Sometimes, the best product ideas come from scratching your own itch. A while back, we had a client with a daily process running behind the scenes. Everything was fine… until one day, it wasn’t. The process broke, and nobody was notified. Weeks went by before anyone realized it had stopped running. Ouch. To fix this,…
Over the past month, I’ve been putting some extra effort into updating the VegasGeek site. As they say, the cobbler’s kids have no shoes. Well, the web developer’s website is the last to receive updates. One of the first things I noticed was the preview image being used on social media when I shared the…
While working on a client project, I added a few custom post types and a custom taxonomy to each. Once the client started adding content to the site, he asked, “How do I sort the order of the items on the page?” This should have been a simple request. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. After…
I love teaching. There, I said it. Over the years, I’ve provided one-on-one training in person and via Zoom. I’ve organized a local meetup, I’ve spoken at conferences across the country, and I’ve even created webinars. But the one method that I hadn’t done was to create an online course. It’s something that I’ve wanted…
For the past two years, I’ve been working with tpn.health to build an online platform where clinicians earn continuing education credits through live and on-demand classes. When we started out, we used many off-the-shelf plugins, and over time we’ve written and rewritten tons of custom functionality. One plugin that has been a staple the entire…
Depending on where you host your website, you may not have ever needed to consider how your site sends email. Most shared-hosting services handle outgoing emails automatically. But, if you are setting up your site on a Digitial Ocean or AWS server, that may not be the case. If that’s the case, you will need…
When adding images to your website, it is important to upload a properly sized image to fit the need. It’s not just about the visual display (although, that can be an issue, too), but improperly sized images can have an adverse effect on your site’s page speed. That, in turn, can hurt your search engine…
This week, while answering questions in a WordPress forum on Facebook, somebody asked: What is the best way to give my client access to update content but not give them full control of the WordPress Dashboard? I’ve been asked this question many times in the past, and here is how I typically answer it: Rather…
As the organizer of the Las Vegas WordPress Meetup, I’m constantly telling people that they should test new releases of WordPress using a staging site or on a local development site prior to running the update on their live site. Never has this been truer than with the upcoming release of WordPress 5.0 that includes…
If you ask any WordPress enthusiast why they like WordPress, you’re likely to hear “because it’s so easy.” It’s a response I’ve given many times myself. Aside from being easy to use, WordPress is powerful, flexible, and people use it in a myriad of ways. So if we’re being totally honest, WordPress is one complicated…
