I have another post covering why you should avoid all web hosting companies owned by Endurance International Group (EIG).. Also avoid GoDaddy hosting. Yuck. Non EIG Hosting Companies I recommend! This is the order in which I recommend these companies. ... Read More
When I was creating this blog I came across a few things that irked me. One of them was that if I chose excerpts in my Genesis Admin settings (which is not the irk), that WordPress will not show any read more link. When you go to the WordPress Codex and use their code, see "Displaying a "more…" link when using the the_excerpt()", the excerpt only shows on posts that have more words than the ... Read More
If you want to skip the reading about super crappy, no good web hosting and just see a list of NON-EIG hosts I totally love, read my web hosting post. Over the last 6 years or thereabouts, Endurance International Group (EIG) — formally BizLand hosting — has purchased MANY of the most popular hosting companies, kept the previous brand name, but essentially took over and provide JUST HORRIBLE service all around. So when you change ... Read More
I was very attached to my previous CMS, but a couple of the main developers left in 2014 so I started my search for something else. It took me a long time and a lot of research to settle on Genesis. (I interrupt this post with a shameless affiliate links are being used in this article notice. I figure that if you’re not familiar with Genesis, and I’m convincing you that you should buy it, it’s ... Read More
This first gist shows you how to just output the title as an un-ordered list and remove all other content (meta, content, image). This is a page you create named author.php and you put this in the root of your child theme directory. This second gist shows you how to paginate the author page. Five is a low number if you are only using the title, so hike that up. However, if you are showing ... Read More
This gist shows you how to paginate your author posts page. You can also change the conditions to use it for other purposes, such as Custom Post Types or by certain categories. Check out the codex for more information. This goes in your functions.php file. ... Read More
I noticed on the Genesis boards in various places (Facebook & StudioPress.com/forums) that many people want to adjust their themes but they don’t have the right tools. If you are adjusting your Genesis Child theme, you are doing developer work. To not cause issue after issue, use the correct tools. Before attempting anything with php, NEVER use the Appearance > Editor. Use a code editor and FTP or SSH. I use BBEdit, but I’m switching ... Read More
