The WordPress visual editor applies styles to certain formats… like headings: That’s not very pretty, is it? What if you could make those styles actually match your theme? This would make the visual editor look more like a real preview of your post. YOU CAN! […]
Category: Coding
You Don’t Have to do What Everyone Else is Doing
This post is geared towards coding, but I think the exact same principals can be applied to blogging! Monday night I had a meltdown. I code all my projects in a program called PhpStorm. PhpStorm also compiles my SCSS for me using something called a […]
How to Create Your Own WordPress Shortcodes
Could you do a (or do you know of any existing) tutorial on shortcodes? I know that my theme supports some, and I know of some plugins that let you create them, but I’m not totally sure how they work. Specifically, I have a page […]
Goodbye CSS, Hello SCSS
SCSS (Sassy CSS) has been around for a long time now, along with its older version SASS. But I never got into it… until now! SCSS is like CSS with better formatting SCSS is sort of a different kind of CSS. It’s similar code and […]
How I Made My Own E-Course Plugin
There are two things you probably already know about me: I love to code. I always aim to keep everything in-house and flowing together. These two things both came into play when I decided to start my own e-course. The easiest and quickest way to […]
Add a Comment Number/Link on Your WordPress Archives
I’m using the “Story” theme on my blog, and I love it except for one thing: there isn’t a link to my comments on my posts! I’ve had a look but I can’t figure it out myself, how can I add a comment link back […]
How to Customize Heading Tags With CSS
Hi Ashley! I was just wondering if you knew of a tutorial on how to customize heading tags? (h1, h2, etc.) I can’t seem to find any that worked online! This will require a bit of CSS knowledge, but for the most part it’s pretty […]
Add an ‘About the Author’ Box Below Your Posts in WordPress
Hello, Ashley! I have noticed that you have, and a bunch of bloggers, have a mini-bio at the end of the posts. I was wondering if that’s a plug in you’re using or if you have to edit your functions file (?) or css. I’d […]
How to Use Font Awesome in Lists
If you haven’t already, please read How to Use Font Icons on Your WordPress Blog first. This tutorial requires that you have Font Awesome installed. Jessica sent in the following tutorial request: Hey Ashley, I was wonder how you use icons, such as the heart […]
How to Display WordPress Posts in 2 or 3 Columns
Hello! This is more advanced but I was wondering if you could do a PHP tutorial on how to split posts into two or three columns on the home page? Kind of like: http://www.happyindulgencebooks.com/ Thank you! I’m going to do my best to answer this […]