No one likes a slow website. Have you ever wondered if the plugins you use in WordPress affect your site’s load time? Recently I began a quest to reduce my page load time significantly by making changes and checking the results with Google Search Console and Pingdom Tools. Here’s what I discovered about the plugins […]
Here is a version of the sliding doors technique that doesn’t require php expressions. Just use this code in place of your theme’s current page menu. [php] <ul class="navigation"> <li class="<?php if ( is_home() ) { echo ‘current_page_item’; } ?>"><a href="<?php bloginfo(‘url’); ?>" title="Home"><span class="nav-left"></span>Home<span class="nav-right"></span></a></li> <?php wp_list_pages(‘sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=&link_before=<span class="nav-left"></span>&link_after=<span class="nav-right"></span>’); ?> </ul> [/php] All this […]
I’ve been working with small groups for the last 10 years and one of the challenges has always been to provide good ways for people to sign up. Recently I started making online sign ups an option at a2 Church and thought some of you could benefit from our experience. To start out I would […]
I’ve been working with small groups for the last 10 years and one of the challenges has always been to provide good ways for people to sign up. Recently, I started making online sign ups an option at a2 Church (a good example of our Church Builder WordPress theme being used on a live site) […]
In case you haven’t heard yet, a new update to WordPress was recently released (version 2.9). I’ve already updated all the demos to the new version. I’ve also updated two themes, New Church and Company Store, to work with the new version. There was an issue with the post template feature, but that has been […]
Several of my themes use a handy plugin called Single Post Templates which allows you to choose a template for any post just like you can for a page. It’s a great feature that I think WordPress should roll into the core. One thing I’ve noticed is that many people use the post templates on […]
Five plugins that can easily improve your WordPress experience. Easy background editing, automatically translate your blog, simple social media links, plus a couple others make your life easier.
