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A WordPress Child Theme Alternative

Mike Matera — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 02:11:16 +0000

You find a knockout WordPress theme. With minor font, color, and layout tweaks, it’ll look great. Add in some custom functions, such as support for certain post types or control over social media thumbnails, and it’ll be almost perfect. Normally, you’d make a child theme for that. A child theme piggybacks off the theme you’re considering, letting you […]

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WordPress Twenty Sixteen Theme: Move Content to the Left

Mike Matera — Mon, 02 May 2016 23:22:06 +0000

The Twenty Sixteen theme provides a great starting point for a clean, modernly-designed, responsive site. Among the things I find limiting about it, however, is the way page content sits in the center on pages that don’t show sidebars. There’s too much white space, especially to the left of the content: But here’s a quick way to fix that. […]

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Moving From WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress

Mike Matera — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 02:29:54 +0000

You’ve had your own blog on WordPress.com for some time, but you’re ready for more control. Or perhaps you’ve had a business site there but want to push beyond the limitations of WordPress.com, so you can install your choice of plugins or custom themes. How do you go from WordPress.com to a WordPress site on your own hosting? It’s not […]

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