Facebook Status Update Shows Old Information Recently a client of mine had an issue with Facebook and the way the Facebook Lint system picks up information concerning their website when it's shared. Obviously sharing and seeing old site descriptions or images is not ideal, but [...]
I've recently come across a slight problem with one of my clients whereby they wanted the RSS feed widget to open all incoming links in a new window. And why wouldn't they? Especially if they're external RSS feeds that are being parsed. We could have [...]
Most WordPress developers are familiar with Gravity Forms. It's a contact form plugin that allows you to easily build and publish your forms in just minutes, with the minimum of hassle. No mess, just quick and easy form-building. Select your fields, configure your options and [...]
Should I register multiple domains for my website? It's a question asked to me by my clients on a regular basis, and the answer is one that's changed quite a bit as Google's complex algorithms have evolved. No longer can you fool Google with duplicate [...]
How To Block Timthumb Hack Attempts Like many developers I manage a large number of WordPress sites, and in days gone by I'd use TimThumb to handle my images. Sadly, a few years back this became a huge problem since a TimThumb hack surfaced which [...]
2013 is becoming more and more about typography, and with the emergence of Cufon fonts, Fontface types and Google's font library we're really becoming spoiled for choice. However, a question I am often asked is why Cufon fonts often cut off the top or bottom [...]
Moving into a New Year can be an exciting time and it is only natural that many people will look forward to the exciting new methods that will arise in their industry. There are some industries and businesses that rarely change from year to year [...]
In today's world of instamation™ (instantly available information to the non nerdy) and social connectivity, having a strong presence on the web is crucial for most companies and your website will often be the first point of contact between you and potential customers. This means [...]
It stands to reason that providing video content for your website will be something that your visitors will be happy to see. Video is a far more engaging way to interact with web site visitors and it can save your guests reading through lots of [...]
A few people have asked me recently about resolutions when uploading to sites such as Youtube or Vimeo. Specifically, what's best? What's best is whatever you feel is right, but it's important to get the aspect ratio correct. Most video sharing sites are now using [...]
People are inherently more mobile now than before, thanks to constant wireless Internet and 3G/4G connections. The mobile web simply extends your audience, which is why most website owners should learn the importance of mobile web design. As we engage more with our smartphones and [...]
If you haven't taken a look at part one of our Web Design Frinton project, please do so before going any further. It should help this article make a little more sense. Oh, fine. You probably haven't got the time for all that so here [...]
One of the best things about being a web programmer is that you get to share your knowledge with the programming community out there. Today's little snippet comes in the form of a simple Search and Replace for a string in PHPMyAdmin. Gone are the [...]
Here's a quick tip on web design that so many website designers overlook. As odd as this may seem, building a great website isn't always down to how it looks. In fact, it's much more important to place the importance of structure over aesthetics. Why [...]
Web Design in Frinton on Sea It's been a while since I wrote any SEO related articles, but since I've given my site a minor facelift I thought I'd do a little Google research to see how I'm doing. My previous SEO experiments went pretty [...]
Today was essentially my first experience of Gravity Forms, the WordPress forms plugin and it would be fair to say it came with its fair share of use niggles, but nothing that I couldn't overcome. Here's the three things I found that may help users [...]
A few people have asked me this question, so I thought I would share it with you all (yes, both of you). It's a tiny snippet that's not rocket science and you can find it if you look hard enough, but it's oh, so useful. [...]
I must admit I love the Easter Bunny, and how he gets around with all those chocolate eggs still mystifies me to this very day. I'm sure DHL are in on it somehow... Anyway, to celebrate my chocolate-filled expanding waistline at this time of year, [...]
Note: This method no longer works as intended due to changes in WordPress and Google maps. However, if you paste the iframe information from the Google maps page, WordPress automatically converts the frame to its own shortcode for you. At least, it's supposed to work [...]
Since re-launching my website a few hours ago, I've already received comment about the quotes that frequent the header area of the site. While some are my own work, much credit has to go to designwashere for their design related ones. I've listed more below [...]
Okay I'll admit it, I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to building websites. I'm acutely aware that I am far too picky and quite often it's up to the client to tell me when enough is enough. "Hey, the first design you sent [...]
Dear WarrenChandler.com Client, I'm sending this important email to inform you of some exciting hosting changes taking place that will affect your website and email services. This email may need your urgent attention if you have any hosting or email services with me, so please [...]
Before building a site there are many things that you need to take in mind. For example, how are you going to design your site, what is it going to cost you, how long will it take you to build, etc. All of these things [...]
This handy function will search and replace all instances of a search term in every file with the PHP extension, across all directories and subdirectories. Upload the file to your root directory and run it. function callbackDir($dir){ $searchString = "searchforthis"; $newValue = "replacewiththis"; // directory, [...]
Unfortunately, the default Recent Comments widget also includes trackbacks and pingbacks and the sight ain’t so lovely thus I had to add this hack to weed out the trackbacks and pingbacks. Open your theme's functions.php file and add the following code if ( !$comments = [...]
Recovering from a WordPress Spam Injection attack is not fun, but you can regain your Google Search Results after being hacked by a spam injection attack. The best policy with Google is to be specific in your explanations. You will need to make sure that [...]
1. Open your index.php and find <?php get_footer(); ?> 2. Place a HTML comment that you can easily recognize, before and after Something like: <!– footer content starts Here –> <?php get_footer(); ?> <!– footer content ends Here –> 3. Visit your blog 4. View the [...]
Creating breadcrumbs in WordPress themes can be a pain. With that in mind, this handy function should be exactly what you need. function waz_breadcrumbs() { $delimiter = '»'; $name = 'Home'; //text for the 'Home' link $currentBefore = '<span>'; $currentAfter = '</span>'; if ( !is_home() [...]
Below are the top 10 ranking factors I believe that not just Google but other search engines use as part of their organic search results ranking algorithm: Keyword use in title tag Keyword use in domain Keyword use in body text (the first 100 words [...]
Getting a first page ranking after three days and at no cost isn't really that impressive. My name isn't exactly John Smith now is it? Nevertheless, I want to be number one of these apparent 3.6 million results, and that's exactly what I am about [...]
