If your sent Mailchimp email campaigns show an underline under each hyperlink then you may want to remove this text decoration. I’ve recently been asked by numerous of my Mailchimp class attendees how to stop the underline from showing. Instructions to remove the Mailchimp hyperlink underline There are two ways to remove a hyperlink underline […]
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Can I use my website font in Mailchimp?
A question I often get asked in Mailchimp training is if the font that is used on a website can be used in a Mailchimp email campaign. The simple answer is that it depends on what font-family is used on your website. Why some fonts don’t work in email Email reading software varies greatly in […]
How to style SVG with CSS in WordPress
I use SVG files in my websites in place of image files wherever I can. I love the ease of changing the properties of an SVG ‘image’ such as the colour. In particular the small file-size (relatively to a PNG or JPEG image) and ability to scale whilst maintaining visual quality are winners for me. […]
A responsive countdown timer for Mailchimp
Creating a sense of urgency prompts our potential customers to buy. Scarcity of course is another means of persuading people to buy. In email marketing, or on our website, a countdown timer is a great way to impose these psychological effects on our clients. A simple countdown timer for email marketing On websites we can […]
How to use Font Awesome icons as backgrounds in WordPress
I was recently creating a landing page for my Mailchimp classes and wanted to use an icon font as a background image in place of a JPG, PNG or other image. Image files slow down webpage load speed so it makes sense to use a lightweight icon font instead of a background image where possible. […]
Add a navigation menu to Mailchimp campaigns
Occasionally I get asked by Mailchimp training attendees how to add a horizontal menu to email campaigns. Many people like to send an email message with a navigation bar similar to those on their website. Here is one way to add a menu to your Mailchimp campaign. You’ll need some HTML skills as there is […]
Fix Background in Genesis Parallax Pro theme
I’ve built a few WordPress websites using the Genesis Parallax Pro theme by StudioPress. It’s a beautiful and very well coded theme. The themes home page is comprised of various widget areas and three background images. If you have a fair amount of content in the widget areas that have background images then you may have […]
Duplicate Jetpack sharing icons
The Jetpack plugin for WordPress has many very useful features. One of those is social sharing where a visitor to your page or post may share to Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Pinterest and so on. Selecting whether to show the social media sharing icons on media, pages or posts is simple. By default the sharing buttons […]
HTML numbers in Circles (the quick way)
Often, we may require to add a number with a circle around that number. For example, let’s say that we have three steps and we want the numbers to display thus; ① ② ③ Most of us immediately think that the simplest solution is to use CSS to style a number with the number centred […]
Make Gravity Forms $ sign smaller
I seem to be doing alot of work with the Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress at present. I love the flexibility of Gravity Forms and have installed it on several hundred websites for all sorts of uses from basic contact forms to Mailchimp integrated subscribe forms to complex quoting calculators. After my post regarding removing […]
