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Add A Favicon; Because It’s The Little Things That Set You Apart

CMDR Mitchcraft

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One thing I continually notice as I surf the web is that people tend to cut corners when it comes to getting their sites up.  They continually forget to drop in small, polishing elements that make a dull website sparkle.  Favicons seem to be the most ignored of the bunch, as I see sites quite often that have kept their hosting account’s favicon or (even worse) don’t have one at all.

All In One Favicon is my go-to plugin of choice for giving my site’s a favicon.  Not only can you specify a different icon for your front end and back end (if you have lots of users, this becomes handy!) but you can also set the Apple Touch icons.  All of the directions are included, and everything runs on the image uploader, so you don’t have to worry about specifying paths, etc.

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  • How to Make a Royally Awesome Author Template in WordPress

    How to Make a Royally Awesome Author Template in WordPress

    Reading time: 7 minutes

    I’ve been trying some new stuff with my client’s websites as of late.  I wanted something where a multi-blog site could get the most out of as few plugins as possible, and still have a really awesome way to display their author’s main information.  But, the information they ask for doesn’t have everything.  What about…

    Tutorial, WordPress
  • WordPress Heartbeat API: An Introduction

    WordPress Heartbeat API: An Introduction

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    If I were to mention to a casual WordPress user something about the WordPress Heartbeat API, most would have never even heard of it, much less know that it’s been in WordPress since version 3.6(!) with very little fanfare.  But, as it turns out, the Heartbeat API has gained traction in the developer community, as…

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