If you're using WordPress, you must know about themes. Themes control the overall layout and design of your site. They’re a collection of files that tell WordPress what your pages look like and how they layout. Your theme will set your layout for pages and posts, give...
Themes & Plugins
The Darkside of Plugins
One of the wonderful things about WordPress are the plugins. Plugins are small packages of code that add to or change the functionality provided by the core of WordPress. Plugins can help you do all sorts of things, like adding contact forms, doing e-commerce,...
A Quick Guide to Choosing Plugins
Themes & Plugins, Tutorials & How To
There are nearly as many plugins as there are websites. Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, however, there are a lot of plugins available for WordPress. You’ll find that plugins are similar to themes, there are free plugins and premium/paid plugins. Plugin...
A List of Favorite Plugins for WordPress
Marketing & SEO, Themes & Plugins
Here is a list of must have plugins. Every site will have different needs for functionality, this list will get you started. Yes, there may be free plugins that do some of the same things, these are the ones I use on my own sites and client’s sites - they are...
Premise Landing Pages and Shortcodes in Video Embed Field
If you're using the Premise Landing Pages plugin, and are doing video landing pages you may have run into this problem. (this is no longer available.) Out of the box, shortcodes from other plugins can't be used in the Premise video embed field. Here's what the field...
Thesis Theme for WordPress
Why Thesis? I've been using Thesis on my own site's and on client sites for quite some time. So what do I like about it? I like Thesis by DIYThemes for some of the same reasons I choose to work with WordPress. It's flexible, yet solid framework. Thesis works with...
Using NextGen Gallery to Organize Images
NextGen Gallery is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to display images in Albums and Galleries. Albums contain groups of Galleries. Galleries contain groups of images. For example: if you wanted to display your images of fishing trips to Alaska over the last...
Making a CSS Drop Down Menu in Semiologic Pro
A question came up about getting a css multi level dropdown type menu on a Wordpress site using the Semiologic Pro theme. If you use Semiologic Pro, you know that it has a nav bar you can use in the header, but it's a single level menu, no drop downs, just simple...
Customize Your Community (CYC) WordPress Plugin
Rae Hoffman conceived the plugin which was created by Joost de Valk, Wordpress Plugin Expert. The CYC plugin allows your registered backend users see your branding and design on the login and profile pages. It will apply your theme to the following: registration,...