Recently one of our users ran into the issue of having duplicate post while developing a custom theme. What he was trying to do was show the most recent post on the homepage, and then show a list of random posts in a separate loop on the same page. The issue was that the most recent post would sometime be duplicated in the random post loop. In this article, we will show you how to avoid duplicate post display when…
Continue Reading »Adding User-Submitted Content in Custom Post Types with Gravity Forms
Recently while working on a WordPress membership site, we found a need to rely on user-submitted content by our members. Gravity Forms has become our choice for all user-submitted content however Custom Post Types support is not yet added into the core. Luckily, there is a third-party (free add-on) that lets us extend the power of Gravity Forms to Custom Post Types. In this article, we will show you how to add user-submitted content in Custom Post Types with Gravity…
Continue Reading »How to Allow Users to Add Favorite Posts in WordPress
Have you ever wanted to create a personalized experience for your users on your WordPress site? One way of doing this is by allowing them to have a personalized library or favorite posts area. Recently, while working on a membership site for a client, we found a need to create “personalized library” of videos for the users. This way, they can watch them again and again. It also allowed us to show them personalized results on a custom user dashboard…
Continue Reading »How to Disable WordPress Admin Bar for All Users Except Administrators
Recently while working on a membership site, we had to create multiple level of users. We did not want the users to have access to the WP-Admin panel because it was not customized for their experience. Rather we had put everything necessary (such as edit profile page), user dashboard etc, on the front-end. While S2 Membership Plugin allowed for us to disable wp-admin access for all users except for admins, there was no option to disable the admin bar by…
Continue Reading »12 Business and Portfolio WordPress Themes by DX Themes for Only $17
Recently, we were notified about a great WordPress themes deal that is going on. DX Themes has partnered up with Mighty Deals to have a limited time deal on their WordPress themes. You can grab 12 Business and Portfolio WordPress Themes for only $17. That is a little over $1 per theme. Features include: Major browser support (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and IE7-9). Video tutorials covering questions from theme installation to advanced layout management. Drag and drop admin interface. You don’t…
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