As I am working on an upgraded WordPress website for a client – moving an older, outdated theme to a sparkling new customized Genesis theme – I came across two new VERY handy plugins I wanted to share. 1.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]
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]
SEO Basics: Beyond the Keywords
A recently client said to me “I want to make sure my new website shows up on Google”. Of course, that’s the goal of many clients who come to me looking for a professionally designed website. And I hear these questions a lot. So, in one place you can find your answers to the basics… [Read More]
