WordPress installations can be confusing at times, and when combined with the PHP environment in which they reside, uploading can be one area that causes quite a bit of confusion. To give an example, recently a client asked for a solution to the following problem: [...]
WooCommerce is a fantastic WordPress plugin, but unless you're really familiar with how it works you may run into a number of things that, on the surface at least, can not be done. One such thing is modifying the single product page template to rearrange [...]
When building a website, from time to time it's necessary to redirect the non www. version of the website to the www. version, especially since you're then less likely to have two versions of your website in the Google SERPS. And since a web client [...]
From time to time, as a web programmer you come across things that deviate from the norm. This is certainly one of them - adding an excerpt box to WordPress Pages. As you probably already know if you stumbled across this article, this feature already [...]
Being a programmer, from time to time you come across scripts that have been uploaded incorrectly via FTP. This can often cause a number of empty lines that need to be removed, and upon each subsequent change more empty lines are added. This can be [...]
If you're having trouble getting Google Maps marker clustering working on IE8, this little snippet may be of use. A client recently came to me with an issue whereby Google Maps were showing the clusters on all browsers except Internet Explorer 8, but it's usually [...]
Recently a client had a problem with a Google Map that had controls that were squashed and looked broken. Fortunately this is an easy fix, with a little CSS hack. Try adding the following to your CSS and the controls should look as intended. .gmnoprint [...]
If, like me, you've had the necessity to redirect WordPress tag pages to another page or pages for SEO reasons, you might have found a number of different methods to do this. It's actually a relatively simple process, but it's also one that's essential to [...]
WordPress errors can be extremely frustrating at times, but here's a little fix that should help those that are getting 403 server errors on WordPress sites. If you've seen the 403 internal server error You don't have permission to access / on this server and [...]
Do you want to become a web developer? If you're looking to become a good web programmer or web developer, like most things there are ordinarily two ways people will go about achieving this. As with learning any subject you have the option to: 1. [...]
As a web programmer, I'm often asked to fix the problems that others have, but when I see problems appearing on sites I've had a hand in, I'm infinitely more concerned. This is exactly what happened recently, when I custom post type I had provided [...]
Programmers in general are, and have always been a strange breed. I'm certainly not alone in thinking this, but more and more of late I've been asking myself whether or not society's perception of a programmer is actually correct. After all I'm normal, right? Right? [...]
Web Programmer For Hire – Am I Talking About YOU? Good web programmers are and have always been difficult to come across. I've encountered a number of programmers in the past 18 years of web development and I can honestly say that not one has [...]
Much has been made of Google's Hummingbird and its all new “intent” methodology. Google claims it knows what you're looking for and it will evolve into something to behold. So while I can understand Google's optimism for a brighter search related future, I do have [...]
As many of you will know I'm a web programmer and without sounding egotistical or arrogant I consider myself a pretty good one. Google certainly thought so too, since it ranked me on page one for that search term for a good number of years, [...]
If you're interested in becoming a web programmer, a vital consideration is obviously which programming language to learn. Websites today aren't usually constructed using just one language and you'll find it's necessary to be versed in a number of programming languages to really make a [...]
The A to Z of SEO This article (updated December 15th 2013) contains what I consider many of the most important factors in SEO, from A to Z, from Authority to Zeitgeist, and is based on SEO information accumulated over the past two years, drawing [...]
Finding a web developer that's able to turn the web design concept that's in your head into a reality can be a great source of frustration - after all, we're not all like minded and on the same page - and working through line after [...]
Google's latest Penguin update exploded into action yesterday (October 4th), the fifth such update in the last 18 months. The update is said to affect around 1% of search queries to a noticeable degree, according to Matt Cutts, speaking via Twitter. https://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/386231794883780609 The Penguin evolution [...]
A common problem when you're moving a blog from one place to another, especially relevant after you've used WordPress' handy built in Import/Export tools to migrate content, is the common error: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page. This can be extremely [...]
When people take a look at my business card, something that is often mentioned is the oversized black and white square pattern on the back of it. Of course, for those of you in the tech. savvy crowd, you'll know I'm referring to my site's [...]
Am I A Web Programmer? This article will outline the differences between a website programmer and a web designer (web developer) and hopefully allow you to identify which category you fall into. While web programming and web development (web design) are two separate entities, [...]
If you're looking for Facebook integration on your website, there are many tools and plugins available to help. However, configuring these add-ons can be a laborious task due to the amount of information required and the lack of information explaining how you'd get it. Hopefully [...]
Facebook Status Update Shows Old Information Recently a client of mine had an issue with Facebook and the way the Facebook Lint system picks up information concerning their website when it's shared. Obviously sharing and seeing old site descriptions or images is not ideal, but [...]
I've recently come across a slight problem with one of my clients whereby they wanted the RSS feed widget to open all incoming links in a new window. And why wouldn't they? Especially if they're external RSS feeds that are being parsed. We could have [...]
Most WordPress developers are familiar with Gravity Forms. It's a contact form plugin that allows you to easily build and publish your forms in just minutes, with the minimum of hassle. No mess, just quick and easy form-building. Select your fields, configure your options and [...]
Should I register multiple domains for my website? It's a question asked to me by my clients on a regular basis, and the answer is one that's changed quite a bit as Google's complex algorithms have evolved. No longer can you fool Google with duplicate [...]
How To Block Timthumb Hack Attempts Like many developers I manage a large number of WordPress sites, and in days gone by I'd use TimThumb to handle my images. Sadly, a few years back this became a huge problem since a TimThumb hack surfaced which [...]
2013 is becoming more and more about typography, and with the emergence of Cufon fonts, Fontface types and Google's font library we're really becoming spoiled for choice. However, a question I am often asked is why Cufon fonts often cut off the top or bottom [...]
Moving into a New Year can be an exciting time and it is only natural that many people will look forward to the exciting new methods that will arise in their industry. There are some industries and businesses that rarely change from year to year [...]
