Designs By Nick the Geek

Genesis Based WordPress Development and Tutorials for Everyone

WordPress Security

WordPress Security

However, even the best theme cannot make up for security holes left in WordPress by unwary users. Genesis is a great theme framework and the code is continually checked by professionals and community members alike for any security holes which are repaired with an update to the Genesis Parent Theme. This is one of the great reasons to make proper … [Read more...]

WordPress Theme CSS with FireBug

I am working on creating several online events to easily present interactive "how to" experiences for individuals of any skill level. This is what you might call beta testing at this point, so the events are free. I do ask that you participate in two surveys to help make these classes better for everyone. During the beta testing I will be trying … [Read more...]

Genesis Style Select

I am working on a plugin to make it easier to change style sheets in the Genesis child themes. Currently AgentPress is the only theme that offers additional color options via the style sheets, but other themes may be added that support multiple style sheets, or new color sheets might be made available for the existing themes. Prior to this … [Read more...]

WordPress Basics

This will be my first webinar on WordPress. I am working on creating several online events to easily present interactive "how to" experiences for individuals of any skill level. This is what you might call beta testing at this point, so the events are free. I do ask that you participate in a follow-up survey to help make these classes better for … [Read more...]

My Experience As…

My first experience with editing a theme for WordPress was on my own blog. I modified two different themes before I settled on the one I currently have. I learned that you can get some really nice themes for free, but I also learned that the best free themes tend to be pretty popular. Since I want my blog to be unique, like me, I opted to make some … [Read more...]

Debut Design Designation

Seeing as this is the very first post in my design blog I though I should start things out right with some alliteration. It took a while to find a word that worked, and quite frankly it is a little forced, but I think it is much closer than "article" or "post" would have been. I want to share a small bit about myself in this initial post. I have … [Read more...]