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Articles Grouped by Category

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Case Studies

Including success stories and How-To articles that are longer than your average Techniques.

  1. I Built a WordPress Plugin for Downloadable Files
    Published April 2, 2019 — Tags: Plugins • WordPress
  2. Hayes Shutters Online Ordering System
    Published October 9, 2015 — Tags: Images • php • Web forms • WordPress
  3. Custom Web Form: Contract Generator in PHP & MySQL
    Published September 13, 2015 — Tags: MySQL • php • Web forms
  4. Case Study: Emergency Notice Banner for Hybrid Web site
    Published July 26, 2013 — Tags: MySQL • php • WordPress
  5. How to create 323 unique landing pages with Pretty URLs – from just one page
    Published December 14, 2012 — Tags: GD Lib • Landing Pages • mod_rewrite • MySQL • php
  6. Use SurveyMonkey to Schedule Meetings
    Published December 10, 2012 — Tags: SurveyMonkey • Surveys
  7. Custom Facebook Tab Using iFrame
    Published May 4, 2011 — Tags: Facebook • Social Networking • WordPress

General

Most articles in this category address general Web and Internet issues. Some of them are rants and ramblings that may have less to do with the Web and the Internet and more to do with life lessons and business lessons.

  1. Make your Web Site the Heart & Hub of your Online Marketing Strategy
    Published March 24, 2022 — Tags: Blogging • SEO • Social Networking
  2. Why SiteGround Hosting?
    Published March 11, 2022 — Tags: Hosting • WordPress
  3. Trello Board Tour: Jeff’s Blogging Board
    Published January 30, 2022 — Tags: Trello
  4. Give Gutenberg a Chance
    Published August 18, 2021 — Tags: Gutenberg • WordPress
  5. Sharing Blog Posts on Social Networks: Why & How
    Published June 11, 2020 — Tags: Blogging • Facebook • Social Networking
  6. A Time For Storytelling
    Published April 15, 2020 — Tags: Blogging
  7. Strong Testimonials – Problem with v2.40.2
    Published April 13, 2020 — Tags: Plugins • WordPress
  8. Try Live Chat Next Time You Need Customer Service
    Published June 10, 2019 — Tags: Customer Service • Live Chat
  9. 7 Lessons I’ve Learned from Live Chat
    Published May 30, 2019 — Tags: Customer Service • Live Chat • WordPress
  10. Life Happens
    Published October 12, 2018 —
  11. PayPal Phishing Scam Alert Oct 11, 2018
    Published October 11, 2018 — Tags: PayPal • Phishing Alert
  12. How to Create an Effective Value Proposition
    Published October 8, 2018 — Tags: Marketing • Value Proposition
  13. What Exactly is a Web Application, Anyway?
    Published August 24, 2016 — Tags: Web forms • WordPress
  14. Offer Live Chat for Enhanced Customer Engagement and Sales
    Published July 26, 2016 — Tags: Customer Service • Live Chat • Plugins • WordPress
  15. Decisions
    Published May 11, 2016 — Tags: Musings
  16. Protected: Gravity Forms API Tutorial
    Published May 10, 2016 —
  17. Do I Need to Hire a WordPress Developer? – Part 1
    Published May 9, 2016 — Tags: Plugins • WordPress
  18. BlueHost Implements Auto-Updating of WordPress. WTF?
    Published August 31, 2015 — Tags: BlueHost • WordPress
  19. Side Effects of Rebuilding Web Sites to be Responsive and Mobile-Friendly
    Published July 23, 2015 — Tags: Mobile-Friendly • Responsive Web Design • SEO • Strategic Planning
  20. Traffic Does Not Equal Audience
    Published July 9, 2015 — Tags: online strategy • SEO
  21. Everything can be gamed
    Published May 16, 2014 —
  22. Lessons Web Developers Won’t Learn in School
    Published April 29, 2014 — Tags: Project Management
  23. Yet Another Facebook Survey
    Published March 27, 2014 — Tags: Facebook • Surveys
  24. Before you gripe and whine
    Published September 24, 2013 — Tags: Social Networking • Vent • Video
  25. Disambiguating Call To Action
    Published September 11, 2013 — Tags: Call To Action • Marketing
  26. How To Get 1,000 Twitter Followers In 24 Hours: Follow 1,016 People On Twitter
    Published August 29, 2013 — Tags: Rant • Social Networking • Twitter
  27. Mistaking Me For Someone Who Cares
    Published August 28, 2013 — Tags: Social Networking
  28. Social Networking is a little like Baseball
    Published August 28, 2013 — Tags: Social Networking • Twitter
  29. About.me: WTF?
    Published August 9, 2013 — Tags: Social Networking
  30. Why I Love Firebug for Firefox
    Published August 2, 2013 — Tags: Firebug • Firefox • Web design
  31. Unfollow-A-Huckster Wednesday
    Published July 3, 2013 — Tags: Content Marketing • Social Networking • Twitter
  32. Short(er) Form Video
    Published June 28, 2013 — Tags: instagram • Social Networking • vine
  33. When a client trivializes your work, call a time-out.
    Published June 11, 2013 — Tags: Pricing
  34. Enough already with the formulaic blog titles
    Published June 6, 2013 — Tags: Content Marketing
  35. Hang out with a friend online
    Published June 5, 2013 —
  36. What are WordPress Post Formats, and why should I care?
    Published June 3, 2013 — Tags: Post Formats • WordPress
  37. Post Formats have NOT been removed from WordPress 3.6 core
    Published June 1, 2013 — Tags: Post Formats • WordPress
  38. Do you know what business you’re in?
    Published June 1, 2013 — Tags: Branding
  39. Don’t blindly do what your customers ask you to do just because they asked you to do it
    Published May 30, 2013 — Tags: Project Management
  40. First ask why
    Published May 29, 2013 — Tags: Project Management
  41. Don’t delete old content.
    Published May 28, 2013 — Tags: Content Marketing • SEO
  42. Please stop endorsing me on LinkedIn.
    Published May 23, 2013 — Tags: LinkedIn
  43. HTML5 Outliner
    Published May 14, 2013 — Tags: HTML
  44. Everything you could ever want to know about the role and importance of HTML headings in Web documents, including blogs
    Published May 14, 2013 — Tags: HTML
  45. 13 Timeless Lessons from the Father of Advertising
    Published May 13, 2013 —
  46. Spreading your ideas
    Published May 2, 2013 — Tags: Seth Godin
  47. Repetition
    Published May 2, 2013 — Tags: Seth Godin
  48. Generalists and Specialists
    Published May 1, 2013 —
  49. Knowing where to kick.
    Published May 1, 2013 — Tags: Pricing • Seth Godin
  50. Making Sense of WordPress Post Formats
    Published April 27, 2013 — Tags: WordPress
  51. What to look for in WordPress themes: Pluggability
    Published April 13, 2013 — Tags: Child Themes • php • WordPress
  52. It was bound to happen: I disagree with Seth Godin.
    Published December 23, 2012 — Tags: Web design
  53. Because we can.
    Published December 21, 2012 — Tags: WordPress
  54. Should I update to the newest version of WordPress?
    Published December 20, 2012 — Tags: WordPress
  55. Child Themes – WordCamp ATL 2012 Presentation
    Published May 15, 2012 — Tags: Child Themes • Presentations • WordCamp • WordPress
  56. PHP OOP Virtual Study Group?
    Published March 28, 2012 — Tags: MySQL • OOP • php • Programming
  57. Bad News: Facebook is Converting Old Groups to New Format
    Published May 9, 2011 — Tags: Facebook
  58. Libra: Division of Labor
    Published August 4, 2010 — Tags: Libra • WordPress
  59. Things WordPress Doesn’t Do So Well: Tables
    Published August 4, 2010 — Tags: Libra • Tables • WordPress
  60. Libra: What Is It?
    Published August 4, 2010 — Tags: Libra • WordPress
  61. Bring your Facebook Fan Page to your Web site
    Published May 17, 2010 — Tags: Facebook • Social Networking

Portfolio

A sampling of Websites and Web applications I have developed

  1. Tent Birth and Breastfeeding Services
    Published January 31, 2022 —
  2. Blue Sky Coaching & Consulting
    Published August 11, 2019 —
  3. Gary O’Sullivan Company
    Published December 22, 2018 —
  4. Eaton Academy
    Published March 26, 2017 —
  5. Ferncliff Cemetery
    Published March 14, 2015 — Tags: WordPress

Reviews

Reviews are First Looks grown up. Generally speaking, the articles in this category involved more extensive research and testing — and often comparative testing — than First Looks.

  1. Use FooGallery for WordPress to Show Off Your Stuff
    Published May 6, 2021 — Tags: FooGallery • Photo Gallery • Video
  2. Enhanced Media Library Pro Plugin for WordPress: First Look
    Published July 23, 2016 — Tags: Media • Plugins • WordPress
  3. FooGallery Plugin for WordPress: First Look
    Published February 22, 2016 — Tags: Media • Photo Gallery • Plugins • WordPress
  4. Embedded Facebook Posts available to all
    Published August 21, 2013 — Tags: Blogging • Facebook
  5. 14 days exploring Pinterest, Day #3
    Published June 14, 2013 — Tags: Pinterest • Social Networking
  6. 14 days exploring Pinterest, Day #2
    Published June 13, 2013 — Tags: Pinterest • Social Networking
  7. 14 days exploring Pinterest, Day #1
    Published June 12, 2013 — Tags: Pinterest • Social Networking
  8. Testing Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin
    Published April 30, 2013 — Tags: Plugins • WordPress
  9. Tipsy WordPress Plugin from iThemes
    Published December 9, 2012 — Tags: Plugins • WordPress
  10. NetworkedBlogs: Testing it out
    Published March 8, 2011 — Tags: Social Networking • WordPress
  11. Downscaling Images On Upload in WordPress
    Published November 5, 2010 — Tags: Images • Media • Plugins • WordPress
  12. From Blog to Facebook: Testing WordBooker
    Published October 13, 2010 — Tags: Facebook • Plugins • Social Networking • WordBooker • WordPress

Snippets

Code snippets I want to have handy. You might, too.

  1. Create a Custom Shortcode to Display a MemberPress Membership Price ANYWHERE on Your Website
    Published February 5, 2023 — Tags: MemberPress • WordPress
  2. How to Create a Simple Custom Events Plugin
    Published May 24, 2022 — Tags: Custom Fields • Custom Post Types • WordPress
  3. Shortest CSS Grid Tutorial EVER!
    Published January 26, 2022 — Tags: CSS • CSS Grid
  4. How to Hide the Mai Lifestyle Pro Banner Area With Code
    Published June 15, 2020 — Tags: Genesis • Mai Lifestyle Pro • WordPress
  5. Make Responsive Lightbox by dFactory Work with FooGallery
    Published July 23, 2016 — Tags: FooGallery • Media • Plugins • WordPress
  6. Display WordPress and WooCommerce Tags as Lists
    Published May 13, 2016 — Tags: php • Taxonomies • WooCommerce • WordPress
  7. Diagnostic PHP: Get All User Constants
    Published October 22, 2015 — Tags: Diagnostics • php
  8. Diagnostic PHP: Get All User Functions
    Published October 21, 2015 — Tags: Diagnostics • php
  9. Diagnostic PHP: Get All Included Files
    Published October 20, 2015 — Tags: Diagnostics • php
  10. How to Create Tooltips with CSS (Only)
    Published July 27, 2015 — Tags: CSS
  11. Update MySQL table using subquery, Excel data
    Published February 26, 2014 — Tags: Excel • MySQL • SQL
  12. Custom extensible PHP shortcode function for non-WordPress Web sites
    Published September 30, 2013 — Tags: php • WordPress
  13. Fun with CSS3 Multiple Backgrounds
    Published June 17, 2013 — Tags: Background Images • CSS
  14. How to embed a YouTube Video in WordPress
    Published May 1, 2012 — Tags: Embedding • WordPress • YouTube
  15. Get From Foreigner (utility function)
    Published March 22, 2012 — Tags: MySQL • php
  16. NextGen Gallery Compact Album Mods
    Published February 9, 2012 — Tags: NextGen Gallery • Photo Gallery • Plugins • WordPress

Techniques

Short How-To articles, similar to but not as involved as Case Studies.

  1. Avoid Direct Styling; Use CSS Instead
    Published September 21, 2022 — Tags: CSS
  2. Blog Tags: What They Are (and What They’re Not)
    Published August 5, 2022 — Tags: Blogging • Taxonomies • WordPress
  3. Use Custom Lesson Icons for MemberPress Courses
    Published November 1, 2021 — Tags: MemberPress • MemberPress Courses • WordPress
  4. How to Override MemberPress Template Files
    Published September 24, 2021 — Tags: MemberPress • WordPress
  5. How To Add Custom Contextual Help Content To The WordPress Dashboard
    Published September 19, 2020 — Tags: WordPress
  6. WordPress Manual Excerpts: Why, When, & How to Use Them
    Published August 12, 2020 — Tags: Blogging • WordPress
  7. How to Build Stunning WordPress Photo Galleries Quickly and Easily With FooGallery PRO
    Published June 17, 2020 — Tags: FooGallery • Images • Photo Gallery • Plugins • WordPress
  8. How to clear cache on iPhone and iPad
    Published August 29, 2019 —
  9. Dynamic Photo Galleries with Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
    Published May 10, 2019 — Tags: Images • Media
  10. Automatic “Visit Web Site” Links on WordPress Portfolio Posts
    Published December 21, 2018 — Tags: WordPress
  11. How to Reuse Content in WordPress with the amr shortcode any widget Plugin
    Published December 9, 2018 — Tags: Plugins • Shortcodes • WordPress
  12. Dynamic Linear Gradients for Background Images in Genesis
    Published November 27, 2018 — Tags: Genesis • WordPress
  13. Dive Into WordPress Custom Post Types – Part 3
    Published November 16, 2018 — Tags: Advanced Custom Fields • Custom Fields • Custom Post Types • WordPress
  14. Add Dynamic Table of Contents to a Series of WordPress Posts
    Published November 11, 2018 — Tags: Shortcodes • WordPress
  15. Help Your Blog Readers Find What They’re Looking For with the Search & Filter Plugin
    Published October 26, 2018 — Tags: Blogging • Plugins • Taxonomies • WordPress
  16. Dive Into WordPress Custom Post Types – Part 2
    Published October 18, 2018 — Tags: Advanced Custom Fields • Custom Fields • Custom Post Types • WordPress
  17. Dive Into WordPress Custom Post Types – Part 1
    Published October 10, 2018 — Tags: Advanced Custom Fields • Custom Fields • Custom Post Types • WordPress
  18. Why, When, and How to use sprintf and printf
    Published April 25, 2017 — Tags: php
  19. Use Custom Fields to Hide Stale Posts
    Published August 1, 2016 — Tags: Custom Fields • WordPress
  20. Are Your iPhone Photos Upside-Down or Sideways?
    Published May 5, 2016 — Tags: Images • iPhone • Media • WordPress
  21. Read Blogs More Efficiently (and Enhance your Blog Reading Experience) Using Categories and Tags
    Published February 18, 2016 — Tags: Blogging • Taxonomies • WordPress
  22. Which Categories and Tags Should I Use?
    Published February 17, 2016 — Tags: Blogging • Taxonomies • WordPress
  23. How to use Advanced Custom Fields with Genesis
    Published October 26, 2015 — Tags: Advanced Custom Fields • Genesis • Plugins • WordPress
  24. CSS Descendant Selectors
    Published September 16, 2015 — Tags: CSS
  25. Sort Multidimensional Arrays with PHP array_multisort
    Published June 4, 2015 — Tags: Arrays • php • Web applications
  26. Customizing WordPress Using Vendor-Built Child Themes
    Published May 28, 2015 — Tags: Child Themes • mu-plugins • WooThemes • WordPress
  27. How to add an About Us blurb to every WordPress blog post
    Published May 15, 2014 — Tags: php • WordPress
  28. Underlining for Emphasis: How to un-underline text on a Web page with CSS
    Published May 9, 2014 — Tags: CSS • HTML • WordPress
  29. Don’t use the admin username in WordPress
    Published March 10, 2014 — Tags: Security • WordPress
  30. One suggestion for writing blog articles that don’t suck
    Published March 6, 2014 — Tags: Blogging
  31. Biting the bullet
    Published October 2, 2013 — Tags: php • regex • Web forms
  32. About Post Formats in 12 Slides
    Published May 6, 2013 — Tags: Post Formats • WordPress
  33. iPhone Video: Land, Front Up, Back Down.
    Published January 14, 2013 — Tags: iPhone
  34. Shorten Your WordPress Slugs (Permalinks)
    Published December 7, 2012 — Tags: WordPress
  35. How to delete (strip) attachments in Horde Webmail
    Published May 10, 2012 — Tags: Attachments • Email • Horde
  36. WordPress More Tag
    Published May 5, 2010 — Tags: WordPress
  37. WordPress Categories and Tags
    Published June 29, 2009 — Tags: Blogging • Taxonomies • WordPress

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