Advanced WordPress Image Settings

WordPress includes many options that may not be found by the casual user. In this post I will explain some of the options available when inserting images into a blog post. Image Details To uncover more options available for an existing image in a WordPress post you can click on the image and then select the …

Ubuntu Virtual Machine: How to Install Ubuntu on VirtualBox

I moved my WordPress blog to a VPS from DigitalOcean and I wanted to have a local version of my VPS for testing. This guide will teach you how to install an Ubuntu server as a virtual machine using VirtualBox on a mac. To prepare you will need to download 2 files: The VirtualBox virtual …

Add Google AdSense to Genesis Framework Theme

If you would like to add Google AdSense advertisements to your genesis framework theme, here is the method I use. These instructions assume your genesis child theme is using html5. If you are not using an html5 child theme, the code below will need to be modified slightly. 1. Add the following 2 code sections …

Add Google Custom Search to Genesis Framework Theme

If you would like to replace the default WordPress search with Google custom search here is the method I use. This implementation of Google custom search is reliant on using the Genesis Framework. 1. Create a Google custom search engine Go to http://www.google.com/cse and create a custom search engine for your site. Make sure that …

Automatic MySQL Backup to Email

If you have a website running WordPress that relies on a MySQL database, you probably should be backing up your MySQL database on a daily basis. Here are the steps to create an automatic solution to do a MySQL backup and sends the results to your Email on a daily basis. I assume that you …