Questions to Ask Before Buying a WordPress Theme
You spy a great-looking WordPress site and want yours to be similar. Or a Google search for WordPress themes yields one that seems perfect. Before investing your money and / or time,…
Web design help, whether with graphics, HTML, CSS, or WordPress.
A WordPress Child Theme Alternative
You find a knockout WordPress theme. With minor font, color, and layout tweaks, it'll look great. Add in some custom functions, such as support for certain post types or control over social…
WordPress Twenty Sixteen Theme: Move Content to the Left
The Twenty Sixteen theme provides a great starting point for a clean, modernly-designed, responsive site. Among the things I find limiting about it, however, is the way page content sits in the…
Brilliant CSS Plugin for WordPress
Here's a quick overview of what may well be the best CSS plugin available for WordPress. SiteOrigin CSS SiteOrigin, creator of the popular and very customizable Vantage theme, also authors…
Vantage WordPress Theme: Customizing the Site Title and Tagline
Here's a quick solution to problem with an otherwise stellar WordPress theme. No matter whether you use either the free or premium version of Vantage, you'll notice that there's no way…
MikeMatera.com Redesign
New Child Theme | Minor Site Redesign
Note: this post reflects a previous site design. This site is no longer using the theme or plugins cited in the article. Yes, I finally did it. I finally updated…
Is Your WordPress Site Ready for Google’s Mobile Algorithm?
April 21, 2015 has come and gone – and with it Google's deadline to ensure that your Web site is mobile-ready. That is, your Web site should display clearly on multiple…
Help! My WordPress Admin Toolbar Is Missing!
Short one today, but trust me - it's useful. Have you ever logged into a WordPress site, then clicked "Visit Site" in the upper left-hand corner of your dashboard, only…
Cool WordPress Child Theme Maker Plugin
Have you ever wanted (or tried) to create a Wordpress child theme, but somehow could not get it to work? Perhaps you're a little handy with code (CSS, HTML, PHP)…
Disable WordPress Page Comments by Default
It's 2014, and Wordpress is well into its 11th year of existence. It's become the most widely-used Web site CMS (content-management system) in the world. So, why do "static" pages…