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When we build your site, we definitely do our best to “future-proof” your site so that you have access to everything on the site. This means, access to the items in the header and the footer. We use a plugin called Black Studio TinyMCE which allows for a visual editor to be used in the Read More >

A leaderboard can be a nice visual addition to website pages. So, how can we add this to a WordPress site, and make it easy for a customer to as well? The answer is to pull in the Featured Image into our page using a little PHP recipe and a dash of CSS styling: Standard Read More >

Membership Functionality Questionnaire We offer a simple membership setup in Web Design Services. We don’t offer portal setups or advanced membership setups along those lines, but we’re able to set up a membership site that will restrict your content. This is ideal if all you want to do is charge a membership fee for your Read More >

In a collaborative session, we reviewed some example graphics and images and discussed as a group what would be the best format to save each as for choosing the best image format. Below is a list of the best image formats. Image Formats for Websites JPG GIF PNG SVG XnConvert is a freeware batch image converter that can Read More >

In a collaborative session, we reviewed some example graphics and images and discussed as a group what would be the best format to save each as for choosing the best image format. Below is a list of the best image formats. Image Formats for Websites JPG GIF PNG SVG Take Aways When saving images to be used on Read More >

The Site Icon (sometimes called a favicon or shortcut icon) is a small image associated with a website. Site Icons differ slightly from favicons. A true favicon is an .ico format image that generally appears only in a couple of places like a browser address bar or browser tab, next to the site or page Read More >

In order to mock a mobile view of the home page, that would require a separate comp that the designer will need to create, which is out of the scope for the design stage. The best way to view how the site will look on mobile devices is when the project is in the coding Read More >

In responsive coding, we code in a range and all screen sizes that fall within that range are affected by a certain selection of code. These are referred to as media queries. In general, there are anywhere from 3 to 5 average ranges that web designers code in. You can find examples of these ranges Read More >

Full Width, Full Screen/Viewport, and Full Page are terms that can often be confusing. These usually come into play when you are using a large image in a hero/banner, slideshow, or background on a site. I’m going to do my best here to break these terms down simply, with some screen shots to help explain Read More >

Advanced Custom Fields is a WordPress plugin that makes it easy to add additional fields to Pages or Posts in WordPress. This is especially helpful for complex layouts, so you can separate the content from the markup. By separating the markup from the content, you make it easier for clients to update their own content Read More >

You can password protect your downloads easily with Restrict Content Pro and other helper plugins. This article will show you how to: Add a New Protected Download Add Protected Download to a Post or Page To setup protected downloads on a membership site, the following plugins will need to already be installed: Restrict Content Pro (with Read More >

Some site owners may want to automatically notify their visitors of new posts on their site. While there are some blog post notification plugins available for WordPress, most do not offer options for rate limiting or customizing the email that is sent out to their users. This can cause an issue with email sending limits that Read More >