Where to learn web design and programming on the web for free!
Over the years I have found some great free online places to learn new code. Some will actually walk you through the code making challenges, others videos, and then of course just the text tutorials. YouTube is a great resource. Outside of YouTube you can checkout these websites. newthinktank.com Top Choice – (Videos) This guys […]
Read more...WordPress Security through htaccess
There are quite a few plugins for enhancing your WordPress site from getting hacked via the login page. Over the years I have used limit login attempts plugin for blocking IP addresses that get your login credientials wrong in certain number of tries. This works well for bruteforce attacks. And the settings are very customizable […]
Read more...Will LinkedIn Groups be the next Yahoo Groups?
The Future of LinkedIn Groups? With the added LinkedIn groups, seems to be more and more shameless business promotions. Will LinkedIn groups eventually turn into Yahoo Groups? Yahoo groups used to be a nice spot to find like minded conversations on topics at hand. Grant it this was way before meetup.com and it had more […]
Read more...Open New Window for Frontend of your Website in WordPress
Im not sure why WordPress hasn’t added the open in new window when you click on visit website when you are in the admin section. Of course I want to keep my admin window and not take that page to my front end. Personally I like to have both the admin and front end of […]
Read more...Branding isn’t Imitating Someone Else
Building a brand is about creating a specific look, a certain type of message, being original. Cookie cutters need not apply! Lately I have noticed that some so called web design companies who use WordPress as their framework or code of choice are duplicating their own business website for their clients. Using the same layout, […]
Read more...Removing Sidebar Menus in WordPress
Sometimes you just want to clean up the WordPress Admin side bar. Whether you want to limit your client’s access to certain sections. Remove a Whole Menu in WordPress For instance Appearance, sometimes you don’t want to give them access to editing the custom theme you developed. Just paste this code into your functions file […]
Read more...Customizing WordPress Admin Side bar
Quick code to paste into your functions file for customizing your sidebar order in the admin section of WordPress. Some clients won’t need the Posts at the top, maybe their blog is secondary to their website, usually better to put the Posts and Comments together. Just change the order of how you want to customize […]
Read more...OpenCart Remove Required Telephone on Checkout
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Ive been doing quite a few OpenCart customization sites lately. And one thing I always have to do is take out the required telephone field on the checkout page. I haven’t done it in a while, and well when I searched Google for the template pages to go to and find the code, it took […]
Read more...Multiple Domain Keyword Stuffing – Don’t be a spammer!
The new spam is buying multiple domain names with nothing but keywords as the URL. Ive seen this in many industries and for the Dallas area, there are a few companies who take this to the extreme. You know who you are! If you find a company you are about to hire has 3 or […]
Read more...Value of SEO
What should you expect to pay for an SEO campaign? There are tons of factors on what price you should be paying for an online marketing campaign and Search Engine Optimization. #1 Factor your Market Are you targeting a local market or a global market? Local markets are easier to handle, less competition, and better […]
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