Category: Tutorials

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18 Best BuddyPress WordPress Themes: To Make Social & Community Sites

Small business owners are busy. Their task list seems never-ending, so it stands to reason that they could use as many tools as possible to make their daily lives easier. One such tool comes in the form of a WordPress plugin that many web designers or business owners themselves would overlook as non-essential. But the… Continue reading 18 Best BuddyPress WordPress Themes: To Make Social & Community Sites

What Is a Slug in WordPress?

What You’ll Be Creating Slugs. Slimy little critters that have a nasty habit of getting into your vegetable garden… Or maybe not! In this post, we’re talking about a different kind of slug, and that’s the slug that forms part of the address (or URL) of the individual pages and posts in your WordPress website.… Continue reading What Is a Slug in WordPress?

What Is a Widget in WordPress?

WordPress widgets are a great way to add extra content, snippets, and interactivity to your site. They make your site more than just a blog, and they give you the flexibility to identify content you want to show on every page of your site and make sure people won’t miss it. In this article, you’ll… Continue reading What Is a Widget in WordPress?

PHP Magic Methods Cheatsheet

In this post, I’ll give you a cheetsheet quick reference to all the magic methods available in PHP.  Whether you are a seasoned PHP developer or a novice in PHP development, if you’ve worked with OOP in PHP, then you’re using at least a couple of PHP magic methods already. However, if you have not… Continue reading PHP Magic Methods Cheatsheet

Women You Should Know in Graphic Design History

As a graphic design student, I looked up to many renowned designers. Through reading my textbooks and seeing my professors mention examples of designs, I realized there was one common denominator. It was a man’s world. There would be mentions of a few female designers like Paula Scher and Debbie Millman, but that’s about it.… Continue reading Women You Should Know in Graphic Design History

10 Best Ionic App Templates

What if you could create your client’s apps faster without having to code from scratch? It’s possible with Ionic app templates. App templates provide you with hundreds of pre-made app skeletons that you can adjust to fit your client needs. Some of the benefits of choosing a template include: less coding and design work to… Continue reading 10 Best Ionic App Templates

9 Best Amazon Affiliate & FBA WordPress Themes for 2020

Whether you’re looking to build an online business or generate aside income, creating your own Amazon affiliate website is a great option. Having a high-quality website can make all the difference to the income you’ll generate. From the layout, to the typography and colors, every little detail can make or break your new business. You… Continue reading 9 Best Amazon Affiliate & FBA WordPress Themes for 2020

How to Update PHP in WordPress

Do you want a faster, more secure WordPress website?  It’s important to keep your themes, plugins and even your WordPress software up to date, but what about PHP? WordPress runs on PHP, so upgrading to the latest version is just as important as keeping your plugins, themes and WordPress itself up to date.  By switching… Continue reading How to Update PHP in WordPress

How to Mirror an Image in Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating Whether you are a beginner or an expert, mirroring an image in Adobe Photoshop is one of the most commonly used skills. However, with so many tools available to you, it might be quite daunting to learn for someone who is just getting started. So for this tutorial we will learn… Continue reading How to Mirror an Image in Photoshop

20 Best HTML5 Audio Players

Do you need to add an audio player to your website? Is the default browser audio player too limited? By adding a premium HTML5 audio player plugin to your website you will be able to successfully share your audio files in a visually appealing and interactive way. Super HTML5 Music Player is one of the many… Continue reading 20 Best HTML5 Audio Players

Get to Know the WordPress Admin Dashboard

The very first thing you’ll see when you open the WordPress back-end—also known as “the admin panel”—is the dashboard. This is the starting place for the majority of tasks you’ll be performing in WordPress. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the dashboard, and also how to customize it to fit your preferences and… Continue reading Get to Know the WordPress Admin Dashboard

15 Best Video Background Plugins for WordPress

Having trouble getting your website’s message across? Need an interactive and eye-catching way to draw in more traffic? CodeCanyon has many high-quality video background plugins available for you to add to your WordPress website and to help amplify your site’s message and engage visitors. One of the many high-quality background WordPress plugins on CodeCanyon Whether… Continue reading 15 Best Video Background Plugins for WordPress

How to Use WordPress

If you’ve just set up your first WordPress website, or you’re thinking of doing so, you might be wondering just how you use WordPress. How can you create a website with WordPress? How do you get your site looking the way you want it to? How do you add content and extra features? In this… Continue reading How to Use WordPress

How to Resize an Image in Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating Whether you are a beginner or an expert, resizing an image in Adobe Photoshop is one of the most commonly used skills. However, with so many tools available to you, it might be quite daunting to learn for someone who is just getting started. In this tutorial, you will learn how to… Continue reading How to Resize an Image in Photoshop

How to Disable (Turn Off), Close and Delete Comments in WordPress

Comments can be a valuable addition to your WordPress website. A lively comment section can create a sense of community that encourages one-time visitors to keep coming back for more, and checking the comments can provide you with valuable feedback and ideas for future content. Search engines also index comments, so a thriving comment section… Continue reading How to Disable (Turn Off), Close and Delete Comments in WordPress

How to create a rainbow lens flare overlay effect in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to make overlays in Photoshop. I’ll explain everything in so much detail that everyone can learn how to make and how to use overlays in Photoshop, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time. What you’ll learn in this rainbow overlay tutorial How to… Continue reading How to create a rainbow lens flare overlay effect in Photoshop

Custom Brushes in Photoshop and Procreate: Analysis and Interviews

Love drawing in Procreate or Photoshop? Curious about custom Photoshop brushes or custom brushes for Procreate? There can be a lot to learn and explore there, especially in regards to your options. Should you download custom brushes? Create your own?  In this article, we’ll tackle a whole lot of brush content. Whether you’re looking for… Continue reading Custom Brushes in Photoshop and Procreate: Analysis and Interviews

The Must-Have Fonts for Graphic Designers and Font Lovers

Whether you love to use fun and interesting fonts in your work or simply in everyday use, this must-have list of everything from serifs to scripts and more should be right up your alley. Thanks to the ever-growing foundry of Envato Market and Envato Elements, you’ll find fantastic fonts below to suit all of your design… Continue reading The Must-Have Fonts for Graphic Designers and Font Lovers

How to Add a Page or Post in WordPress

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add a post in WordPress and how to create a page in WordPress. I’ll explain the difference between posts and pages and will also explain featured images, trackbacks, pingbacks, and more. This video is taken from my course A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress. You can watch the entire… Continue reading How to Add a Page or Post in WordPress

How to Add Custom CSS to Your WordPress Site

The WordPress ecosystem is huge, so it can be a challenge to find the perfect theme to match your brand in every respect. A good starting point is by browsing the thousands of high-quality WordPress themes on ThemeForest.  However, it frequently happens that you find an almost perfect design but you still want to tweak it a little—or… Continue reading How to Add Custom CSS to Your WordPress Site

How to add Google Analytics to WordPress

Although Google Analytics is an essential tool for monitoring your WordPress site, the two platforms aren’t automatically connected.  To add Google Analytics to WordPress, follow the three-step process below. We’ll give you two easy methods you can use to start tracking your website traffic. Why You Should Use Google Analytics Google Analytics provides valuable insights… Continue reading How to add Google Analytics to WordPress

How Does WordPress Work?

What You’ll Be Creating If you’re new to WordPress, or switching over from a static website, you might want to know exactly how WordPress works. WordPress is a content management system, or CMS. It works by combining some core files, a database, files that you add or install, and a dashboard for Pat to manage… Continue reading How Does WordPress Work?

How to Make a YouTube Profile Picture (Using a YouTube Profile Picture Maker)

YouTube is one of the hottest social media platforms around today, and with so much great content competing for attention, anything you can do to make your account stand out is a win. That’s why you need to make every aspect of your account as eye-catching as you can, starting with your YouTube profile picture.   Today… Continue reading How to Make a YouTube Profile Picture (Using a YouTube Profile Picture Maker)