How To Auto Insert Extra CSS Body Classes in WordPress

Imagine how much power you would yield over WordPress site designs if every page had its own unique body class. You could switch the header logo for different categories. You could add different background images and animations for specific taxonomies. You could even change text justification based on the simultaneous occurrence of specific tags, categories … Read more

eNom Down for (Un)Scheduled Maintenance

Your favorite author is in the process of transferring a couple of domain names to namecheap.com, his domain name registrar of choice for a couple of years. Imagine the surprised look on his face when he tried to log-out of his old registrar’s domain control panel and he was hit with this: Our site is … Read more

How to Make a Genesis Page Template That Uses Widgets

The Genesis framework by StudioPress is awesome. Easy to install. Easy to configure. Easy to customize. Stylish. Every once in a while you will need to create a custom template for your Genesis child theme. A custom template can provide an easy way to display information with a non standard layout. A custom template can … Read more

How to Add New Homepage Widgets to Genesis Themes

In an earlier post, I explained how to dd new widget areas to Genesis child themes. Generally speaking, those widget areas show in standard page and post templates and widget sidebars. Those widgets will not show in the homepage. Today’s post will show you how to add new widgets to the homepage template or any … Read more

I’m Back!

Miss me? Good. That was the idea. Want to know where I’ve been? Have a guess. Go on, guess. I’ve been away nearly 4 months. You must have a few wild ideas about where I’ve been. Don’t be shy. Guess. No, I wasn’t in prison. No, I wasn’t abducted by a band of vampirettes (though … Read more