Author: CMDR Mitchcraft

  • New Year, New Design, New Focus

    Wow! What an incredible year 2014 has been. You may have noticed that this year was a bit… quiet on the [studionashvegas] front. To be honest, it was that way for a reason – I stepped back and took a long, hard look at a few things, and used it as a year of experimentation…

  • Using a Child Theme in WordPress

    If you’ve ever had to – or plan to – make customizations to your theme, it’s imperative you use a WordPress child theme when you do.

  • Using Conversion Pixels in WooCommerce

    With Facebook Ads and Google AdWords a mainstay of most marketing campaigns, it’s important to correctly track the clicks and conversion pixels coming from those networks. WooCommerce will not track a conversion pixel by itself… however, there is a fantastic free plugin that will do the job for you.

  • Podcasting with PowerPress

    Most brands would benefit from having some sort of podcasting element on their site or blog. And the easiest way to do that is with PowerPress – the de facto podcasting plugin for WordPress.

  • Help! I’m Locked out of WordPress

    Today we talk about the options we have in case the worst happens – we find ourselves locked out of our WordPress admin account unable to login.

  • Setting up Scroll Triggered Boxes

    Let’s be real for a second. People. Hate. Popups. Yes, I know they work, but – personally – I think they leave a bad taste in your user’s mouth. There is no such thing as a neutral interaction with a brand – everything you do for a user is either positively or negatively affecting your…

  • YouTube Videos, Tweets, and More – the Magic of oEmbed

    oEmbed, while not directly developed by WordPress, is a great standard for allowing content to easily be dropped into WordPress’ visual editor.

  • Category Description: SEO for your Category Archive

    Here are the top 5 options you should absolutely set before you start writing in your WordPress site.

  • Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 6: jQuery / JavaScript

    Today, we’re covering jQuery and JavaScript – a power language that can manipulate elements and – in some cases – even bring content in, even after the site has loaded.

  • Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 5: PHP/MySQL

    Today, we’re covering PHP – the “PHP Hypertext Preprocessor” that runs, computes, analyzes, and stores your WordPress data.