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What is #WPChat?
Reading time: 3 minutes#WPChat: Defined #WPChat is a weekly Twitter chat that takes place on Tuesday night at 8PM EST (5PM PST). We focus on having discussions on WordPress design and development, and on showcasing WordPress used in unique and interesting ways. Sounds awesome. What do we talk about? I want to run #WPChat very similarly to how #BlogChat…
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How to Start a Podcast, Part 2: Hardware / Software
Reading time: 1 minutePodcasting can be daunting for a number of reasons. Some people don’t have time to mix together, edit, and publish their podcasts. Others simply hate hearing the sound of their own voice (I honestly fall into this category at times). And still others are bound by technical or financial limits. While I can’t help you…
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How to Start a Podcast, Part 1: Introduction
Reading time: 2 minutesThere’s a mantra I repeat when people ask what they should be doing online: “Go where the people are”. A good rule of thumb is to ask your readers what social media they frequently use, and strive to connect with them there. The one resounding link I’ve always gotten: the ability to listen to podcasts when they’re…
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The Best WordPress Social Sharing Buttons
Reading time: 1 minuteIf you run a blog (or a church site with some sort of event calendar or news section), having a place where your visitors and members can share your content is absolutely invaluable. Sometimes all it takes is for people to start spreading the word about an event. By giving them the chance to do so,…
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Making The Case for The Content Curator
Reading time: 3 minutesWe as humans strive to create beautiful content in everything that we do. Whether that’s a fine oil painting hanging in a museum or the amazing selfie from on top of Christ the Reedeemer in Brazil, that content is something we’ve made and that we’re proud of. I’ve noticed, however, that people think they can sustain their…
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The Beginner’s Guide to CSS
Reading time: 4 minutesWith all of the various tutorials I post on CSS, HTML, and website design, I often get emails from readers that resemble something like this: “This looks awesome, but I have no idea where to start. Do you have anything that talks about the basics of [css/html/jQuery/etc]” It’s worth going back to the very beginning…
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CSS Transitions – A Little Dab'll Do You
Reading time: 3 minutesCSS Transitions, when used properly, are a great way to provide a bit of eye candy to your site. Providing movement and motion, either upon scroll or reveal of content, is a great way to subtly draw a viewer’s attention. It’s also a way, unfortunately, to annoy the ever-loving crap out of your readers. When…
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Functions.php Vs Writing a Plugin
Reading time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to developing a new site, every developer has a stash of favorite code snippets or reusable modules they keep handy. It could be a homemade widget, a section or module that is adaptable to multiple sites, or custom code that you use to personally extend the functionality of WordPress, but every developer worth their salt…
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Featured Images in WordPress: An In-Depth Guide
Reading time: 5 minutesAdding a featured image (or a post thumbnail) to WordPress is one of the easiest ways to add some spark to your blog post. Most modern themes support at least some form of the featured image, and any custom-made themes can implement a featured image fairly easily, and with just a small bit of code. But…
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A Look at The Best WordPress Contact Forms
Reading time: 5 minutesNo site is complete without having a contact form of some kind on it. Whether you use it for lead generation, user submitted content, or just to have people stop and say hello, having a form visitors can easily fill out to send you a message is crucial. WordPress is privileged to have an amazing…
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