Last week I blogged about how to add the WordPress Featured Image above the content and sidebar in the StudioPress Genesis framework. One of the requirements when building the custom child Theme for the client was to have a slider on the Home Page only. The slider was to be directly below the Primary Menu […]
Archives for November 2013
Genesis – show featured image above content and sidebar
My favorite WordPress Themes are Genesis Framework Themes (i.e. StudioPress). Genesis doesn’t suit all clients ‘though as there are very few GUI options in these Themes. For clients that like lots of GUI configuration options then WooThemes or Themefuse is probably a better provider. I had a client recently who wanted a custom Theme/design. There […]
Add a seperator to a WordPress menu
There are many ways of adding a separator between Website navigation/menu items. Three of the most common means are; using an image as a separator, using the border CSS element or by using the content CSS property. For Website load speed purposes I’d avoid using an image (slow load speed isn’t good for SEO). I […]
WordPress Theme Security Warning
Themify themes, a premium and reputable WordPress theme developer have issues a security warning for their themes. A file present in old versions of their themes allows hackers access to upload files to your Webserver. What to do if you use Themify Themes The security vulnerability affects a file called themify-ajax.php which was present in old […]
The easy way to update MediaWiki
The recommended and official update/upgrade process for MediaWiki software is documented in the MediaWiki Manual. Whilst I understand the need for thorough documentation and appreciate the official manual, it is very much overkill for many people that run more basic implementations of a Wiki. Unfortunately MediaWiki doesn’t have a simple update/upgrade means like that of […]
Hello CloudFlare, Hello HTML5
Two significant changes have occurred on this WordPress Site over the past week; I moved back to CloudFlare from Google PageSpeed Service and the Site is now HTML5. Moving from Google PageSpeed Service to CloudFlare My obsession with Website load speed continues. Those that have read my Blog for awhile will know that I’m a […]