I’m asked a lot to add social icons to people’s blogs. I don’t mind doing this at all, and I love when people use custom icons that reflect their personality. But, for those who want a simple set of square icons it really can’t get any easier than using the Social Icons Widget plugin for… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Tutorials
How to customize the Read More or more-tag in WordPress
If you’re using the more tag to customize the length of post excerpts shown on your front page you can also customize that default Read More or Continue Reading text that people click to open the full post! This can be used to your advantage! Grab people’s attention with a catchy link and make them… Continue Reading
How to Paginate WordPress Posts
You’re likely familiar with the <!- – more – -> tag which allows you to decide where to break a post and insert a “read more” link on the front page of your blog, but did you know there’s also a <!- – nextpage – -> tag you can use to paginate long posts? If… Continue Reading
Firebug Tutorial – How to modify your blog design
I’m asked a couple times a week how I find the part of my CSS file that needs changed… I always answer, with Firebug. The next question of course is what’s Firebug? And then, How do I use it? Here’s the Firebug download page. You can also use your Firefox Add-ons menu under the Tools… Continue Reading
Using FileZilla FTP to Access Your Site
As the hosting provider for many of my design clients, and many other site owners, I’m asked a lot about accessing a site’s files. While some hosts offer cpanel access, our Rackspace hosting does not, and the only way to view/edit files hosted on our servers is via FTP. Before you think FTP is only… Continue Reading