You may have seen examples of stylized Google Maps before. These Google Maps look different than the default styles that come with Google Maps. There is an example of one of these stylized maps at the bottom of my Contact page. You may be wondering “How do I get my own Google Map to look […]
Adding Custom Styles To Google Maps
Code Highlighting via Prism.js
Every once in a while, I share code snippets or development tutorials on the blog. Up until recently, I was using a plugin to handle code highlighting. (That’s where the code blocks have their own fancy code styling.) But then I discovered my plugin was causing a conflict with another part of my site, so […]
Load Google Fonts Asynchronously For Page Speed
Web developers who are mindful of user experience, performance, and SEO pay attention to page speed. If you’ve ever tested your website on
Responsive YouTube Videos in WordPress
Mobile web usage has now exceeded desktop web usage, so it’s important to make sure your YouTube videos are as mobile-friendly. Since YouTube and other video services give you an embed code with a declared height and width, the video often goes right off the page on smartphones. That’s not the type of experience you […]
WordPress: Harder Than You Think
WordPress has a perception problem. Let’s talk candidly about it. My friend Mario recently talked about how expectations don’t meet reality. Another good friend of mine, Morten, wrote about how WordPress is not as easy as it seems. My friend Curtis, who helps WordPress business owners through coaching wrote about how people think WordPress is […]
Build A Quiz In PHP: What Metal Band Are You?
In 2013-2014, I had a series of client projects where I needed to build a quiz in PHP. Taking what I learned from that, I designed a quiz of my own, where you answer multiple choice questions and determine what heavy metal band your personality resembles. The subject matter can be changed to whatever your […]
How To Add A Facebook Like Box To Your Website
Update, May 2015: The old Like Box is no longer being supported as of June 23rd, 2015. You can read more about the new instructions for the Page Plugin on the Facebook website. Today’s tutorial is all about how to add a Facebook Like Box to your website. This presumes you have a Facebook Page […]
How To Customize Styles On Livefyre Comments
Livefyre is a commenting system that allows users to leave comments on your website, using their existing social media accounts as a login. Livefyre has two levels of social integration: an enterprise level called StreamHub, and the Free version, which is what we will focus on. The Free version can be embedded via JavaScript, or […]