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May 27, 2020 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Full Width (100%) Section On A Fixed Width Page

There have been a few website designs that have required a full width section in the middle of a single fixed width page. Rather than use a widget for just one page, this is an alternative option. The best part is, it’s very simple! The code <div class=”row-full”> Your full width content here. </div> CSS… [Read More]

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April 23, 2020 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Redirect My Website To https://

In 2015, Google announced they were going to give preference to website that offered their website with https:// in the url. If you are looking to boost your SEO, this is the most simple and cost effective thing you can do for your website. The price of an Secure Socket Layer certificate (SSL) is approximately… [Read More]

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January 14, 2019 By Debbie 2 Comments

Stop WordPress From Removing Non-Breaking Spaces

If you’ve ever tried to add a non-breaking space – &nbsp; – in the text editor in WordPress, you know that it disappears once you return to the visual editor and save the page. Next time, try putting this bit of code in your functions.php file to stop WordPress from removing your non-breaking spaces (and… [Read More]

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November 20, 2018 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Adding A Shortcode To The Post Title

If you like color like I do, then perhaps you’d want to put a splash of color into your entry titles – kind of like I did above. It’s pretty easy to do: 1. Add the following to your functions.php file // ADD GREEN SHORTCODE add_filter( ‘the_title’, ‘do_shortcode’ ); // allows shortcode in the title… [Read More]

Filed Under: Code Tips, CreativeCorner, Just Because, WordPress

November 16, 2018 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Phone Numbers Not Formatted Correctly on iPhone Safari

Recently, I was working on some custom coding for a client who created their site in Divi. We added a phone number to a widget area, but no matter how or what we used in the CSS, the color always came up as GRAY on iPhone Safari. After quite some time, I found the answer!… [Read More]

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April 1, 2017 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Making A Short Sidebar Full Length

I was working with a StudioPress Child Theme – Brunch Pro Theme and the designer wanted the sidebar to go all the way to the bottom of the full page text (not stop where the text ended). It just requires a little “thinking outside he box”. Basically, we just add alot to the “padding-bottom” to… [Read More]

Filed Under: Code Tips, TechTalk, WordPress

August 17, 2015 By Debbie 1 Comment

Force WordPress Displayname Format

DesignMe recently upgraded a website that uses our developers PRO version of s2Member. Part of the project was creating a directory using the plugin’s Member List function. However, the sort option was for display name … and the display name was set to different formats. I needed it to display and sort by last name…. [Read More]

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February 9, 2015 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Another Reason To Love NextGen

Last Fall (November 2014) we developed a fun, interactive, e-commerce website for Tim Sample and The Maine Humor Store. We used WooCommerce because it has so much flexibility for any size business that wants to sell online.  In early January, Tim asked us to add downloadable products to his store. NO PROBLEM! Well, there was… [Read More]

Filed Under: Code Tips, E-Commerce Solutions, NextGen, TechTalk

October 1, 2014 By Debbie 18 Comments

Cool Hover Effects Using CSS In WordPress

Go ahead … hover over that black and white cog image! I DARE YA! Do you want to do this on your WordPress website? It’s pretty simple with a little bit of code and CSS! PART 1. Here it is the code behind the images looks like: <div class=”effect”><img class=”bw alignnone wp-image-2410″ src=”https://designmecreative.com/site/wp-content/uploads/cogservicebw.jpg” alt=”cog bw”… [Read More]

Filed Under: Code Tips, TechTalk, Website Design, WordPress

March 26, 2014 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Make Your Own Shortcode

I needed to make it easy for a client to place different colored boxes behind text when she edits her new website. I could use code, of course, but the client wouldn’t know how to do that. I found this little 3 step process worked very well. STEP ONE: Insert the following code into your… [Read More]

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