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Customize the Default WordPress Login Page Without Plugins
Let’s take a look at how to customize the default WordPress login page without using any plugins. Changing the Logo First, open your functions.php file in your child theme and drop in the following function: Just keep in mind that get_template_directory_uri() returns the root directory of your parent theme. To return the root directory of […]
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Add Custom Fonts to a WordPress Site Without Any Plugins
Let’s dive into how to add custom fonts to WordPress without using any plugins. Choose a Font Originally, I was using a font called “Arrow” from DaFont. This actually ended up giving me problems later on, something I’ll cover later. Convert to WOFF2 (if you need to) Any font in the entire world. Just make […]
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Enqueue Stylesheets in a WordPress Block Theme
Today we’re going to take a look at how to enqueue stylesheets in a WordPress block theme. My main stylesheet for a newly created custom WordPress block theme wasn’t loading after several tries and I couldn’t figure out what was going on. Every search result was just saying , “Oh, you gotta enqueue your stylesheet, […]
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Z-Index Not Working Position Absolute
Today I learned about the importance of the natural stacking order. I spent probably an hour scratching my head trying to figure out why my element with the z-index of 500 wasn’t appearing on top of another element with a z-index of -500. At first I thought it might have something to do with my […]
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Migrating a Site? Here are some tips to keep in mind
At face value, moving a site from one host to another may seem pretty straightforward. Depending on what kind of site you’re talking about, this could be a bigger task than you’d expect. I just recently moved a site to a new host and ended up learning a few tricks that could hopefully help you […]
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Using WP_Query() to sort datetime meta_value
Just like the title suggests, I’ve spent the last several hours struggling with meta_query to return CPTs based on some datetime picker meta_value. Let me explain my setup. I’m writing a plugin that stores data from a custom_post_type for gym classes with a handful of custom fields put into place using ACF. One of those […]
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Divi Visual Builder Not Loading
Divi Visual Builder Not Loading… Divi Visual Builder not loading? I recently installed Divi on a new server and realized that in doing so, I strangely couldn’t access the Divi Visual Builder anymore… The Divi Visual Builder just sat there and spun forever. So upon further inspection… I open up the console to see what […]
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The Museum: Update 1
The first update of who knows how many… Super excited to start a new project!
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Mobile UI/UX Proof of Concept
Prologue I will say, this project was born out of a strange, confusing, and quite frankly stressful time. My job description was very much up in the air, and and there was even uncertainty around this entire project. Unfortunately, this project never saw the light of day, but I have been searching hard drives all […]
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What is HTML?
What is HTML? Hypertext Markup Language is the standard way to format text for use on web pages. So if you ever find yourself needing to edit a webpage or create one from scratch, this is the most basic way to display anything on a page. Basic Structure HTML is broke up into several different […]
Matt Jones | WordPress Developer