by Kim Shivler | Dec 10, 2015 | WordPress
On Tuesday 12/8/15, WordPress 4.4 was officially released. This release has a few new items for the end user and plenty of new functionality to allow developers to create bigger and better plugins and themes for the rest of us to use. Responsive Images The WordPress...
by Kim Shivler | Dec 3, 2015 | Plugins
Finally, a child theme creation plugin that does it right! In past posts, I’ve taught you how to manually create a child theme and install it using FTP (file transfer protocol). Until now, this was my only option for helping people with child themes. What...
by Kim Shivler | Nov 17, 2015 | Themes
One of the most powerful themes I have seen from any theme company is Divi, by Elegant Themes. This theme is responsive and combines an easy-to-use, powerful page builder with some great theme functionality. Between my own sites, partners, students and clients, I have...
by Kim Shivler | Sep 10, 2015 | WordPress
A WordPress Child Theme is a subset of a theme that allows you to make changes to the theme without losing them when you upgrade. It inherits the functionality from its parent theme. There are times when you want to change the theme’s CSS or underlying theme PHP...
by Kim Shivler | Sep 5, 2015 | Themes
In WordPress, your theme controls the look and feel of your site. From the layout to the colors, your theme determines your site’s appearance. At times, you may want to change certain aspects of your theme without switching themes or creating a new theme....
by Kim Shivler | Aug 25, 2015 | WordPress
WordPress 4.3 shipped August 18, 2015 with several new features providing more functionality within WordPress core. Adding a Site Icon One of the most helpful features is the ability to add a Site icon (Favicon and app icon) within the WordPress Customizer...