You’re finally tired of editing websites in the bright, clear daylight of your (insert hosting company name) server. Which is a dangerous habit anyway, right? Or perhaps, you want to learn how to build in WordPress without spending money on hosting. Or you want to get all Frankenstein on a…
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Visual Composer Not Appearing Correctly in WordPress
This article is written for those familiar with Visual Composer running on Self Hosted instances of WordPress. For more information about this KILLER plugin that greatly enhances the development process, please visit: https://vc.wpbakery.com/. Today I ran into a new problem on two of my websites. The back-end editing tool called…
The Fastest and Cleanest Way to Replace an Old WordPress Site With a New One
You know what a harrowing experience it can be when you’re poised to replace a client’s website with the new one you’ve been building. All this time the new site has been safely available in the background, all cool, no one the wiser. Replacing a site, with as little disruption to…
How to Remove Disqus Ads From Your WordPress Blog
If you’re using Disqus, which I highly recommend for managing your WordPress blog comments, you are probably serving up ads at the bottom of your posts and not realizing it. I got alerted to this when a client contacted me with a simple message: “WTF?” I dug around a little…
New Install of WordPress on 1and1 Appears as Forbidden When You Try To Access From A Browser
This has been an issue I’ve run into during the last 3 installs of WordPress on 1and1. I’ve sought out this issue online and have found zippo written. Maybe I should be using the automated installer that 1and1 offers? Oh wait, I can’t seem to find that feature anymore. 1and1…
How To Exclude An Image From Your WordPress Gallery
If you’ve ever added the Gallery to one of your WordPress Posts, you might have had the frustration of keeping the other images in that same Post from appearing in the Gallery. This can come up if your WordPress theme supports Featured Images. It can also come up when you…
How to Create a Website For Under $100 That Doesn't Suck
So you need a website and you don’t have a bunch of money to sink into it. On top of that you are just about as technical as my mom. What to do? How do you get a website without it sucking? Well pony up cowpoke. Here is how you…
Make your WordPress iphone Friendly
Wouldn’t it be nice if your blog could detect if it’s being visited by a mobile browser and reformat itself accordingly? Hitting any wordpress site from your iphone (or other touch-enabled) device can be a bit of a bummer for your readers. Without a doubt it’s better than the dark…