Transchild – Free Genesis Child Theme

I am proud to announce my very first free Genesis child theme. Releasing a WordPress theme to the public has been something that I’ve wanted to do for a very long time and I’m glad I’ve finally taken this step. The theme incorporates transparent elements and is a child theme for the Genesis Framework, hence the [...]

Sinatra – Free Genesis Child Theme

I am pleased to announce the release of Sinatra, a free Genesis child theme. This WordPress theme works on the Genesis Framework.

WordPress: Redirect Users After Log In

First, the code… Then, some explanation… For more information on this filter, read up on the login redirect filter. In short, this function sends administrators to the WordPress Dashboard after log in and everyone else to the homepage of the site. To send everyone else to a specific page on your site, replace the id [...]

Disable Directory Browsing with HostGator

option-indexes

How would you feel if someone could view the contents of all your directories which do not contain an index.html, index.php, or other index file? Personally, I feel like my privacy has been invaded. Time to shed some light. How’s your setup? Let’s test. From your browser’s address bar, navigate to a directory that you [...]

Empty Named Anchor Fix

named-anchor

While developing a WordPress theme recently, I tested it in Chrome, Firefox, and IE and everything worked as expected. Recently I noticed the named anchors were not working in Chrome. I narrowed the problem down to Chrome positioning the anchors on the screen at coordinates 0,0 probably because the elements were empty. Thanks to this [...]

Genesis Framework Snippets

This will become my personal snippet library for the Genesis Framework. Since it is a work in progress, here are some other resources for Genesis code snippets: http://dev.studiopress.com/sitemap http://www.billerickson.net/genesis-quick-tips/ http://gregrickaby.com/2011/02/add-remove-genesis-elements.html http://genesistutorials.com/snippets http://shaynesanderson.com/blog/2011/05/24/handy-genesis-functions/ http://wpsmith.net/category/tutorials/ http://www.briangardner.com/code/

Jon Acuff: a Man of His Word

In case you don’t know, Jon Acuff is a well-known blogger/author who is responsible for the popular blog and book, Stuff Christians Like and the book, Gazelles, Baby Steps And 37 Other Things Dave Ramsey Taught Me About Debt. Back last November he wrote a blog post, ‘Can I help you with your blog?‘, and I responded [...]

Redesign – March 2011

Josh Stauffer Redesign

A redesign for my blog was long overdue. I’ll continually be making tweaks and improvements but I am really pleased with how it came out. This design is a child theme for the Genesis Framework. I tried to add some flavor by incorporating some jQuery effects, CSS3 styles, the Google Font API, and some Genesis [...]

I’m with GoDaddy, BlueHost, HostGator!

In roughly six months time, I’ve managed to switch my web hosting from GoDaddy to BlueHost and have ultimately ended up with HostGator. Here are some thoughts concerning my journey. I hosted my websites with GoDaddy for several years before making my first hosting switch last September. At the time, I was satisfied with GoDaddy’s [...]

Genesis: How to Add an Additional Wrap

If you’ve ever looked at the Visual Markup Guide for the Genesis Framework, you may have noticed that all of the main sections contain a div that wraps around the inner markup except the the ‘inner’ section. To give you a general idea of the structure I am referring to, have a look at this: [...]