Over at ThemingWP, we wanted to introduce a new taxonomy – brands. A taxonomy dedicated to theme vendors like StudioPress and WooThemes. Brands would become the third taxonomy, next to the default categories and tags. The names of the vendors were already in the database – as tags. This means we had to extract the vendor names from the tags, and transfer these to the new … [Read more...] about Creating a custom taxonomy in WordPress
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Putting your foot down – keep the footer at the bottom of the page
While setting up a new website, have you ever experienced that the page footer is floating somewhere halfway the page? Usually this resolves itself as soon as you start publishing content. But when you also publish smaller posts, or use post formats and publish for example links and quotes, you might encounter those mid-air footers regularly. Although, I have noticed this … [Read more...] about Putting your foot down – keep the footer at the bottom of the page
Moving from FeedBurner to MailChimp – a complete migration guide
Until last week, e-mail subscribers to this blog were served through FeedBurner. Last Monday, the e-mail addresses of these subscribers were moved to MailChimp. In case you are thinking about moving from FeedBurner to MailChimp too, this post will show you how to accomplish that successfully. When you are not convinced yet why you should migrate over to MailChimp, then … [Read more...] about Moving from FeedBurner to MailChimp – a complete migration guide
Goodbye FeedBurner, Hello MailChimp
Back in 2012, when I started this blog, FeedBurner was the e-mail service to go for bloggers offering visitors the ability to subscribe through RSS. As most of you, I really do not know what Google's intentions are with FeedBurner. Does Google know? There is a lot of rumor that they are going to shut down FeedBurner. As far as I know, Google has never confirmed nor denied … [Read more...] about Goodbye FeedBurner, Hello MailChimp
Install WordPress on your Windows PC in four easy steps
The best approach to learning is playing. This is also true for WordPress. Even when you have mastered WordPress and your blog is up and running steadily, it is good to have a local WordPress installation for testing new versions of WordPress, themes and plugins. Or develop new websites. Your own, or your clients'. A prerequisite for a local install of WordPress is a local web … [Read more...] about Install WordPress on your Windows PC in four easy steps
Install a XAMPP web server on your Windows PC in five easy steps
Okay! So, you want to install a Apache web server on your Windows PC. Good for you! A local web server allows you to play around with WordPress, themes and plugins without the world following every step you take. And no matter how experienced you are with WordPress, you will always need a place to experiment. Besides that, a local web server it is also a great tool for … [Read more...] about Install a XAMPP web server on your Windows PC in five easy steps
Goodbye wilwebs.com, hello WPfy.me
Welcome to the WPfy.me, formerly known as wilwebs.com. No, the site was not hacked of hijacked. The reason for changing the name of this blog is the red flag that wilwebs.com received from McAfee's Siteadvisor. Early February, while running a security report with ManageWP, I was caught by surprise when I noticed that McAfee had blacklisted wilwebs.com. This was even … [Read more...] about Goodbye wilwebs.com, hello WPfy.me
A Non-Geek Making Websites – with WordPress
From my point of view, a geek is a computer enthusiast. At school he – or she – was good at math. When going for a degree, it will usually be in one of the beta sciences like physics or more practical (information) technology. My background is in business administration. My first computer was as IBM PS/2 which I was able to purchase with financial support of my employer at … [Read more...] about A Non-Geek Making Websites – with WordPress
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