Introduction The Themify Post Type Builder (PTB) is a plugin for creating Custom Post Types (CPTs) and their display templates. It is easy to work with and has some advanced features. In this post, I want to do an overview of the features so that you can get a sense of whether it would fit…
In the video accompanying this post I take a look at the Userback feedback platform, do a walk-through, and show you some ways that you can integrate it into your WordPress website. I found that though Userback is straightforward and simple, it is pretty powerful, but easy to use. Userback allows users to draw on, annotate,…
In this article I’m going to take a look at the Crocoblock Suite, especially in relation to dynamic data and creating theme templates. Video Here is a video walk-though of the using JetEngine and JetThemeCore for working with dynamic data. I also use the JetSearch and JetSmartFilters plugins for search and filter pages. The process…
In this post, I want to look at a free plugin for WordPress that helps to provide more accessible options for people with disabilities. Note that these options should be in addition to making sure the content and code follow accessibility best practices, so this plugin does not replace that requirement. Instead, it offers some…
When I’m putting a new site together, I start with a set of colors, the “brand colors.” Sometimes this is a color swatch and other times it is a list of color hex codes in notepad. Then, as I move through the sections of the theme Customizer, I copy and paste the color codes from…
In case you haven’t noticed, the zombie apocalypse is well underway. Unattended WordPress websites have been taken over by malicious actors who control botnet gangs that suck the life from their visitors and other blogs. Zombie sites are used for denial of service attacks on other sites, show unwanted advertisements, and attempt to drop virus…
In this article I want to look at the Chrome developer tools and some of the ways they can be used for development and for troubleshooting. These tools have been expanded slowly over time and many people may not be familiar with them. The developer tools can be a big help when it comes to creating web…
Introduction In this article I want to look at WordPress staging and merging using BlogVault. Staging is important in the process of developing websites. It allows a developer to make changes without putting the production site in jeopardy and without interrupting service, but if you’re making changes on a staging site while the production site…