One thing I have never understood is why these social media sharing plugins like Share This and Add This take so long to load. Don’t get me wrong, these are great plugins with a ton of features. However, you know what is more important than a ton of features? Increasing conversions. Two key elements to… Continue reading Fastest Social Media Sharing Plugin Without The Bloat
Making SSL Work Properly on WordPress for One Page
I recently added a checkout page that required ssl to a website. I used Yoast’s WordPress SSL Setup blog post as a guide to get it going, and it works great, but there was a small problem. The permalinks for the page in question are still https. This caused some problems for my website. Any other page I… Continue reading Making SSL Work Properly on WordPress for One Page
Adding Bulletproof Text Images With ACF That Work Without ACF
I know what you are thinking. The title does not make sense. ACF images without ACF? Hear me out. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) is a great plugin that lets people add custom fields into the admin section of WordPress for each post or page. It is very handy. I use this often when I need… Continue reading Adding Bulletproof Text Images With ACF That Work Without ACF
Styling Tables Like a Boss: Responsive Scrolling Data Tables with Alternating Colors
Sometimes, creating a table with lots of data on the web can make webpages long and overwhelming. Enter the hero of this story, my responsive scrolling data table with alternating colors. Here is the CSS For the table. #success_table { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 1px solid #AFB1B2; } #success_table #table_header { background:#3E4344; color:#fff; font-weight:bold;… Continue reading Styling Tables Like a Boss: Responsive Scrolling Data Tables with Alternating Colors
2 Ways to Get Directions to Your Business on Your Website
A very important part of every local business’ website is a contact us and directions page. Many have a contact us page, some even have a map on their contact us page, but wouldn’t it be easier if you page had a map with directions? I did some research, and it seems that there is… Continue reading 2 Ways to Get Directions to Your Business on Your Website
What Every WordPress Developer or Designer Should Know About Styling WP Images
I thought about naming this post “Styling WordPress Images for Dummies,” but then I realized that this is not a post for dummies. This is a post for most WP developers I have worked with. I’ve seen many talented WP developers neglect this very important WordPress feature. I am talking about styling images to float… Continue reading What Every WordPress Developer or Designer Should Know About Styling WP Images
Renaming Multiple Files in Multiple Subdirectories in Windows
I needed to change file extensions for a large set of files in multiple directories. This would normally be very tedious, or would require me to download a program that would never use again. Instead, I decided to work some command prompt magic. Here is what I did. I created a batch file with the… Continue reading Renaming Multiple Files in Multiple Subdirectories in Windows
Adding Lines Before & After an Element without JavaScript
Ever seen a title with lined before and after to style it? I needed to have lines around my titles for a website I was building, but I wanted them to dynamically resize around the title. Here is an example of what I mean: Title There are tons of ways to do this, but unfortunately,… Continue reading Adding Lines Before & After an Element without JavaScript
Best Free Cloud Storage: The Ultimage Free Cloud Storage Guide
Dropbox vs SugarSync vs Google Drive vs Cubby vs Google Drive vs Syncplicity vs Box vs SkyDrive vs Ubuntu One vs Mozy vs CloudMe In the world of free cloud storage, there are many competitors that offer free accounts, including Dropbox, Sugar Sync, Cubby, Google drive, Syncplicity, Box.com, Sky Drive, Obuntu One and other new… Continue reading Best Free Cloud Storage: The Ultimage Free Cloud Storage Guide