tuts Archives - Keith Devon https://keithdevon.com/category/tuts/ UK-based WordPress developer Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:17:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 How (and why) to use Schema.org on your WordPress website https://keithdevon.com/schema-on-your-wordpress-website/ https://keithdevon.com/schema-on-your-wordpress-website/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:17:52 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1234 Search engines have a big problem. There is so much data out there and it’s hard to work out what is what. Humans are great at inferring the context of web content, but this is much more difficult for Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.. That’s why the biggest search engines have come together to create a […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/schema-on-your-wordpress-website/feed/ 8 How to test your WordPress website performance https://keithdevon.com/how-to-test-your-wordpress-website-performance/ https://keithdevon.com/how-to-test-your-wordpress-website-performance/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:34:50 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1232 Website speed matters. Nobody likes browsing a slow website. If your site is slow, your visitors are more likely to leave and go to a competitor’s website. It’s not just your users who like speedy websites, Google does too. Today I recorded a video showing you two ways to test your website performance. Both methods […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/add-links-wordpress-custom-excerpts/feed/ 0 Using variables with WordPress translation functions https://keithdevon.com/using-variables-wordpress-translation-functions/ https://keithdevon.com/using-variables-wordpress-translation-functions/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:45:50 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1183 Today I wanted to be able to pass a custom field variable to the WordPress localization (l10n) functions. The custom field is a select field, so all the possible outputs are known. WordPress uses PO and MO files for translations. These are generated by scanning the site for __() and _e() functions, with a programme […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/using-variables-wordpress-translation-functions/feed/ 1 Setting up domains on WP Engine https://keithdevon.com/setting-domains-wp-engine/ https://keithdevon.com/setting-domains-wp-engine/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:54:26 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1177 Add domains to install Log in to my.wpengine.com Click on the install name Click on ‘Domains’ Click ‘Add domain’ Add the non-www version of the domain Click ‘Add domain’ Add the www version of the domain Change DNS at registrar Log in to my.wpengine.com Click on the install name Note the IP Address and CNAME […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/setting-domains-wp-engine/feed/ 2 Full screen background images https://keithdevon.com/full-screen-background-images/ https://keithdevon.com/full-screen-background-images/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:46:53 +0000 https://keithdevon.com/?p=1170 I’m putting this here for my own sanity. If I had £1 for every time I’ve tried to solve this issue! The goal here is to have a background image that covers the whole of the browser window. Ideally we want it to scale, stay centred, and keep it’s correct proportions. My go-to article on […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/ie-compatibility-view-issues/feed/ 0 Passing variables to get_template_part() in WordPress https://keithdevon.com/passing-variables-to-get_template_part-in-wordpress/ https://keithdevon.com/passing-variables-to-get_template_part-in-wordpress/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:32:01 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=1041 This morning I needed to pass a variable to a file that I was including using the WordPress get_template_part function. I was fiddling around with global variables when I thought there must be a better way. There is. Locate and include You can use the WordPress locate_template function within PHP’s include(). It’s done like this: include(locate_template('your-template-name.php')); […]

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]]> https://keithdevon.com/the-php-ternary-operator/feed/ 3 Custom Post Types https://keithdevon.com/custom-post-types/ https://keithdevon.com/custom-post-types/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:35:20 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=622 Last night I gave a presentation at the WordPress London meetup. I talked about custom post types in WordPress, something that has really excited me since WordPress 3. I’ve included the video, a rough transcript of the presentation and the slides at the bottom. What we’ll cover What are custom post types When to use […]

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