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January 14, 2019 By Debbie Leave a Comment

Stop WordPress From Removing Non-Breaking Spaces

If you’ve ever tried to add a non-breaking space –   – 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]

Filed Under: Code Tips, TechTalk

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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September 13, 2016 By Debbie Leave a Comment

“Direct links to my PDF files are redirecting to my home page?”

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]

Filed Under: TechTalk, Wordpress

April 1, 2016 By Debbie Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: Code Tips, TechTalk, Wordpress

March 11, 2016 By Debbie Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: 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]

Filed Under: Code Tips, TechTalk, Wordpress

March 2, 2015 By Debbie Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: Chico, Search Engine Optimization, TechTalk, Wordpress

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

December 19, 2014 By Debbie Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: TechTalk

October 1, 2014 By Debbie 14 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

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