For this exercise, please download the starter files. The starter files include an html file and a folder of images. Here are the screenshots. And here is a Loom video describing the task. There is already lots of HTML in the page. Feel free to add to, or subtract, from that HTML. Font Awesome is […]
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First, please download the starter files. Starter Files Make a new database and install the duplicatored site into it. As part of that duplicator process, make a new Admin Account, using your first and last name as both the user name and password. For the nickname, use your initials. Make sure that you do this, […]
First please download the Starter files. This is a Duplicator Archive for you to install. As part of this process, be sure to create a new Admin account so that you can log into the site. And please also download the screenshots. Please use the screenshots to understand the layout and style details required in […]
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WordPress Lab Exercise 3 (pt 2)
Task Fifteen: Investigating Excerpts Now click on Blog in the menu. This will take you to the listing of posts. Scroll through the posts. You will notice here that right after each post’s feature image, there is a paragraph of text. For the first post, that text will be the following: The Vexter Fuzz Factory […]
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Using Font-Awesome with Pseudo Elements
Sometimes, you will inject Font Awesome icons into a document using pseudo elements rather than the empty <i> tags that are commonly used. Here’s example code using Facebook and Twitter. Note the font family: Font Awesome 5 Brands For the content value, put a backslash followed by the unicode value. You can find the unicode […]
If some of your WordPress posts or pages have the following error messsage output to the screen ob_end_flush: failed to send buffer of zlib, etc, the following steps should fix it.
Please download the starter files from here. A useful but occasionally confusing css property is object-fit (and its related property object-position. It allows to “crop” images with CSS, which can be very useful in responsive design. I have created a series of Loom videos to explain how to use it. As always, please watch them […]
A WordPress starter theme is a great way to build your own themes. Starter themes are, as the name implies, meant to serve as the code foundation upon which you build your theme. With a good starter theme, you have a 1000-hour headstart. This is because on its own the starter theme will typically deliver […]
First, please download the starter files. Use the latest version. Make a new database and install the duplicatored site into it. As part of that duplicator process, make a new Admin Account, using your first and last name as both the user name and password. For the nickname, use your initials. Make sure that you […]
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WordPress/MAMP: Fixing Cropping Issue
Depending on what development environment you are using, you might encounter errors when cropping images in WordPress. Here is one possible fix for that. In the front panel of MAMP, check which version of PHP you are running. If you do not see the PHP version in the front panel, go to the MAMP Preferences […]