wordpress

September 9, 2010

Adding Facebook Like

Want to add the “like” button to your website, but you’re using Thesis or Genesis? Here’s the functions you should write to get it up and running.

September 8, 2010

Make Menu visible over Youtube Video

If you have videos on your site and are using a dropdown menu, chances are you’ve run into the issue where the menu goes behind the video. The typical solution…

September 7, 2010

Adding Content to Genesis Navigation

Want more control over what shows up before or after your navigation? This shows you how to extend Genesis’ Primary Navigation Extras using filters.

September 6, 2010

Regular Backups of your WordPress Site

Keep your website backed up using these steps.

September 2, 2010

Using Custom Post Types

Custom post types let you create logical divisions of content and context-specific meta information boxes. If your site features content other than posts and pages, use this to manage it.

August 30, 2010

Adding “nofollow” to Category Links

If you have a lot of categories, here’s how to add a “nofollow” to them to prevent diluting your Google PageRank.

August 8, 2010

WordPress Beyond Blogging – Presentation

My presentation from WordCamp Houston. I outline 5 useful tools for extending WordPress beyond blogs: Frameworks, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, Additional Sidebars, and Multiple Content Areas.

August 6, 2010

WordPress Post Thumbnails with Captions

This tip is for all themes that support WordPress’ Post Thumbnails (also known as Featured Images). If you’re using Thesis, this does not apply to you since Thesis uses its…

May 31, 2010

Full Width Navigation in Thesis

Create eye-catching, full-width menus for your Thesis site.

May 17, 2010

Adding Content Between Posts in Thesis

This shows you how to stick code between certain posts, but not all of them. It’s very useful for including ads or other content you don’t want repeated.

May 15, 2010

How to Move your WordPress Website

Here’s how you quickly move a WordPress website from one server to another, without losing any content or settings. This is what I do when I’ve built a client’s site on my development server and it’s time to launch.

April 15, 2010

WordPress Updates as Email or RSS Reminder

WordPress does a great job of telling you to upgrade when you log in. But if you don’t log in often, you might miss an important security update. This will notify you via email or RSS.