Add Featured Image to WordPress RSS with functions.php
I was configuring an Aweber email list to create and send a newsletter automatically from a WordPress RSS feed each time a new post was published. The problem is that while the images within a post are included in a full RSS feed, the featured image is not. There are plugins that can add this functionality, but I avoid using plugins whenever possible to keep my clients’ websites lean and running fast, so I whipped up this PHP code that you can simply paste into…
Dark Business Card Design
I’m a huge fan of beautiful graphic design, whether it’s my own work or that of another talented designer. When I find work that I’m impressed by, I’m more than happy to share the love, so I’ve compiled a collection of nearly one hundred beautifully designed dark business cards for your viewing pleasure. In my opinion, there’s something particularly beautiful about a dark business card; it seems to exude class and luxury—sort of how the American Express Black Card did before they started handing them…
5 WordPress Plugins I Can’t Live Without
I LOVE WordPress. It’s powerful enough to run the worlds largest websites, it’s incredibly easy to use, and it provides functionality that in the past would have been cost prohibitive for small businesses. However, it can’t do everything on its own—that’s where plugins come in. At the time of this writing, there are 24,708 plugins in the WordPress Plugin Directory, allowing you to add almost any functionality you could ever imagine. I’ve been using WordPress for about eight years, and throughout that time, I’ve realized…
A Tiger Doesn’t Change its Stripes
I was subjected to a seemingly endless barrage of poorly written radio ads while losing yet another battle with insomnia last night. Lawyers, it seems, are the worst culprits because I’ve heard dozens of similar ads from other lawyers over the years. It goes something like this: I’ve spent the last 20 years fighting for the biggest, nastiest companies, but now I fight for people like you. Really? You spent two decades helping giant Fortune 500 companies trample over individuals and you suddenly decided that…
Use Functions.php to Tailor Amazon Affiliate Links
If you use Amazon’s affiliate program, and you should, then you’ve noticed that unlike most other affiliate programs, you don’t have many options when it comes to creating your links. Sure, you can edit the code they provide to add additional attributes on your own, but those little bits of work add up fast. I like to add the rel=”nofollow” attribute to my Amazon affiliate links so they aren’t counted by the search engines, and while it is falling out of favor with some standards-obsessed…
