I started learning web development back in 2010. There’s no all-encompassing blueprint for learning web development. No matter how much you learn when starting off, you still feel overwhelmed at the wealth of information out there. There's always more to learn, and you're unsure where to start. Here are a few things I’ve learned along the way. Gain A Foundation Learn the … [Read more...] about Learning Web Development – How To Go From Amateur To Expert
Add A Featured Image Behind Your Page Titles In Genesis
Looking for an easy way to spice up the design of your website's internal pages? Stop pasting images randomly throughout your content. Give your page titles a professional creative touch. Here's what I'm talking about: How Does It Work First, in the page.php file, use conditional logic to check to see if a featured image has been uploaded. If it has, wrap the … [Read more...] about Add A Featured Image Behind Your Page Titles In Genesis
Keeping WordPress In Sync Between Local And Staging
Remember your amateur days of cowboy coding in WordPress? Tedious scenarios of editing website files directly from FTP. Every press of the refresh button could risk your website magically disappearing. Those days are over. There's a lot of great tools that keep you in full power of your website, ensuring local files and data is up to date. Synchronizing files and databases … [Read more...] about Keeping WordPress In Sync Between Local And Staging
Add A Line Through Your Titles With CSS
There’s a lot of creative things you can do to make the typography unique on your website. A web designer friend of mine, Nina Cross, showed me a simple trick you can do to make your titles stand out. In the example below, you can see the technique that adds some extra contrast to the title. Example Title This can be achieved with a few simple lines of CSS. Here’s the … [Read more...] about Add A Line Through Your Titles With CSS
Filtering Your Custom Posts By Custom Field
By using custom posts and custom fields you can make a great experience for users to view data on your WordPress website. This experience can be extended even further by filtering data based on the value of custom fields. In this tutorial I will be using 3 plugins: Custom Post Type UI Advanced Custom Fields Search and Filter For this example we will be filtering … [Read more...] about Filtering Your Custom Posts By Custom Field
How To Use Prometheus
This article serves as a simple guide on how to use Prometheus, which is based off of Genesis Sample Child. Outlined below are the features that have been added to speed up and streamline site development. If you would like to see the original post for this theme check it out here. Table of Contents Structure and Layout Typography Templates Font … [Read more...] about How To Use Prometheus
A Look Ahead – 2016
After an exciting year of learning new tools and creating new processes, it’s time to look ahead to next year. Read my review of 2015 here: Year In Review - 2015: Version Control, Starter Themes, Blogging and More. So far I’ve got 10 New Year's resolutions plugged into my Trello board, ranging from personal to professional. What are your New Year's resolutions? Learning New … [Read more...] about A Look Ahead – 2016
Year In Review – 2015: Git, Starter Themes, Blogging and More
2015 was a huge year for my professional development. It was the first time I gained a sense of what I wanted to accomplish and the paths I needed to take to get there. One helpful tool in particular, was Trello, an intuitive program that helped me organize ideas. Using Trello I set tasks and small milestones which I completed throughout the year. Learning Version Control … [Read more...] about Year In Review – 2015: Git, Starter Themes, Blogging and More
WordCamp US: A Weekend of Fun, Excitement, and Cheesesteaks
On July 23, 2015, the city of Philadelphia was selected to host the first ever WordCamp US. Philadelphia is known for its historic landmarks and famous heritage, as well as something that came up quite often during the promotion of the event -- cheesesteaks. I grew up in Philadelphia and have spent most of my life here. Naturally I was thrilled that WordPress, something I … [Read more...] about WordCamp US: A Weekend of Fun, Excitement, and Cheesesteaks
WP Engine Review: Excellent WordPress Hosting
I can remember how excited I was making my first foray into web development like it was yesterday. Back in 2010, I learned the basics of building and hosting websites, and it was one of the strongest feelings of accomplishment I’ve ever felt. You know -- the sense of accomplishment that can only come for a person who has created and crafted something that they can declare their … [Read more...] about WP Engine Review: Excellent WordPress Hosting