I don’t worry too much when I’m planning on adding a new feature to WP to Twitter – most people won’t notice, many won’t care, those who find it useful will be happy about it. But right now I’m thinking about removing a feature, and that is a much more sensitive issue. Specifically, I want to remove support for URL (Uniform Resource Locator) shortening. The main argument for keeping URL shortener support is to provide short URL statistics: using a […]
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WordPress Tips: Add a custom call to action by shortcode
When building WordPress sites, I’ve often been in need of adding a call to action with a striking appearance into the site. Working by myself, that’s really no problem – but when it needs to be added into client-created posts and Pages, it can get to be a hassle — and cause long-term problems. It’s not really effective or efficient to teach all the intricacies of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) to every client. If you’ve created a cool CTA format […]
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One of the constantly hot subjects on the web is Search Engine Optimization. Search Engine Optimization is, at best, a way of managing the content and code of a web site so that it best represents what the site is trying to do. At worst, it’s a scam to trick an innocent search engine algorithm into thinking a site is relevant when it’s not. What about “black hat” SEO? Black hat SEO is closely related to unethical SEO. There’s a […]
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One of the main reasons for using a content management system (CMS (Content Management System)) is that it can provide great advantages for future growth. Having the easy ability to extend your software to create new types of documents (as with WordPress’ custom post types), or to simply add new pages and new features without needing to scrap everything you currently have is a huge advantage. However, much of that advantage can be lost through poor planning. If you have […]
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I’m a firm believer that the first step to creating effective accessible web sites is to understand the nature of disability. Learning all the technological elements which can affect that accessibility is also necessary, but if you don’t understand why you’re employing the technology, you’re far more likely to make simple but costly mistakes. My latest article, 10 Common Developer Mistakes, published at Ecommerce Developer, covers examples of some of those still-common mistakes which are fundamentally the result of a […]
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