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]
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]
You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks!
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). Of course, the old tried-and-true way would have been to add a repeating bottom to the .content-sidebar-wrap class… [Read More]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Leverage Browser Caching
Improving the functionality and speed of your website is always a priority at Flying Change. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is to leverage browser caching. What is browser caching? Every time a browser loads a webpage it has to download all the web files to properly display the page. This includes all… [Read More]
Adding the [Read More] Link in Genesis
One of the wonderful thing about wordpress is that it allows you to use excerpts of your full post as a “teaser” to for your readers. However, at the end of the excerpt, a standard […] appears where the text stop. The problem is that it doesn’t link to the rest of the story. I… [Read More]
