Have you ever wanted (or tried) to create a WordPress child theme, but somehow could not get it to work? Perhaps you’re a little handy with code (CSS, HTML, PHP) but not with manually uploading files to your server. Or perhaps you just want a simple way of ensuring that you’re including the right files…
It’s 2014, and WordPress is well into its 11th year of existence. It’s become the most widely-used Web site CMS (content-management system) in the world. So, why do “static” pages still accept user comments by default? Specifically, when you create a new page (a page, not a post) in WordPress, it allows users to add comments…
I know, I know…it’s 2014. WordPress.org has stopped updating the Twenty Ten theme. Most WordPress users have moved on to themes Twenty Twelve and higher. However, you may have well-designed child themes based on the old Twenty Ten theme, a fixed-width parent theme that, nonetheless, has a lot to like. It’s solid and easy to…
Note: this article pertains to the self-hosted version of WordPress, available with most paid Web hosting and downloadable for free – not the WordPress.com version. By now, you’ve probably heard that WordPress runs about one-fifth of the world’s Web sites. You may even be familiar with how easy a WordPress-powered site is to manage. But…
You’ve probably heard a lot of buzz about WordPress. Many high-profile Web sites published with it (see www.adele.com for a recent example). But what is WordPress – and why should you use it to build your Web site? WordPress is a publishing platform that’s easily installed on most Web servers. If you buy hosting through…
