How To Make Free Mobile Web Apps

There are 1.2 BILLION mobile web users in the world. A staggering 25 out of every 100 potential US visitors to your website will never see it with a desktop computer, at least. Statistics collected in 2010 suggest that 25% of US people DO NOT access or infrequently access the desktop web. That figure was higher in China … Read more

What to do When WordPress Wont Upgrade

Being a WordPress developer, I often meet WordPress sites that do not auto update. There are four main reasons WordPress will not update:

  1. The upgrade folder has the wrong permissions set
  2. Its server’s PHP is below version 5
  3. WordPress was installed using Fantastico or something similar
  4. A plugin is preventing upgrades
  5. The server has a very low PHP memory limit

Other, less common reasons include:

  1. You’re doing it all wrong
  2. WordPress doesn’t like you
  3. WordPress is in a bad mood, or
  4. It’s just not your day

HowTo: Change the Language of WordPress

So, you have built a WordPress site or WordPress multisite and now want the WordPress dashboard and site frontend to use Spanish or German or Italian or another language. It is easy. Whether you are looking to: Change the language used in the WordPress dashboard Change the WordPress backend language Change the WordPress front end … Read more

HowTo: Center WordPress Genesis Theme Horizontal Menus

Genesis by StudioPress is the most stylish, simplest to use and easiest to customize theme framework I have ever seen. But try to centre the horizontal navbars and you’re in for a lot of fun. That is, at least, until now. I spent months working out how to center Genesis menus. Different devices like mobile … Read more