I received the following question today in the forum: "For certain sales pages on my site I do not want to have the distraction of the sidebar items. Is there a way to have a second page template without a sidebar for this purpose?" Having an optimized sales/landing page does help with sales … [Read more...] about How to Create and use Custom Page Template in WordPress to Create a Sales Page
Basic Guide to CSS
Many people want to make simple CSS changes but do not know where to start or are afraid that they will change the wrong thing. As a result of this I get asked a lot of CSS related questions from new WordPress users. The fact is that learning CSS is not really that hard. Once you get a hang of the … [Read more...] about Basic Guide to CSS
How to Add Far Future Expires Headers to Your WordPress Site
Few weeks ago I wrote on how to optimize your WordPress site for better performance which has some tips and tricks on how to speed up a WordPress Site. I received a few requests to elaborate on some of the points as not all of them are obvious changes. In this article I have explained how you can … [Read more...] about How to Add Far Future Expires Headers to Your WordPress Site
How to Fix the Character Encoding Problem in WordPress
I recently changed my web hosting again in an attempt to speed up the page load time of my website. I had to do it as the former hosting's page response time was horrible. It was taking 9 seconds for my home page to load with the former hosting. Now my home page loads under 4 seconds! It's amazing … [Read more...] about How to Fix the Character Encoding Problem in WordPress
WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks for Better Performance and Speed
Is your WordPress blog performing at it's best? How quickly does the page load? Is it sluggish? Your website's performance is one of the key factors in ensuring that the visitors are having a good experience with your site. So I personally think it is worthwhile to spend some time tuning/optimizing … [Read more...] about WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks for Better Performance and Speed
How to Add Widgets to WordPress Theme’s Footer
I wanted to use widgets in the footer of my WordPress theme but my wordpress theme didn't come with a footer-sidebar by default. I didn't really wanted to change the theme just because of that. So I hacked the wordpress theme to introduce footer-sidebars. If you are looking for a tutorial that … [Read more...] about How to Add Widgets to WordPress Theme’s Footer
Apache Mod Security update, How to Fix ‘Error 406’ or ‘Not Acceptable’ issue
Few weeks ago I started having "Not Acceptable! Error 406" on one of my WordPress sites when trying to save a post or a page. I kept getting the following message when trying to save a post. … [Read more...] about Apache Mod Security update, How to Fix ‘Error 406’ or ‘Not Acceptable’ issue
Query or show a specific post in wordpress
If you are looking for php code or a plugin for your Wordpress that takes a post ID and returns the database record for that post then read on. This is very helpful when you want to show a specific post on your homepage or other pages to get more attention. It allows you to design your homepage or a … [Read more...] about Query or show a specific post in wordpress