When the Radiant Body Yoga Teacher Directory stopped working, I decided to roll my own filterable directory by registering a yoga_teacher post type, adding some custom fields with ACF, and using Ultimate WP Query Search Filter to narrow results by location. It worked well enough that I’ll be likely to use the same technique on other sites. Continue Reading Roll Your Own Filterable Directory with Genesis, ACF, and Ultimate WP Query Search Filter
I’m Speaking at WordCamp Sacramento-2015
The first ever WordCamp Sacramento takes place on November 7th, and I’m going to be giving a talk called Not Everyone Is a WordPress Expert. (For a preview of some of the content, read my last post, “WordPress is Not Intuitive.”) WordCamp Sacramento sold out almost immediately, but you might still be able to sneak in as a volunteer or a sponsor. Continue Reading I’m Speaking at WordCamp Sacramento-2015
WordPress Is Not Intuitive. There’s No Such Thing as an Intuitive Interface
People have described WordPress as “intuitive,” but in fact we’ve known since at least 1994 that no user interface, online or off, is “intuitive.” There are no intuitive interfaces, only familiar interfaces. The admin UI of WordPress is not familiar to new users. They expect it to work like Microsoft Word, and it doesn’t. Here are a few ways to deal with that disconnect. Continue Reading WordPress Is Not Intuitive. There’s No Such Thing as an Intuitive Interface
Don’t Be Suckered by Scaremongers
Have you received a message telling you that your site is not mobile-friendly? Don’t take their word for it. Go to the Google Mobile Friendly Test Tool and enter your URL to find out the truth. Continue Reading Don’t Be Suckered by Scaremongers
Add Periscope to Simple Social Icons
I have a client who has gotten into Periscope in a big way. Right now the only way for her to embed her Periscope videos into her WordPress site is to upload them to YouTube first, but meanwhile, there was a more basic problem: adding a link to her Periscope profile into Simple Social Icons, which I’m using in both the header and the footer of the site to display social profile links. The solution turned out to be an icon font called Socicon. If you need a Periscope social link on a site, read on to see what I did. Continue Reading Add Periscope to Simple Social Icons
