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Sometimes you need to make a site private. Maybe you have a private blog that you only want family to access. Or maybe you want to have a client site that accessible only to that client. Here’s how to password protect a WordPress site. 1. Download and install the Password Protected plugin. 2. Navigate to Settings > … continue reading

Have you ever shared your website on Facebook, only to be faced with a less than suitable thumbnail? Wouldn’t it be great if you could display a custom thumbnail that is perfectly branded and sized to fit? Luckily you can! Here’s how to change your site’s thumbnail on Facebook: Install WordPress SEO by Yoast If … continue reading

If you hover over any of the images in my blog posts you’ll notice that the opacity changes. Now while my jQuery Pin It Button plugin is responsible for that, you can get the same effect with some CSS. Here’s how to change the opacity of an image on hover. In your stylesheet, add the following … continue reading

Yesterday I shared how to integrate Twitter into your website to encourage people to share your content. One of those ways was to include Click to Tweet links throughout your posts. However, right out of the box, Click to Tweet links are kind of boring. Not to mention that they don’t blend in with your … continue reading

Sometimes you want to display an image as a circle rather than a rectangle or square, am I right? Now while you could use a program like Photoshop to manually mask the images, this can get time consuming. Not to mention downright impossible depending on the images you want to display as a circle, such as comment … continue reading

As a blogger or small business owner, you likely have a bunch of affiliate links that you like to use. The only problem? The links are a series of random characters a mile long. Who can remember that? Luckily there are WordPress plugins out there that can help you create easy to remember affiliate links, … continue reading