Responsive videos are, at times, tricky. Especially when you're trying to embed a video from YouTube or Vimeo. You see, by default, YouTube videos "respond" by shrinking their width but keeping their height. Ultimately, this results in cropping the video down to a weird square. Try resizing your browser. See how the video crops? When you play the video, the inside will resize to the correct aspect ratio, so you have a lot of extra black space at the top and the bottom. Like when you were watching a "wide screen" movie on a square CRT TV in like, 2001. This approach is ... Keep Reading
How To: Add a Favicon to Your WordPress Website
Like Google Analytics, a favicon is something that every website should have configured. There are a lot of plugins that "help" you add a favicon to your WordPress website. But I'm a big fan of not adding plugins where you don't need to. And WordPress has custom favicon support built in! Want the quick & easy version? Here's a video showing you exactly how to add your own favicon to your WordPress website: Videos not your style? Here's a step-by-step tutorial. Step One: Log In to Your Website I feel like this is pretty self-explanatory. If you're not sure how to do this, you ... Keep Reading
How to Add Google Analytics to Any Genesis Framework Website
The Genesis Framework is known for being one of the most easy-to-use frameworks out there. So when a client mentioned he couldn't find a tutorial anywhere on how to add Google Analytics to his Genesis site, I was a little shocked. So I made this super quick video, demonstrating where to add your Google Analytics code: I also wrote up a step-by-step tutorial on how to add Google Analytics to any Genesis site, if videos aren't your thing. Step One: Sign Up for Google Analytics Obviously, if you've already signed up, you can skip this step. If you haven't, you need to. GA is a ... Keep Reading
How to Add Facebook Sharing Images to Your Blog Posts
Facebook is a fantastic tool for so many bloggers and small businesses. Every day people use it connect with potential customers and build relationships. One of the most popular ways to do that is to share content from your website to Facebook. But Facebook sharing has some... frustrations when it comes to the images it pulls from you site. By default, Facebook tries to pull your featured image for to share for your blog posts. Sometimes, that doesn't quite work, and you end up with cutoff text or images. In the past, you could circumvent which image Facebook grabbed from your site by ... Keep Reading
Tutorial: Archiving WordPress Posts
There's a lot to be said for archiving WordPress posts instead of deleting them. By creating an archive, you can remove old, out-dated content from your blog, but keep a record of it. You can track your topics over time, go back and recycle older content if it becomes relevant, and guide your readers to the content you want them to see. However, WordPress doesn't have a tool to archive your posts - at least not in the traditional sense. Yes, there are category and date archives. Those don't hide your posts from view, just create new ways to sort your content. In order to properly archive ... Keep Reading
Add a Facebook Messenger Link to Any Website
Whether you love it or hate it, there's something to be said for Facebook's popularity. Everyone has Facebook Messenger on their phones. Users spend hours of their days poring over dog pictures, cat videos, the occasional family update, and all the dank memes. Hell, there's even a wildly-popular page for Garlic Bread: Despite the silliness, Facebook is also a great tool for your business. You can connect with like-minded individuals in groups, and promote your business through your page. One of the more underrated tools for businesses is Facebook Messenger. While everyone knows ... Keep Reading