Zack Katz is the founder of GravityKit and TrustedLogin. He lives in Leverett, Massachusetts with his wife Juniper.
I recently discovered that FDA Warnings have been unwittingly adding value to the very websites and products they are trying to warn about. What does this mean in the context of Google’s new negative review algorithm? Google has been working on de-valuing bad reviews… There has been lots of press over the NY Times article exposing […]
Download the plugin from WordPress.org Shopify is a great hosted eCommerce provider. WordPress is the best blogging platform. I first learned about Shopify in 2007, and was very interested in their service: they take care of every aspect of an eCommerce shop, and you pay them monthly plus a little cut of your sales. Themes: […]
Much cleaner. One static and unchanging JS file to cache. Parameters get put into your HTML itself as a one-liner. You can deal with the parameters using a normal PHP array before passing them over. No need to screw around with generating Javascript from PHP or looking for wp-load or even messing with tricky actions. […]
Coding better WordPress plugins As I’ve worked with WordPress plugins, I’ve learned new ways of working with WordPress. WordPress has tons of built-in functionality that is very useful and easy to use once discovered. I am by no means a great PHP coder. I am still learning OOP principles and how to write code better. […]
Embed EasyVideoPlayer videos to WordPress Finally add videos inside your WordPress content without the hassle! Download the plugin from WordPress.org It’s been hard — and very technical — to embed EVP videos inside WordPress content…until now. The EVP plugin for WordPress changes everything – it is now simple to add EVP videos to your content.
Download the plugin at WordPress.org For plugin support, please visit the support forum. Show lottery results from all 43 states with lotteries Choose which games you want to display Choose from different lotto results layouts Embed results in your content using the lottery] shortcode. The widget automatically gets updated results every 6 hours, then they are […]
By default, WordPress menus don’t have the ability to add “nofollow” to the link items…but WordPress 3.0+ has the functionality built in. This tutorial will show you how to add nofollow to specific items using the new wp_nav_menu() function.
This should be tagged as “Dangerously Powerful” At the bottom of this article is a downloadcontaining detailed per-lead pricing for hundreds of industries. When trying to create niche websites, research is very important. You need to ask the following questions: What are the most profitable industries? How much can I make or should I charge […]
Get the latest ski/snowboarding conditions from your favorite area or mountain using the Snow Report WordPress plugin. The plugin uses the OnTheSnow.com website’s data feeds that provide the most accurate, up to date information available.
This is the official plugin support page for the Wunderground plugin. Download it now from WordPress.org. Do you need plugin support or have comments? For information on how to use the Wunderground plugin, please view the plugin page.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way. What’ll it be? The WordPress form plugin Gravity Forms (if you don’t use it, you should — it’s great) comes with a stylesheet found at [plugin-directory]/plugins/gravityforms/css/forms.css. SEODenver.com’s is found here. If you want to turn off styles for Gravity Forms, there are a few […]
WordPress.org plugin page layout change likely for usability A couple of weeks ago, WordPress.org changed the layout of their plugins directory plugin pages. The update was likely to improve usability for users trying to determine whether a plugin is trustworthy and what it does. I believe the re-arranging of the page has achieved those goals. […]
The Gravity Forms plugin has recently updated to Version 1.4, and it adds a bunch of features. The one I am most excited about is Ajax submission – this means that the form no longer requires a page reload to display errors and to submit. This brings the plugin in line with Contact Form 7 […]
Google Base updates their guidelines faster than Interspire updates its Shopping Cart. Upon launching the new MakeUpMania.com website, I discovered that the XML feed that Interspire generates for Google Base is not properly structured. There were many hits and misses before making the modifications necessary to get the feed approved. Fixing the generated feed Below […]
Integrate Interspire or BigCommerce with your WordPress website You want to spend your time writing the best content, not hunting for the link for the product you’re blogging about. This plugin is simple to set up, and powerful. If you use WordPress and Interspire or BigCommerce, it’s a must have. For for information, check out […]
Download all the great patterns in one place. Squidfingers.com has the best source of free patterns out there, and has been used by thousands of web designers. Unfortunately, however, you have to download patterns one at a time. With 158 patterns, this can take a while. I have compiled all the Squidfingers.com patterns into one […]
Interspire Shopping Cart admins need to preview products before they go live. Yep, we’re talking about Interspire once again today. The Interspire Shopping Cart doesn’t allow you to preview products that you are editing without making the product live in the store. This is plain silly; it’s vital for store owners to make sure their […]
“Customers Also Purchased” should be on the cart page, right? The Interspire Shopping Cart has a “Customers Also Bought” feature, but for some reason, they didn’t think to make it functional on the cart page — one of the most useful (and obvious) places to have the feature. This modification will allow you to place […]
Google + slow loading = not worth having background images. In trying to keep their homepage as minimal as possible, in December Google switched to fading in the home page links only on an event: moving your mouse or tabbing out of the search box. This was fine when the home page was only white, […]
If you’re used to WordPress’ body_class() function, this post for you. Working with WordPress, it’s easy to get accustomed to some of its nice features, like the body_class() function introduced in WP 2.8. When working with Interspire Shopping Cart, I wanted the same level of information added to the page’s <body> tag.
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