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Using jQuery in a WordPress Theme

Using jQuery in a WordPress theme is a little bit different than using it on other static pages. It’s nothing major but without knowing your scripts simply won’t work.

written by William Patton on March 23, 2013 in JQuery and WordPress Custom with one Comment

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Build a Responsive Nav Menu for WordPress

During my attempt to build a responsive theme framework I decided to launch a demo site with it and give it a little style of it’s own. During the building of the site I decided I would need a few …

written by William Patton on March 8, 2013 in WordPress Custom with 7 comments

How to use a Fallback Image and set Default Post Thumbnail in WordPress

Setting default post thumbnails in WordPress themes is actually pretty simple. All you need to do is use the built-in WordPress methods to see if a thumbnail exists and if it doesn’t simply use a default image.

written by William Patton on January 6, 2013 in WordPress Custom with no comments

How To Create Additional Thumbnail Sizes in WordPress Themes

With the abundance of WordPress sites it’s easy to get lost in the samey-ness of the internet. Every site owner and blogger should want something that is unique to their site. That often means making something that is unique, something …

written by William Patton on January 3, 2013 in WordPress Custom with one Comment

Add Class to post_class() to a WordPress Theme Template

Adding a new class to post_class() function couldn’t be easier. Use post_class(‘new-class’); in your code with the class name inside inverted commas.

written by William Patton on January 2, 2013 in WordPress Custom with one Comment

TwentyEleven’s TITLE tags make Yoast’s work harder.

TwentyEleven – a default too far. Time is upon us for a new WordPress default theme to take over from the much loved TwentyEleven. I use TwentyEleven it myself on a few sites and above the fact that it’s default …

written by William Patton on October 8, 2012 in WordPress Custom with 2 comments

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How to become a Google Verified Author with WordPress – Google Plus Author Tag

NOTE: This method no longer provides the benefits it once used to. It has been a long time since Google’s experiment with showing author avatars by articles has ended. You can still add the tag however it’s usefulness is much …

written by William Patton on August 9, 2012 in WordPress Custom with no comments

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WordPress Custom – Make Your Own Custom Functionality Plugin

Functionality Plugin A functionality plugin is a custom made plugin for your site. It holds any kind of changes you make to your site, any added features and functions and generally makes your site’s code easier to manage. If you …

written by William Patton on August 6, 2012 in WordPress Custom with 2 comments

Enable WordPress SFTP Updates

UPDATED: August 2017. I’ve learned a lot since I wrote this post. I realize the naivety of having the ability to install software on the server but not being able to update the files through CLI. Like I said: I …

written by William Patton on April 25, 2012 in Server Management and WordPress Custom with 11 comments

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