Wordpress Tips And Tricks

Find out how to tweak your Wordpress Site to suit your needs!

Meteor Slides Plugin

Published February 23, 2011 | By Sarah

In working on a new WordPress theme design for a client, I wanted to incorporate a slider on the home page to display images that would link to specific pages/posts of the website. I wanted it to be simple and user friendly as well as customizable including some nice transition effects. The plugin I went with is Meteor Slides, and I LOVE it! It works great with Artisteer generated themes, and here are some more specs on this simple, yet effective plugin. Continue reading →

Posted in Plugins, Wordpress Tips and Tricks | Tagged print design, quick designs, wordpress plugins | 12 Comments

How to Create a Specialized Donate Button

Published February 22, 2011 | By Sarah

If you are a business or blog that either requires donations or payment buttons, PayPal is the easiest and most flexible way to incorporate those into your website. I use PayPal for all of my business payments and invoices as it is convenient and safe for both my customers and myself. PayPal makes it very simple to add a Donate, Shopping Cart, or Pay Now button to your site. While some people prefer to use the built in PayPal buttons, I’m going to show you how you can really customize your payment buttons and to give them more life and to make them match your website perfectly. Continue reading →

Posted in Artisteer Tips, Wordpress Tips and Tricks | Tagged Adding a PayPal Button, Donate Button, Pay Pal Button, Text Widgets, Widgets | 5 Comments

Reminders when Posting

Published February 15, 2011 | By Sarah

Based on some frequent customer questions, I thought I’d do a quick post on basic reminders for posting. Most of these are from people who are having trouble with the preview or final publish showing up differently then what they added. Here are a few of the most common mistakes. Continue reading →

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China Food Services Redesign

Published January 31, 2011 | By Sarah

I just recently launched a complete redesign for China Food Services. By complete, I mean a total and complete transfer from just a standard html based site to a full WordPress CMS including content transfer, content editing, site organization and consultation, social networking, layout and design, and plugin and media installation. Continue reading →

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Editing the Style of Featured Image Thumbnails

Published January 17, 2011 | By Sarah

Have you been wondering how to remove the default one pixel border around the featured image thumbnail? While I love that you can edit the size and proportions of the thumbnail easily now within the Theme’s Options Panel (located under the Appearance Tab of your Dashboard), there was no hint as to where the styling for these images might be located. After editing all of the various .img classes in the css, I finally began digging around in the functions.php and found that Artisteer actually assigns the avatar class to the post thumbnail (not avatar img which is also in the css, but just avatar!) I’m pleased to now be able to very easily edit the appearance of the thumbnail image, and I’m going to show you how you can as well. Continue reading →

Posted in Artisteer Tips, Wordpress Tips and Tricks | 4 Comments

Hide Category Titles in Artisteer 3 Themes

Published January 17, 2011 | By Sarah

I actually like the way that Artisteer gives you the options to feature the category title along with your category description in the upper left hand corner of the sheet. However, not everyone wants that title to appear and some… Continue reading →

Posted in Artisteer Tips, Wordpress Tips and Tricks | Tagged Artisteer Tips, Wordpress Themes, Wordpress Tweaks | 17 Comments

Featured by Artisteer

Published January 14, 2011 | By Sarah

I was recently honored to have this site included in the list of Artisteer’s Articles and Tutorials. You can find the link to my subcategory of Artisteer Tips, by clicking on the very first link title Artisteer Tips (WordPress) under Tutorials within the Articles section of their site. They will be adding a link to my Blogger Tips as well, and I’m thrilled at being included as a reference from their site! Continue reading →

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How to Add a Button Class to a Text Widget

Published January 14, 2011 | By Sarah

I frequently answer questions on the Artisteer WordPress Forum, and this was a recent question that popped up. Most Artisteer users have specifically styled a nice button, but don’t know how to add it to a widget or any other part of their site for that matter. It’s actually quite simple to do, and once you realize how, a whole lot of other styling possibilities will open up for you. So, here are the simple steps. Continue reading →

Posted in Artisteer Tips, Tips and Tricks, Wordpress Tips and Tricks | Tagged Artisteer Tips, blog design, blogger tricks, Design, Wordpress Themes, Wordpress Tweaks | 6 Comments

WordPress Basics – Posting

Published January 9, 2011 | By Sarah

Once you have figured out exactly what type of content you want to put into your blog or site, and you’ve also figured out how to organize that content, it’s time to actually start posting information to your blog! I’m going to give you step-by-step details on how to post as well as extras that you don’t want to forget when posting. Continue reading →

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Creating a Secondary Horizontal Menu Holder

Published January 6, 2011 | By Sarah

Having two separate horizontal menus for your WordPress theme can be extremely helpful, especially if you have a lot of content that needs to be organized. I wanted to highlight some of my static pages and most important content in a large menu above everything else, but also have easy navigation for all of my categories in another horizontal menu. Here are detailed instructions for how you can do the same thing. This is specifically for those using Artisteer 3 generated themes for WordPress. If you are still confused about custom menus in general, please see my post on Organization of your WordPress Site. Continue reading →