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How to Generate a Properly Formatted Resume in PDF Format From Your Linkedin Profile

I wanted my resume in PDF format and went to Linkedin’s Resume Builder only to realize that it strips out spaces between paragraphs. What I have: What I get: Not only are spaces between paragraphs missing in preview, they do…

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How to Get Started With WordPress

I get often asked as to how to get started with making a living in the field of WordPress. In this article I am going to provide links to resources (mostly videos – all free) that are prerequisites if you…

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2013-05-04 22-02-25

Why I Stopped Using Pods

Pods is a advanced CPT (Custom Post Types) creator for WordPress. It provides the choice of creating either a standard WordPress CPT or a Advanced Content Type (Pods specific). With very little user-friendly documentation on how to make use of…

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Using Loopbuddy to Show a Page’s Featured Image in a Widget

Output: 1) 2) 3) In Fondation Blank’s functions.php: 4) 5) 6) Add the following at the end of child theme’s style.css (WP dashboard -> Appearance -> Editor):

2013-03-04 17-54-45

How to Set up a Custom Date Field And Order Posts by This Field’s Value

In one of the recent WordPress customization tasks I took up, the requirement was for the user to be able to enter a date in the format of yyyymmdd (Ex.: 18760310) which should appear below the post titles as: “Friday,…

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2013-02-21 14-29-59

How to Show a Custom Field’s Value at The Top of Every Post or Page in Genesis

A user on Genesis forum wanted to know a way to have a video whose embed code has been entered in a meta box of a Post/Page to show above that Post/Page’s content. 1) Install Advanced Custom Fields plugin. 2)…

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