value—like web designs, logos, copy, custom video content, etc.—you should know how to keep them safe as well. Rather than try to find one-off […]
WordPress 3.7 ‘Basie’ was released on October 24, 2013 and introduced automatic updates for minor releases to the masses. Although it’s not labeled as such, WordPress 3.7 has effectively acted as a LTS version or Long-term support. Security updates and crucial bug fixes have been ported back to previous branches up to 3.7. In this week’s WordPress developer chat, Aaron …
In the past, a “header” in web design typically referred to the ever-present strip at the top of websites that contained the logo, navigation bar, and maybe some contact details and search bar. Nowadays, a “header” refers more often to the entire space above the fold on the home page. Unless someone’s found your site […]
Over the years, I’ve received requests from people wanting their comments removed from the site. I recently received a request from a reader that I remove a comment they made three years ago because it was showing up in Google search results for their name. Normally, I ignore these requests as it makes me feel like I’m their online reputation …
Know your brand and be consistent, but don’t be afraid to experiment and take cues from others’ success.
Widgets make WordPress really flexible. By adding widget areas to your themes, you let users insert their own custom content without having to write a line of code. They’re most common in sidebars and footers, where they’re often used to hold widgets such as the search widget, latest posts widget, or maybe a custom menu. […]
A new study explores how social isolation might make individuals turn to brands with faces on them.
