I had a client who had many, many posts under the old date permalink structure and wanted to change it to just the post name. But she didn’t want to lose the SEO to her old posts – let alone any sites that link to them. Unfortunately WordPress doesn’t have 301 redirects built in when…
You don’t need to create a child theme in WordPress unless you plan to dig in and update the original theme’s files. This should only be done by a seasoned web developer who understands HTML and PHP coding. But if you do, and want to change either the functionality or design of the original theme,…
There are several plugins that let you add custom checkout fields to Woocommerce, but I didn’t want the weight of adding a whole plugin. So if you want to write your own custom code (like I do) here’s how you add a custom checkout field in WooCommerce. I placed this code in my Child Theme’s…
Many of my clients and businesses in town have to “pivot” their business models to adjust to the quarantine. Here are some ideas and resources to help your business get through this time.
I’ve had a simple home page philosophy that has evolved over my twenty years of web development, and it works. You have to answer three questions when a visitor first lands on your website: What is this? What can it do for me? Where do I go from here? So breaking it out, here’s how…
I get many clients asking about opening an online store, without really knowing or understanding what is involved. Some have a fantasy of selling product and making tens-of-thousands to hundreds-of-thousands to millions of dollars each month–rarely the case. So I’ve put together this list of things to consider before you jump in and pay a…
So you want to podcast! Congratulations! Podcasting takes a lot of time, but it’s also a LOT of fun! I’ve put together a simple guide to help you get started.
A client had this situation: WooCommerce with Stripe payment processor, but the credit card fields weren’t showing on the checkout form. It was creating an extra 2 steps with the Stripe popup. Here’s how to fix that: 1. Click on WooCommerce > Settings > Payments 2. On the payments, you’ll see STRIPE enabled and on…
The developer of the WordPress Plugin Theme My Login has decided to charge for several features that were previously available in the free version. Unfortunately, sites around the world are now breaking when they unknowingly upgraded to 7.0 (or have automatic upgrades turned on). So here is Theme My Login version 6.4.16, the latest version…
What is GDPR? GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation – a personal data privacy regulation going into effect in the European Union on May 25, 2018. Do I need to pay attention to all of this? Yes, chances are there are visitors to your website that live outside of the United States. Plus, it’s…