Making Web Technology Purr for Cats of All Stripes
Woe Is I You hired someone to make your new website, but things have gone so badly, and your site is either unfinished or awful. What happened? As in any profession, web developers and designers may be deficient. Examples: They might simply not have the skills they need, or they’re inexperienced and don’t even know … Read more
Some days when working on websites, I feel like I’m losing my mind. Not just the times when a client has scads of amateurish photos and wants to have 20 slideshows, or when an engineer is unwaveringly insistent on using repulsive design ideas. Sometimes I’ll just try something that I’ve done many times before, and … Read more
“Content is King” on the internet. Except when it isn’t. A client contacted me, and she had a pretty normal site, with the content on one side and a sidebar on the other. Her site had responsive code in it so that at device sizes smaller than the iPad, the page would re-organize itself so … Read more
Here’s a quick recipe for making this happen. I have it appearing just before the Page content, but it could work in other hook spots, such as genesis_before_content or other hooks that you can see here. Keep in mind that any Page that’s an ancestor of the one with the Featured Image will inherit the … Read more
As a web developer, when something goes wrong with a website, I’m all over it. But when the computer itself has a problem that I’m not familiar with, it’s a bit scary. Fortunately, I found a great source for help. It’s Hot! The other day, my computer just decided not to start. Instead of going … Read more
Raw WordPress Custom Fields – Nutritionally Sound? In a previous post I had showed an example of how to display a custom field using Genesis. Site visitor Michael had asked if he could use shortcodes in a Custom Field, and I was unable to answer at the time. Today I finally got a chance to … Read more