Copyright information Most often we add some copyright information at the bottom of the page that says something about year, made by, made with and perhaps a link to the wp-admin. I will use the date, site_url() and ... [Read more]
Speeding up the site manually and by using cache plugins
Speeding up the site manually and by using Cache plugins As I use this site to test out new plugins over time. Some plugins also affect the performance of the site. Further down I am also sharing code you can place ... [Read more]
Creating a footer that sticks to the bottom
How to stick the footer to the bottom when there is very little content. If your using a Genesis child theme then check out my other tutorial: Creating a sticky / fixed footer in a Genesis child theme If one has very ... [Read more]
Adjusting the auto embed of WordPress site links
Adjusting the style of the auto embed links. Adding a link to your site from another WordPress site you will very likely get a standard auto embed of the link. It will look similar to what you see below. (Actually on ... [Read more]
Changing the size of thumbnails or other images
Adjusting thumbnails or other images used on a site ... Can create a blurred like look. This can be adjusted by refreshing the image cache. Last night I decided to turn off the checkbox to "Crop thumbnail to exact ... [Read more]
Creating a client friendly login screen
How to give the customer a customized login screen. The finished results looks like this: (I believe the image was purchased some time ago through Medialoot.com) Inside the Functions.php The following ... [Read more]
Customize CSS to style your site
Using CSS to style the site I have also added some html as how to use anchor tags for linking to another place on a page. Customize using CSS to further adjust the design of the site. One good way is so use the ... [Read more]
Creating a sticky / fixed footer in a Genesis child theme
Genesis themes have an unique way to add a sticky / fixed footer. If your using a theme that is not a Genesis theme then check out my tutorial: Creating a footer that sticks to the bottom Sticky is actually something ... [Read more]
Customizing a video embed
Customizing a video embed in WordPress. Further below I will also show a responsive iFrame Embed. The default view of a Youtube url embeded into a post or page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA4yLHs0gQ (I am ... [Read more]
A checklist before launching a site
After installing WordPress there are many steps to take before adding content. The following video is a 1.5 hour long recording of a lecture I held at the Sarasota WordPress Meetup on the 29th of September 2015. I have ... [Read more]
How to make a sticky header in WordPress
How to make a sticky header in WordPress I will show multiple ways of creating a sticky header. A fixed/sticky header that stays in place as one moves down the page. Right click the area on your web site you want to ... [Read more]
Creating a custom Dashboard widget
Creating a custom Dashboard widget in WordPress. I made a help widget for a client so they see it righty away when logging into the backend of WordPress. It is based on the resource links further below. (It is ... [Read more]
Adding your own avatar
How to add your own avatar in WordPress. Today the default is to sign up at gravatar.com and to add your avatar there. It will then be available in a number of sites including WordPress sites. I am showing a few options ... [Read more]
Adding icons to menus
Adding icons to your menus (Or anywhere you want to...:) Showing how to use Fontawsome and further down Dashicons. Fontawesome I am showing one way to add icons to your menu through the use of adding some code to ... [Read more]
Install of MAMP and WordPress
Use MAMP to create a local (offline) site. I use MAMP to create a local development site and when I am ready to place it online I install the plugin Duplicator to back it up and through ftp move it ... [Read more]
Changing a menu link to become a text item
Removing the link from a menu item Go to Appearance -> Menus. Top right: Click the Screen Options tab beside the Help tab. Inside the Screen Options: Click to checkmark the Links and CSS Classes box. Below ... [Read more]
Automatic Update of WordPress, Plugins and Themes
Automatically update major and minor versions of WordPress along with plugins and themes. I have been looking for easy ways to update my plugins and themes without having to login to a site. I am looking forward to the ... [Read more]
What I did when my site was hacked.
My site was hacked. My site Easy Web Design Tutorials was hacked through one of my other sites at Bluehost and the infection spread. In June Bluehost e-mailed me that one of my sites had ... [Read more]
Back to top link
A Back to top link Having a back to top link is useful for longer pages. I did a search and came across this code at https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-back-to-top-button-1?replies=14 One can just place the ... [Read more]
Security
Here are some security tips I picked up along the way. This article will on occasion be updated with additional information. Update WordPress, and your themes and plugins. Change username from Admin to something ... [Read more]
Adding social icons to a widget or a menu
Adding social icons to a widget or a menu Upload the icons you want to use to your Media Library (or have a link to where they are located online). Find the link of each icon by going to media library -> click the ... [Read more]
Creating a social media menu
Creating a social media menu The following Social menu article is based on this tutorial by The Web Princess It has been coded for Genesis themes but can also be readjusted for other themes. It uses icons ... [Read more]
WordPress media structure ideas
At the Wordpress.org forums there is a section called ideas http://wordpress.org/ideas Anyone can suggest an idea and others can then add to it and vote on it. I just added the "A better media structure" idea. ... [Read more]
Managing menus in WordPress
Finding good ways to manage and create menus with WordPress. NB! See further below on using conditional logic code to show specific menus. I asked a question at the Advanced Facebook WordPress ... [Read more]
How to get the site back up again when it goes down
How to get the site back up again when it is down The speed read Got a plugin update error. Try these things: 1. Notice the error message and google it. Figure out which plugin has the error and rename the folder ... [Read more]
Creating customizations for each page or post in WordPress
Sometimes I just want to make a change to a specific page or post. Here are some examples on how to change for instance the backgrounds of the body area, header, content and footer inside any WordPress page, post or ... [Read more]
WordPress Page Templates
WordPress Page templates A Page template is a way to pre-style a page to create another type of style that is different then your other pages. It is located to the right of the content creation area of a ... [Read more]
WordPress Multisite Plugins
Here is a list of WordPress multisite plugins I have found up until now. This post will be updated as I find other good multisite plugins. - Shared media across ... [Read more]
Creating a child theme
Creating a child theme A child theme is based on its parents..:) Themes get updated and all the files in the updated theme can change. To avoid having your own CSS and other customizations be changed one creates a ... [Read more]
Getting to know WordPress.
Below here are many video tutorials that will help you get to know Wordpress. To learn about designing a Wordpress site I begin by installing MAMP and Wordpress. So that I have a play ground to ... [Read more]
Installing MAMP 2 and WordPress locally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJnV9KNIXc How to install MAMP and Wordpress Download MAMP and Wordpress (if you are using for instance Joomla, Modx etc the procedure will be ... [Read more]