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Updating a WordPress Theme from Themeforest
Quite often I get asked “How do I update my theme?” and for a while I’ve been linking to outside resources, so I thought it’s best if I wrote something up on this. It goes without saying that you...
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I Won a Community Superstar Award
I’m not sure if it’s a badge of honour, or a badge saying that I procrastinate too much, but I recently was announced a “community superstar” over there on Envato. Read all about it here:...
View ArticleSeparating WordPress From The Theme
Often I’ll receive theme questions that are actually to do with WordPress itself, I’m writing this short post to reinforce that WordPress and a Theme are two separate entities. In my support system I...
View ArticleThings to Check Before Leaving a Support Ticket
Thanks for visiting TommusRhodus support, we look forward to helping you – however before submitting a ticket, we do ask you ensure you have performed a few basic checks. These will most likely resolve...
View ArticleWordPress’ Known Quirks
Sometimes when we’re making a theme we have to deal with some of the known “quirks” of WordPress, these may manifest themselves in several different ways within your theme or plugin and may appear as...
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Tweaking your theme with CSS and Developer Tools
Sometimes when working with our themes, you may wish to tweak something which is not controlled with the theme options (such as navigation colours, heading sizes and so on). This is where you can...
View ArticleI’m at WordCamp London!
I’ve left this far too late, but I’m currently at WordCamp London! If you see me, come and say hi, I’m easy to spot and you’ll see my picture on our about page if you need any further confirmation it’s...
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Speeding Up WordPress
Page loading speeds may not be the most glamorous subject, but if you want your site to reach its full potential its something you must have as a priority. Since Google decided to add page speed into...
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Featured Site of the Month – 4Di Capital
Whilst providing our highly-regarded support to our users, Im often presented with some excellent sites that have been created using our themes, so much so, that I have decided to begin a new series of...
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Instragram API Update
We have recently introduced a new option to certain themes which utilize the wonderful Instragram API which affected the following themes: Foundry Union LaunchKit Machine Meetup Pivot The reason behind...
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The Best Free Resources for Your Website
High quality images and videos can really help your site stand out from the crowd, and although there are plenty of excellent digital stock sites such as PhotoDune and VideoHive – if your budget cannot...
View ArticleSecuring WordPress
With the rise or WordPress as the platform of choice for 100s of new sites each day, is crucial that you take steps to hard your WordPress installations from the seedy-underbelly of the internet trying...
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Featured Site of the Month – Connect by The Black Tomato Agency
Whilst providing our highly-regarded support to our users, Im often presented with some excellent sites that have been created using our themes, so much so, that I have decided to begin a new series of...
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Tweaking WordPress without Host/FTP Details
From time to time, you may find yourself in a position where you need to edit a themes js file, but you have no FTP details or access to the cpanel/file manager – or perhaps your simply want to make...
View ArticleBoost Your Sites SEO
There are many aspects of a web site which affect how well its optimized and how well it ranks in your search results, and whilst WordPress (and our well-coded themes) give you a fantastic and solid...
View ArticleWP Basics – How To Install WordPress
In this post I hope to provide you with detailed instructions on how to install WordPress on your server. Although most hosts now offer easy installation through scripts such as Softalucous or...
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WP Basics – How to Install Plugins
When working with WordPress, part of the appeal of the platform comes from the unparalleled extendibility offered by the wonderful range of plugins available. This post will show you how to install...
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WP Basics – Setting Up a Backup/Restore System
Having a good backup solution in place should be paramount for any website, after all there are so many things which could occur which bring your site out of action – it makes sense to have a fall-back...
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WP Basics – The World Of Child Themes
Sometimes when your using a theme, you may need to tweak, alter or extended the theme in anyway possible. Whilst the brave out there may just dive straight into the code and start ripping things up,...
View ArticleWP Basics – WordPress Settings Overview : General Settings
In this post we will take a dive through the Settings area of your WordPress admin area. For some this is a rarly visited zone of confusion, so we are going to explorer what options are available here,...
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