A lot of steps go into building a WordPress plugin. I’ve released many premium plugins, free plugins, and even one plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Today I thought I’d talk about what it actually takes to build a plugin, whether it’s free or paid. First […]
I know what you’re wondering… why the hell should you create your own Pin It hover button when Pinterest provides one for you? Most people probably won’t want to. It doesn’t make any sense. I decided to do it for a few reasons: I didn’t […]
I recently started (but sadly, haven’t finished) a blog series called How to Start a Blog. When I did this, I wanted a new archive system that would display the posts in these series in a slightly different way than normal. Tags show posts in […]
I noticed that when using Font Awesome for book ratings, the ratings do not show up on the RSS feed. Is there a way to show the ratings on the RSS feed, either as stars or even numerically? Fahima Hi Fahima! The reason this happens […]
Hello Ashley, Is there any way to replace the automatic WordPress emoticons (eg. if you type in :), it automatically translates to a smiley) with customized ones? Thanks! Cecilia Hi Cecilia! It’s actually quite easy to customize your smilies in WordPress. All it takes is […]
Mey Ashley. I recently used your tutorial n how to style blockquotes, it was very helpful. But now that I want to change the CSS, I go over to the customize tab in blogger and past in the new CSS with the different background color […]
Hi Ashley! Same person who asked about the subscription box under posts in WP. I just have a follow up question – do you know how to use the Jetpack subscription widget under posts? I’ve hunted for a shortcode or something, but the only one […]
Hi Ashley! I love how you’ve styled the “your comment is awaiting moderation” with a Bootstrap alert—it looks great! I was wondering if there is anyway you could share the code that allows you to do that? Thank you! 🙂 Thank you! I love adding […]
I’ve stumbled upon a lot of upsetting Twitter conversations lately. I know these people aren’t TRYING to be upsetting, but it has that effect on designers and developers who make a living from their business. Some people think you should only pay $50 for a […]
I’ve always shared my design work, but I always felt hesitant about sharing my coding work. I think I was always afraid that if I shared it, people would assume I also designed those sites. Because let’s be honest, even if I make it clear […]