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Fonts in WordPress

coment Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Font Graffiti

What kind of fonts does a graffiti artist use?

Why Do So Many Websites Use the Same Fonts?

Have you ever noticed that most websites use similar fonts? Is it a lack of intertest in being unique? Is it because fonts don’t matter? No, it’s because the computer or device you use to view a website provides the fonts. Back in the day of slow internet connections, using fonts available on the computer was a good way to keep the size of web page files as small as possible. Today, downloading a font file isn’t really that big of a deal with high speed connections, fast storage systems and fast processors. (more…)

Introducing The WP Stew Guide to HTML + CSS + WordPress

coment Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

WP Stew book coverI’m excited to announce that my new book is now available at WPStew.com. My book covers basic XHTML, basic CSS and how to use both of them in WordPress. No other book covers these three topics in relationship to each other. (more…)

Introducing WP Stew

coment Monday, December 12th, 2011

The WP Stew Guide to HTML + CSS + WordPress demo book coverNo, I won’t be starting cooking classes. WP Stew is a brand name I’ll be using for some upcoming training and tutorials. In fact, the first book is complete! The title of my first book is, The WP Stew Guide to HTML + CSS + WordPress. (more…)

Warning – This Girl Swears!

coment Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Swearing aheadLike a lot of entrepreneurs, I look for inspiration to get me moving on days when life beats you down a notch or two. When you find someone who makes you think and at the same time makes you laugh, it’s a no brainer that you’ll want to find out more about that person. (more…)

WordPress Backup

coment Monday, October 17th, 2011

Moved to a New Web Host

I recently moved my sites to a new hosting company. Previously, I had been using 1 &1 for my hosting. For the most part, 1 & 1 provided a good service. I had no complaints about down time or how fast my site loaded. But, 1 & 1 has not kept up with the times. They have a custom admin screen that is klunky at best. There support is outsourced to the lowest price bidder based on the responses I received on a couple of questions. (more…)

StudioPress Genesis Custom Widgets and Sidebars

coment Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

StudioPressCreate a Custom Widget

There are a number of great posts regarding the development of WordPress widgets. I wouldn’t be adding a whole lot to the mix by writing my own. If you want to create a custom widget, check out these two posts: Justin Tadlock and Bill Erickson. Both of them provide excellent examples of how to create a WordPress widget. (more…)

StudioPress Genesis Custom Page Templates – Part 3

coment Saturday, July 30th, 2011

StudioPress Custom Page TemplateCreate a Custom Loop

In this example we’ll create our own custom loop. Let’s assume that we have created a custom post type named Products. We’ve also created custom taxonomy named product-type. Last, assume that we have a product-type named Books. (more…)

StudioPress Genesis Custom Page Templates – Part 2

coment Friday, July 8th, 2011

StudioPress Custom Page TemplateModify the Loop Output

The simplest custom template just modifies the query to return a different set of posts than would normally be returned. This is a simple template modification made even more simple by the genesis_custom_loop() function. This function is used when you don’t want the default output. To use the genesis_custom_loop() function, all you have to do is remove the normal loop and call genesis_custom_loop() with the arguments or values that you want. (more…)

 
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