Tips

  • Change WordPress More Text Symbols

    You know those unsavory […] symbols suggesting that there is more text to read? Let’s change those, okay? Open up your active theme’s functions.php file and add this little snippet to the bottom: Yay! You just wrote a WordPress filter. You can change the … to anything you like.

  • Change WordPress Excerpt Length

    Sometimes you just need less. Or more. Changing the default length of the WordPress excerpt is pretty simple. Open up your active theme’s functions.php file and add this to the very bottom: Change 36 to your heart’s desire. The excerpt often shows up on archive pages as the shortened text for a post. You just…

  • Developer Tools

    Have you ever wanted to change the color or size of text, find a specific html element or locate a buggy javascript file? The Developer Tools, bundled and available in Google Chrome and Safari web browsers, allows anyone to inspect the elements (html, css, js) that make up a webpage. Simply right-click on any element…

  • Quick Start Guide

    This tutorial will help you install and use your Graph Paper Press theme. There are two ways you can install your theme—from your WordPress dashboard or via FTP. Option 1: Your WordPress dashboard Download the zip file from your members dashboard. This will always be the most current version of the theme. Log in to…

  • Fix Image Color & Saturation Loss in WordPress

    Have you ever uploaded a colorful and crisp image into WordPress only to see it loose color saturation and exhibit tonal degradation? If so, you aren’t alone. Let’s fix that. But first, let’s see why this is happening in the first place. Color Space Conflicts Many photographers shoot in Adobe RGB color space because it has a…

  • Using Firefox’s FIrebug

    In this tutorial, learn how to use the Firebug extension for Firefox to start learning about the back-end on your site so you can target which elements you want to change style-wise.

  • How to Translate Your WordPress Theme

    In this video tutorial, we’ll show you how to translate our WordPress themes. This is called i18n, and it is a abbreviation for internationalization, or the process of making an application ready for translation.

  • Creating Image Shadows Using CSS3

    One of my personal favorite features in css3 is the use of box-shadows. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used to describe the look and formatting of your website. With a few quick lines in your style sheet document, we can create nice drop shadows for our html elements, like on the image…

  • How to Make Your Images Not “Pinnable” in Pinterest

    Pinterest is a website that offers a service for others to share or “pin” content from your site on their Pinterest board. The site has made it easier than ever for others to share your photographs, whether you like it or not. In case you’re in the latter group, this quick tip will show you can stop…

  • Speed Up Your Site by Lazy Loading Images

    Why load images that your visitors aren’t viewing? If you’re a photographer who posts images and galleries online, the vast majority of your website’s page load time is probably taken up by loading images. In this tip, I’ll show you how you can avoid loading images unless the user is viewing them, saving a lot of…