Responsive Themes

iPhone Pinboard

Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is an approach to web design in which a site is crafted to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of … [Read more...]

Making your site more accessible

From the WordPress Codes on Accessibility Accessibility in web design means creating web pages that everyone can use. Those who cannot see or use a mouse. Deaf users whose first language is sign … [Read more...]

Twenty Eleven Theme Showcase Template

Screenshot: Templates

A frequently requested feature on a website is a rotating image or news section. I recently discovered that WordPress's default theme, Twenty Eleven has this built in. It's not the most obvious … [Read more...]

Where did my comment go?

Screenshot: Spam Comments

We have answered a few support emails lately addressing a problem of comments disappearing. It turns out that the comments were erroneously marked as "spam" by the Akismet spam filter. Comment spam is … [Read more...]

Creating Custom URLs

Permalink Settings

To improve the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for your website, it is helpful to optimize your URL. From Google's "Guide to SEO (PDF)": If your URL contains relevant words, this provides users and … [Read more...]

Google Analytics

Screenshot of Google Analytics

Do you want to track who visits your blog? We have detailed instructions to guide you through adding Google Analytics code so you can see who is visiting, from where, what browsers they use, and … [Read more...]

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