Here’s a quick fix to make the default MailPoet email template responsive
Comparing LearnDash and Sensei – WordPress LMS lessons learned the hard way
In late 2014 I built a WordPress Learning Management System (LMS) website for a client using the LearnDash LMS plugin. Two months later I rebuilt the site using the Sensei LMS plugin from WooThemes.
Read on to find out why…
How to add multiple product tabs to WooCommerce 2.x
If you need to add more than one product tab to WooCommerce, here’s how to do it…
Filter the Event Organiser plugin to use your WordPress General Settings timezone
This past week I worked with one of my clients to configure the Event Organiser plugin and the Event Organiser ICAL Sync extension to synchronize with their iCloud calendar feed, allowing them to update their website’s calendar and events from an iCloud public calendar. I’ll explain the full details of how to do that in […]
Force browser cache to reload CSS: Genesis, WordPress, W3 Total Cache
If you do any reading at all about browser cache settings for the W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress, or for that matter, HTTP cache header settings for any website, you’ll find that the general consensus is that CSS files don’t change very often, if at all, so go ahead and set the expire or […]
Disable Simple Page Ordering for pages but not custom post types
I first learned about the Simple Page Ordering plugin during Helen Hou-Sandi’s session at this year’s WordCamp San Francisco, which I “attended” virtually via live stream. Her session was called “Custom Tailoring the WordPress Admin Experience,” and you can, and should, watch it here on WordPress.tv. I’m on a constant quest to make the WordPress […]
TortoiseSVN, the WordPress plugin repository, and PROPPATCH errors
This past weekend I was doing some work on a couple WordPress plugins that I have hosted in the WordPress plugin repository. One of them has been there since May of 2013 and the other was just approved this weekend. I had made some updates to the older plugin and needed to commit those changes […]
How to fix StudioPress Metro theme widget titles
I really like the Metro theme from StudioPress. Recently I was working on the third WordPress site I’ve built with Metro and ran into a small problem. Widget titles for the widgets provided by a certain plugin were printing (displaying) HTML span tags wrapped around the widget title text, as you can see in the […]
Improving the end-user experience for the Soliloquy WordPress slider with custom post types and a filter
One of my tasks as a builder of websites is to make the user experience for the client as painless as possible, on both the front and back ends of the website. Painless, or better yet, enjoyable, user experience is one of those things we’ll never fully reach, but one we should always be striving […]