If you use a Linux Webhost for your WordPress Website you may notice that files that are named something like core.836540 appear. The files can be large in size. Core files are created when a program terminates unexpectedly such as if the server is rebooted. The core. files can safely be removed from your WordPress Webhost. How […]
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Why a new WordPress Website?
For over a year I used a Themify Theme for my WordPress Site. Themify have some of the most beautiful and feature rich Themes around. I however decided to use a StudioPress Theme for my new-look Website purely because I have worked with StudioPress alot lately and they too are very well coded. Two things […]
How to Embed Google Docs in WordPress
Many people and organizations include downloadable documents and spreadsheets on their Websites. As people have become more security aware and as people use mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad etc.) to view Websites more, people have become hesitant to download files to view. Compatibility issues too prevail with downloaded files; for example people may not have an app […]
How to use the SOURCECODE shortcode in wordpress.org
Adding code to be displayed to viewers in a Page or Post on a WordPress.org Website (i.e. self-hosted WordPress) is complex. I’m not referring to adding code or script to be executed but rather displaying the full code/script to the viewer. The visual editor in WordPress strips out all the code ‘descriptors’; its therefore necessary […]
How to use StudioPress Columns
In StudioPress, using CSS columns is simple to do and works well on responsive Themes (i.e. Android, iPhone, iPad etc. optimized Themes). You really shouldn’t be using tables and should be using columns in place of tables. As I’ve noted many times, StudioPress make very well coded WordPress Themes however using columns does require basic […]
SEO essentials – Images
There is alot of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) work that needs to go into images. Images, when the correct SEO activities are applied can have a very big effect on where your Pages appear in the Google or Bing Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Here are a few images related SEO activities and tips that […]