Like everything else technological, making sure that your website is kept up to date is hugely important and often overlooked. Once you have a website; either by paying someone or doing it yourself; it is easy to just leave it or go in every now and then and tweak some of the text. As I… Read more »
So i haven’t written on my blog for quite a while and most of the things I do write are tips and links but this one is a bit different as its more about me. If you’ve been to my home page you’ve probably seen that I have been a web developer for quite a… Read more »
So I am revisiting creating themes from scratch. Of course there’s a huge amount of free and paid for themes out there and a lot are very good, but being a coder, I like to know the ins and outs of themes – which means building my own. For clients who want a quick site put together,… Read more »
I came across this as, when i updated my website, i noticed that an image was no longer showing. After looking through a few posts and using the facebook debugger – https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/ I realised my og:image was blank. Yoast seo solution If you use Yoast you can set the facebook image for each page.… Read more »
I may add to this but here are a couple of nice code snippet websites. Generate Google maps html: http://embedgooglemaps.com/en/ Grid Generator: http://www.responsivegridsystem.com/calculator/
With the intention of becoming a freelancer, I am looking at things which i have previously missed – in this case wire-framing & prototyping – previously I have sat down with a client sketched out an idea and run with it but I’m certain there are smarter ways of doing this. Live prototyping makes sense… Read more »
This is a list of themes & plugins that i really like and have used/want to use: The X Theme by themeco this is a great theme with the added benefit of having free cornerstone which makes creating beautiful layouts really easy: Cornerstone by themeco Here’s a great responsive slider: Slider Revolution Contact Form 7… Read more »
Here’s a great plugin if you want to use Google fonts: easy-google-fonts
Just a quick link to info about hooks https://docs.woothemes.com/document/introduction-to-hooks-actions-and-filters/ http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/the-beginners-guide-to-wordpress-actions-and-filters–wp-27373 http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference How to write a plugin
This plugin has been a absolute lifesaver for me – it means i can add snippets of code without gong into any of the actual php files – activate and deactivate as I want without worrying I’m going to break anything: https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/