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Using CSS Grid with the Underscores Theme

October 8, 2019 by Ali 3 Comments

October 8th, 2019 Update: WP Rig is a better option than _underscores these days. This post hasn’t ages so well, but do check out Morten Rand-Hendriksen‘s video below for a comprehensive intro to building a PWA using WP Rig as a starter template Original post from February 5th, 2019: In this tutorial we’ll make the […]

How to Find Your robots.txt File and Ensure it’s Error Free

September 6, 2019 by Ali Leave a Comment

This brief tutorial serves as a quick sanity check to help you find your robots.txt file and make sure it isn’t stopping your site from getting crawled by search engines. Video Transcript: Just want to cover really briefly in this video what the robot’s text file is and where you can find it and just […]

Submit Your Sitemap to Google in Under 2 Minutes Using Yoast

August 27, 2019 by Ali Leave a Comment

One of the most important tasks you need to complete when launching a new site is submitting your XML sitemap to Google. With the Yoast plugin, you can get this done in under 2 minutes. In this screenshare, I show you the exact steps to get your site submitted so you can get it done […]

Configure PHP Storm for WordPress

July 4, 2019 by Ali Leave a Comment

PHP Storm isn’t free, the learning curve is a little steep, and configuration can be difficult. But that first time you click ⌥ + ⌘ + L and watch all of your => line up underneath each other like little soldiers, or hover over a hook and type ⌘ + B and get whisked to […]

Cowboy Coding vs. Local Development

February 4, 2019 by Ali Leave a Comment

If you’re making changes to your live WordPress site, you’re engaged in cowboy coding. If this hasn’t resulted in the “White Screen of Death” yet, it almost certainly will. A local environment provides a disposable, copy of your live site where you can safely test updates and changes. Defining Local A local site: is a […]