Recently I was asked to help finish up a website that had a list of events on it. Using Ajax, you could explore events from months past, and if the event required a ticket, there was a button right there to take you to the page to purchase it. The problem i was brought on … Continued
I’ve been developing Wordpress websites now for four years. During that time I’ve created my own plugin, worked on some theme frameworks and been apart of teams that built simple blogs and universities. Heres a list the top 10 plugins that I regularly use/recommend on a majority of my sites. I don’t recommend you blindly install … Continued
If you’re looking to learn a new programming language, Treehouse is a fantastic learning resource and one that I use the most when learning the basics of something new. Earlier this year, I branched out and started working inside the Mac terminal with projects. I began branching out into Sass, git workflow, jekyll. Before diving into … Continued
The following is an article written by my colleague, Austin Fogt. He’s worked with organizations in a number of ways, ranging from helping them set up social media for the first time, to running ad campaigns and growth campaigns on social media. You can find him on twitter @AFeezyFogt. Importance There is no doubt that … Continued
Once you finished your Keyword research, you should have a list of 70+ keywords and phrases that you’re ready to use through out your site’s content. Armed with this list, you can put those keywords and phrases in the following places, to help improve your sites ranking and index process. Quick note: If you have … Continued
This article is for everyone. You may have a small business with a website your nephew built. You may be the nephew about to build your uncle’s small business rad website. I’ll run down what SEO is, basic setup and principles. SEO, search engine optimization, is the art of creating a clear and concise path for … Continued
You own a small business. It could be a restaurant or coffee shop, or you run a small auto repair shop. You already have a website but you’ve heard about this mysterious cheap marketing thing called SEO. Local SEO relies heavily on networking and consistency of information across a multitude of platforms. At the core of … Continued
When creating a website for a local business, more often than not I include a google map. It’s a great easy way for people who visually see where the business is located. However there are a few reasons why just embedding them on the page isn’t always ideal: They break the brand identity with googles colors: … Continued
With a few of my clients, they wanted more than the standard excerpt. They wanted to display a paragraph or two of the post. without echoing out a whole post in an archive or landing page. Now WordPress has great examples on how to do things similar to this with get_the_excerpt(); and the_excerpt(); .However i … Continued
Have you ever wanted to add a submenu that didn’t link to a page you created? A while back, a client requested a link to a particular view and arrangement of a table in admin area of WordPress. To the best of my knowledge, there wasn’t a standard function within wordpress used to pair a … Continued