Sometimes you do not have access to your client’s web server. All you can get is a copy of their WordPress files and database. In this situation, you can still troubleshoot and make modifications to their site by copying everything to a local server and working on it from there. All you need to do… Read More »
Do you have a sidebar that contains essential widgets that your visitors must see when they visit your site from a mobile device? Perhaps a search box, product categories, an advertisement, or something else? A lot of WordPress themes display the sidebar below the content on mobile devices, so visitors have to scroll all the… Read More »
It’s handy to have a test server that we can use to see what will happen when we upgrade WordPress, install new plugins, or mess around with the layout and design of our blog. But how can we copy the changes we make to our test WordPress site to our live server? In this post,… Read More »
So you’ve written a fantastic blog post and set the featured image, but all you’re seeing is bland text and a hyperlink when you tweet it. A picture adds a thousand words to your tweet, grabs your audience’s attention, and drives traffic to your website. This is a quick guide that will show you how… Read More »
“Failed to send your message. Please try later or contact the administrator by another method.” Are you seeing the above error when trying to send a message via the Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress? The Contact Form 7 plugin sends email using a mail server installed on your DigitalOcean server. If no mail server… Read More »
So you’ve made some awesome tweaks to your WordPress theme, but then you go ahead and update it with the latest version from the author and… All your brilliant customizations have been lost! If you have made customizations directly to a WordPress theme, they will be wiped out whenever you install an update from the… Read More »
Symptom: When attempting to add media to a WordPress post, the image is rejected and the following error message appears: Cause: The WordPress uploads directory (typically located at /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads) on the web server does not have write permission enabled and/or the web user (likely www-data) is not a member of the group which the uploads… Read More »
You may have attempted to modify the footer.php file of your WordPress theme and the following error message appeared: “This theme is released under creative commons licence, all links in the footer should remain intact” The message appears whether you try to access your blog or the back-end adminstrative interface. The reason for this is… Read More »