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,…
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…
Moving From WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress
You've had your own blog on WordPress.com for some time, but you're ready for more control. Or perhaps you've had a business site there but want to push beyond the…
SEO for WordPress: Pretty Permalinks
One key way to make your pages search-engine friendly is to create URLs that contain strong key words. For example, on a WordPress business site that sells ceramic donkeys, instead of…
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…
My Erstwhile Top WordPress Theme Picks
Note: I'm in the process of an updated post on my favorite WordPress themes. Though the themes I reviewed here were quite good in 2015, they are not all among…
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…