WordPress
How to add a Font Awesome icon as a menu item
I’ve started recording a lot of videos, this being the first, for 48in48 (If you don’t know what 48in48 is… we build 48 websites for 48 nonprofits in 48 hours). At the events, we have 150 (or so) volunteers building these web sites and a lot of times, they have a lot of web experience, but…
Read MoreA Page Builder Must Have Add-On
Page builders are more common in the WordPress community now than ever. There has been a void for content formatting for years. As much as we all love the WP Editor (more specifically TinyMCE Editor), it doesn’t even make it easy to have two images side by side. To do that, you would have to…
Read MoreBeaver Builder Visual Hook Guide How To
One of the guys (Bret) showed me this plugin that is on GitHub and I figured it would be helpful for a lot of people that aren’t quite sure how to use the plugin to create a video. This video will walk you through downloading the plugin from GitHub, enabling the plugin, and then creating…
Read MoreWordCamp Atlanta 2017 Beginner's Developer Day
WordCamps are normally a two-day event, but not in Atlanta. Just like last year, we are doing beginner’s day. The organizers of WordCamp, which I am a part of, feel like we need a day for nubees (spell check isn’t going to know what to do with that). Friday, March 17th will be the day,…
Read MoreCustom Posts Made Easy using PODS
We specialize in custom PHP development and we currently use WordPress to do most of the CMS-related work. If you are a one-person-shop, you might not have the skills in house to build custom content types and that is where PODS comes in. PODS is a very simple way to get rolling with custom post…
Read MoreCustom WordPress Plugin Development
If you have been ever needed a plugin to do any type of integration, Twitter, Facebook, something else more unique, you can spend a lot of time trying to find a plugin that fits your needs. I’ve done that a ton of time doing that personally, and many time I think, “Wow, I could have…
Read MoreOpen Source and WordPress
I’ve been thinking a lot when it comes to Open Source concerning WordPress themes and plugins. It is quite a confusing topic. Let’s first define Open Source: From Wikipedia: Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change,…
Read MoreWordPress Multitenancy in Action
WordPress platforms aren’t what we normally do when we partner with 48in48.org to build 48 websites in 48 hours for 48 non-profits, we build systems. Specifically, we build a WordPress multitenancy system. What is a WordPress multitenancy setup? Well, first let’s ask what is multitenancy… Wikipedia has this defined as: The term “software multitenancy” refers to a…
Read MoreThe World of WordPress and WordCamps
If you are using WordPress and have never attended a WordCamp, you should. There is much to say about the community and the connections you can make while attending. I’ve been attending different WordCamps since 2012, and there is a lot of knowledge to obtain at sessions. I spoke for the first time at WordCamp Birmingham…
Read MoreWordCamp Atlanta 2016 Coming Soon!
This is going to be a fun WordCamp this year. Last year we added a “beginners day” and we had 200 sign up. This year, we are splitting up to a the beginners day into three tracks, one of the tracks will be the developer’s track. I was asked by the other organizers to lead…
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