Archive for March 2010

HowTo: Make DHTML dropdown menus appear over embedded Flash videos in WordPress

Is your DHTML dropdown menu appearing behind your embedding Flash video on your WordPress blog? Watch this screencast to see the easy fix.

HowTo: Embed Screencast.com Videos in WordPress blog posts

Watch this video to how to embed your Screencast.com videos in a WordPress blog post:

HowTo: Manage Content on TheSewingMachineProject.org

These videos show you how to manage content on the new redesign for TheSewingMachineProject.org: 1) Working with the main menu and page titles 2) How to build and add a new form 3) How to work with the right sidebar (or how to edit the “What’s New” widget) 4) How to add a CSS frame [...]

HowTo: Add a new photo gallery to FeedYourFaith.org

Watch this video to see how to add a new photo gallery to FeedYourFaith.org:

HowTo: Configure the new KnoxTenYearPlan.org Theme

A quick how-to for setting up the new KnoxTenYearPlan.org theme:

HowTo: Add a new product to WomenGettingReal.com

Here’s how to add a product to the WGR website (currently this process is a little kludgey, we’ll be fixing this in a future iteration of the site):

HowTo: Save a website’s background image to your hard drive

Here’s a quick and easy way to grab a website’s background image and save it to your hard drive (hint: this tip works in Mozilla Firefox):

Example of editing text in WordPress

In response to a client question, I recorded this screencast to show how to edit some text in a WordPress post. It’s a great example of working with the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor in WordPress:

Working with the Site Footer on Medinteract.com

The footer on the Medinteract.com website is widgetized. This means you can control its content under “Appearance > Widgets” in the WordPress admin. Watch this screencast to see how: