Bill Erickson has written any number of really helpful plugins for use with or without the Genesis Framework. BE Static Subpages Widget is one such plugin and is hosted on Github rather than the WordPress plugins repository. Similar to the BE Subpages Widget, this one creates a list of a page’s Children. BE Static Sub Pages […]
Dealing with WordPress Spam
The first thing to say about WordPress spam is that you're not going to beat it. You can only deal with it. I'm not going to dwell on why spam exists. When you see how rubbish the comment and from spam submissions are you can't help wonder what possible benefit people get from it. But […]
Adwords Changes for 2016
Google announced some significant Adwords changes during the Google Performance Summit in May. While they have not given any specific dates for the updates to roll out it is well worth getting familiar with the new concepts. Some Adwords Stats and Why Mobile is Everything Most of the statistics that Google provide are specific to […]
Adding Google Adwords Conversion Tracking To Genesis Theme
Any time you set up a Google Adwords campaign you’ll naturally want to track how effectively you are spending your money. There are several ways to track conversion, using the variety of conversion tracking options within Adwords, or importing conversions from within Google Analytics. Each method has advantages, however here is one way to implement […]
WordPress 3.9 Brings New Image Editing
WordPress 3.9 is now at the Release Candidate (RC1) stage, with the full release scheduled for 16th April 2014. As usual Plugin and theme authors are being encouraged to carry out testing, and in particular to look out for issues around TinyMCE and MySQLi. The later is unlikely to trouble most end users, but the […]
WordPress 3.8 – What’s New
The WordPress team have announced the availability of the first beta version of WordPress 3.8, with a projected release slated for 12the December. Aside from the usual bug squashing there is quite a lot of new stuff to enjoy: A new default theme (Twenty Fourteen) Refreshed Dashboard (DASH) New Theme Selection page (THX38) A new […]
WordPress Plugins – What To Look Out For
Ok, so you have installed WordPress and you’re ready to start customising your new website. Many people turn to WordPress plugins to add that extra bit of functionality, but as with all things, there is a word of caution. Although WordPress will work just fine without any additional plugins, there may be some specific function […]
WordPress 3.6 is live – Genesis 2.0 to follow
So WordPress 3.6 Oscar has gone live, and this time it’s accompanied by a very slick video, almost Apple like in production. The main headline features of WordPress 3.6 are: The Twenty Thirteen theme – which can only be described as gorgeous, with a rich colourful blogging centric design. New Revisions interface so that you can easily find […]
Is WordPress for Blogging only?
It’s very easy to get carried away in knowing how versatile WordPress is. And forget that many people may assume that WordPress is for blogging only. During a presentation recently I was asked how I was going to manage the content on a client’s website. Oh, said I, we use WordPress as the core and […]
Add WordPress Archive Thumbnail Images
Sometimes I’m asked about adding WordPress archive thumbnail images to sites. Specifically, on the category pages to show the thumbnail floated left in the listing. I’m aware that there are plugins to achieve this, but if this is something specific to a project and likely to be a feature of the theme it probably […]
Quick Basic Overview About WordPress and Themes
WordPress is not just a blog, there is no reason why a WordPress installation cannot manage just about any type of business or personal website. The addition of a plugin, and if you’re prepared to learn a little CSS or PHP you can transform any theme into a unique piece of web real estate. WordPress […]
WordPress 2.9 – What is new
A quick look at Wordpress 2.9