I had the awesome opportunity to be featured in two episodes of This Week in Web Design, one of my favorite web design shows. I didn't personally appear in episode 32, but I did in episode 33. In Episode 32: How do I plan a website redesign?, they analyzed my/OptimWise's attributes and my clients' attributes, and […]
You can use the WordPress editor in Visual or HTML mode. I often use the HTML mode for HTML or JavaScript snippets from other websites, such as when embedding widgets or video clips. Everything works fine until you switch the editor back to Visual mode and save the post or page; then WordPress often garbles […]
WordPress' popularity makes it a frequent malware target. If you suspect your site has malware (and even if you don't), you should scan it for free with Sucuri SiteCheck. The scan checks for several types of malicious threats. Here's a screenshot of what you want to see; all green checkmarks. If the scan finds malware […]
These are my favorite audio podcasts covering the technical and business aspects of web design. They also feature topics such as web development, usability, marketing, freelancing, and entrepreneurship. For podcasts focused on WordPress, see my post Best WordPress podcasts, Spring 2012. My last post on the best web design podcasts was from October 2011, so it […]
These are my favorite audio podcasts about WordPress. I posted a list of the 9 best WordPress podcasts in October 2011, and decided it was time to update the list. Some have podfaded, but fortunately WPCandy launched several new podcasts. By the way, I've also posted my favorite web design podcasts. I’ve listed them roughly […]
WordPress Web Design for Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is one of the best on WordPress I’ve read, because it covers the work I do with WordPress: administration, tweaking themes, and finding and using plugins. It shows how to create several types of sites with WordPress, and explains […]
I took these notes about WordPress Network (Multisite) at our WordPress Grand Rapids (WPGR) meetup on March 15, 2012. Learn more about WordPress Grand Rapids on Meetup and WPGR.org. Presenters What’s a Network? A WordPress Network is a collection of sites that all share the same WordPress installation and database. They can also share plugins […]
A sticky footer is a footer that sticks to the bottom of the browser window regardless of the length of the page's content. If the footer isn't sticky, it will appear too high on short pages, which doesn't look good. The best instructions I've found for creating a sticky footer for WordPress are found in […]
The Antispam Bee plugin is my favorite free anti-spam plugin for WordPress. I've used it for years on several sites, and it's extremely effective. It integrates right into the default commenting system in WordPress. It doesn't work with Jetpack Comments or forms (Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, etc.). Why not use Akismet? It's excellent and free […]
Note added June 18, 2020: When this post was originally written, TLS/SSL certificates could be expensive and difficult to install. Fortunately, things have changed for the better over the last few years. Many web hosts will give you a free Let's Encrypt certificate, and they make it easy to install. Another thing that has changed is […]
I've been changing the permalink structure for WordPress sites to simply postname, and you can do the same! I'll show you how to generate the redirects you need. In the past, I've configured WordPress to use the permalink structure Day and Name, which formats the URLs for posts as /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/. Although I knew that a […]
WP101 has many high-quality WordPress training videos in their WP101 tutorial series. These are just a few of the topics covered: The Dashboard Creating a New Post Using Categories and Tags Creating and Editing Pages Add Photos and Images Managing Comments Adding Widgets
