18 Jul 2016
0
Tips, WordPress

Fix AMP Plugin Not Validating Due to HTTPS Plugin

If you’re like us you’re excited to get Accelerated Mobile Pages working on your site. However, you might also be running into a validation error such as “The mandatory tag ‘amphtml engine v0.js script’ is missing or incorrect”.

After lots of troubleshooting we determined that the very outdated WordPress HTTPS (SSL) Plugin was causing issues. If you can find an alternative to the plugin that would be your easiest fix. However, if you’re in the same boat as us and need only certain pages on your site to be HTTPS then here is a code snippet to add to your themes function.php file. The only change you need to make is to change the Page ID, the one in the example is 126, to whatever the page ID is for the page you want to be secure. Read more

18 May 2016
0
Tips, Tutorials, Web Development

Free Mandrill Alternatives!

If you’re like us and you have hundreds of clients that host on Godaddy.com and use WordPress then you’ve inevitably run into the issue where your form submission emails never show up in the clients inbox. You’ve called Godaddy and listened them tell you to install various plugins such as WP SMTP but still have not had any success. Then you found Mandrill. Mandrill WAS a free service offered by MailChimp that improved email deliverability. The problem is it WAS a free service.Read more

27 Nov 2012
3
Tips, Web Design, Web Development, WordPress

How to Get WordPress Out of Maintenance Mode

Have you ever had your WordPress site get stuck in maintenance mode? Did you accidentally close a window while updating a plugin of theme?

Do you see a message that says “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.”?

This means you are in maintenance mode. To get out of maintenance mode is actually extremely easy.Read more

07 Nov 2012
0
Tips, Web Design, Web Development, WordPress

How to Change the Default WordPress Login URL

The problem we’re trying to solve is that we don’t want our client to have to remember that the URL to edit their site is /wp-admin or /wp-login.

We want our client to be able to go to a simple URL such as /login. How do we do that?

First, we need to open .htaccess. If you’re not comfortable working within .htaccess we would not suggest going forward. If you are comfortable and know where to find it then it’s as simple as one line of code.
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06 Nov 2012
7
Tips, Web Design, Web Development, WordPress

How to Hide Your WordPress Theme Information

A reader recently commented on our How to Name Your WordPress Theme post asking how to hide the theme information from being seen when someone looks at your site info.

It is actually a pretty simple fix that can be done in less than two minutes.

All you need to do is open up your theme’s function.php file.

Add the line of code below and your theme information will no longer show when someone views your site information in their browser.

remove_action(‘wp_head’, ‘wp_generator’);

If you need help feel free to leave a comment below.

11 Oct 2012
4
Tips, Web Development, WordPress

How To Open WordPress Custom Menu Links in a New Window

Today while do some work on the new LifeTrak Personal Training site we needed to add an external link to the custom menu. Simple enough task but what if we wanted to the link to open up in a new window?

WordPress does give you this option but hides it from the default custom menu screen.
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07 Sep 2012
1
Tips, WordPress

Displaying an RSS Feed on a WordPress Page

If you’re looking to display an RSS Feed on a WordPress page it can actually be done in less than 5 minutes.

If you’re looking to hard-code this into one of your page templates then paste the following code where you want it.
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15 Apr 2012
1
Small Business, Tips, Web Design, Web Development

Three Trends in Website Design for Midsize Businesses

These three web design trends are just a few of those we’re seeing, but they are the ones that can make the biggest difference in a company’s online presence and, ultimately, their bottom line. 

Because website development and design are always changing, one of the things we hear a lot at Cat on the Couch are questions that begin with “Does my website need…”    Then comes the list: a shopping cart, a video section, a blog, a gaming component, a photo section, a calendar, more copy, less copy, more pictures, fewer pictures, mobile capability, tablet capability, social media, welcome pages, splash pages, independent sites that link to the main site—and it goes on and on.Read more

06 Jan 2012
24
Tips, Web Design, Web Development, WordPress

How To Fix RSS Feed Not Working in WordPress

Earlier this week our friends at Meet Me On Board asked us to look into an issue where their RSS feed was not working properly.

When you tried to reach their feed you would receive the following message:

“XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity”
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12 Aug 2011
3
Small Business, Tips, Web Design, Web Development

How to forward a domain with Godaddy.com

This week our friends at Modern Charlotte Realty called us because they were having trouble forwarding a domain with Godaddy.com. Since this was not the first time someone had asked us to do this we thought we’d put together a how-to video that explains what you need to do.

If you still have problems feel free to contact us and we’ll help you forward your domain with Godaddy.com.

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