In case you haven’t heard, WordPress 3.3 has changed the way admin menus are displayed. Instead of having optionally expandable menus WordPress 3.3 has turned them all into flyout menus. There is a debate in the WordPress community over whether or not this a good idea. Some people prefer the old layout. This is because users previously had the choice to decide which menu items they wanted to expand. Now that option is no longer available and in certain situations,…
Continue Reading »How to track 404 pages and redirect them in WordPress
It can be a challenge to move your website from one location to another if you don’t know what to do with your links. Just recently we talked about how you can update your URLs using the Velvet Blues Plugin for WordPress. But what if people try to access a page on your site through your old URL? Today we are going to show you how to redirect broken URLs to your new URL. The best part about is that…
Continue Reading »How to Add Pre-Publish Reminders in WordPress
Sometimes you just have so much on your mind that you might find yourself forgetting to add post thumbnails, insert a signature, or just modify your post somehow. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a way you can set pre-publish reminders for WordPress posts? Well in this article, we will show you how to add a list of pre-publish reminders for your WordPress posts in the admin panel. This neat feature can be great for multi-author blogs as well…
Continue Reading »How to Update URLs When Moving Your WordPress Site
If you have ever had to move your site from one location to another you know how painful it is to go back and rewrite every link and URL to point to the new location. The Velvet Blues Plugin for WordPress will do exactly that. It allows you to input your new website URL and then it automatically updates every link in your blog. To get started, first you want to download the Velvet Blues Plugin. Once you have activated…
Continue Reading »How to Add Custom Menu Images in WordPress
We have already shown you how to add custom navigation menus and how to style navigation menus in WordPress themes. In the styling article, we covered how you can add background images to each menu item by using classes. Well if you don’t want to got that route, then we have another solution for you. In this article, we are going to show you how to add custom menu image to each WordPress menu item using a plugin. First thing…
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