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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

September 12, 2018 By Debbie 1 Comment

I Have a Website – Now What?

Do you remember the last time you updated your website? If not, then this article is for you! An outdated website can be more harmful than not having a website at all. If a visitor lands on your website and sees the News & Events page has things dated 2002, what does that tell them?… [Read More]

Filed Under: Custom Blog, Small Business, Website Design, Website Maintenance, WordPress

September 9, 2018 By Debbie Leave a Comment

10 Reasons You Need a Custom Website

As a business owner you are always looking for ways to save money and make your business more profitable. So using a free generic website template may seem like a great option to save on your bottom line. You put care into the quality of the products and services you provide – wouldn’t you do… [Read More]

Filed Under: Small Business, Website Design, WordPress

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

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

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

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

June 26, 2014 By Debbie 12 Comments

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]

Filed Under: TechTalk, WordPress

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