Yes, that is a problem I encountered this weekend with a long-time client. It was FRUSTRATING for all of us! The client was sending out an email blast to their members and had 2 links to PDF files on their website. Both files were uploaded into the media folder properly. No custom redirects or added… [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]
Playing with Parallax Effects
Trying an Image Parallax plugin for a client. Let’s see what it does when I move my mouse around! The sax moves around. Pretty Cool! Now let’s see what the client thinks.
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]
Two New Favorite Plugins
As I am working on an upgraded WordPress website for a client – moving an older, outdated theme to a sparkling new customized Genesis theme – I came across two new VERY handy plugins I wanted to share. 1. THE DUPLICATOR This plugin is not for the novice user. If you’re a more advanced user,… [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]
A Reason To Be Happy About NextGen
You may have read about a vulnerability in a plugin called Slider Revolution. Last weekend, they found more than 100,000 WordPress sites were hit with the malware known as “SoakSoak”. This vulnerability has resulted in more than 11,000 domains being blacklisted by Google. DesignME Clients can rest peacefully – we don’t use that plugin. We… [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]
Develop A WordPress Website Offline Using MAMP
When you want to design or develop a dynamic WordPress website offline where no one but you can see it, then the FREE version of MAMP is the way to go. What is MAMP ? MAMP stands for Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. MAMP is an application you can install on your Mac that gives… [Read More]
“Going Live”
Have you ever wondered what happens after you give your web designer the “OK” to go live? The Technical Stuff DesignME Creative builds the developing website in a subdirectory of your domain – something like yourdomain.com/site. So the first step is to point change the General Settings within your WP dashboard to the real url… [Read More]
