Here is a novel concept if you’re seeking a low-cost host for your WordPress website; an unbiased recommendation. Unfortunately almost every Webhost recommendation is based, not on the quality of hosting, but on financial remuneration for the reviewer or commenter. Most hosts offer affiliate payments or referral fees so the reviews you commonly read are […]
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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 […]
Solve ‘Fatal Error’ WordPress message
A client using Uber Global hosting here in Australia needed some help. Upon copying a website to Uber hosting using BackupBuddy they got a white screen. After renaming the plugins (to deactivate the plugins as the WordPress dashboard was inaccessible) and then trying to activate the plugins again, the ‘Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes […]
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 […]
Gravity Forms. Automatically scroll to confirmation message.
Something that many of my clients find annoying about using Gravity Forms on their websites is that, once a form has been submitted, a confirmation message appears but often scrolling will be needed to see the message. For example, if a Mailchimp linked subscribe form (using the Gravity Forms Mailchimp addon) is added to the […]
How to remove cents in Gravity Forms prices
Behavioural economics teaches us that people are more prone to purchase when prices are in a round amount with fewer numbers. For example, showing a price of $190 will result in more sales than displaying $190.00. All good and well but how do we do this when we use Gravity Forms with WordPress. The price […]
Solve WordPress login problem when using CloudFlare
On several WordPress websites, when using CloudFlare Flexible SSL, I’ve been unable to login to view my WordPress dashboard. Some of the websites have had one or all of the following plugins installed (in addition to other plugins): CloudFlare CloudFlare Flexible SSL WordPress HTTPS (SSL) When I try to login to the dashboard using my […]
How to fix password link not showing in WordPress emails
If you’ve lost your WordPress password then it’s usually very simple to reset your password. All you need do is: Click Lost your password? on the login screen. Enter your username or password then click Get new password. You’ll see check your e-mail for the confirmation link on your screen. Click on the password reset URL sent […]
Add your own RSS feed to WordPress Dashboard
If you develop WordPress websites for clients you may wish to show posts from your RSS feed in your clients WordPress Dashboard. This is especially useful if you regularly publish articles that will help your clients. Fortunately this is really simple using the WordPress wp_add_dashboard_widget and wp_widget_rss_output functions. How to show your feed in another WordPress […]
Show your Tweet in WordPress
For any number of reasons you may wish to embed a Tweet in a WordPress page or blog post. Fortunately this is incredibly simple and no HTML knowledge is needed. Just follow the instructions below. How to get the URL of a Tweet First off we need the URL of the Tweet that we want […]