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Car Dealership Website Design That Drives Sales
The Ultimate Guide to Automotive Website Design for Dealerships Is your dealership website just a digital brochure — or is it your best-performing salesperson? In today’s hyper-competitive automotive market, a templated site simply won’t cut it. Shoppers expect Amazon-level convenience, Netflix-style personalisation, and Google-grade speed. If your online presence isn’t converting browsers into buyers, you’re … Read more
How to Use AI: Practical Guide to ChatGPT & Advanced AI Tools
Beyond the Chatbot: Mastering Large Language Models for Everyday Impact Have you ever found yourself chatting with an AI like ChatGPT, marveling at its ability to generate text, answer questions, or even write poetry, only to wonder if you’re truly tapping into its full potential? Perhaps you’ve been frustrated when it seems to "forget" earlier … Read more
Unlock Powerful Carousels in GeneratePress: Convert Any Grid, Looper, or Container into an Interactive Slider!
Carousels and sliders are excellent ways to enhance your website’s visual appeal and interactivity. Whether showcasing testimonials, client logos, or recent blog posts, sliders make it easy for visitors to explore content efficiently. If you’re using GeneratePress and GenerateBlocks, transforming existing block layouts into interactive carousels is surprisingly straightforward. This guide walks you through setting … Read more
How to Add Min and Max Dropdown Filters in FacetWP Using fSelect and a Custom Indexer
Filtering listings by price (or any numeric field) is a common requirement in modern WordPress sites—especially for car dealerships, real estate listings, or product catalogs. FacetWP offers several facet types (such as range_list, slider, and fSelect) to help you filter by numeric ranges. However, in some cases, site owners need a dropdown UI for selecting … Read more
How to Vibe Code Effectively as a Designer
Vibe coding is changing how software is built. It’s not about meticulously crafting every line of code—it’s about letting AI do the heavy lifting while you guide the direction. For designers, this unlocks a powerful opportunity: instead of handing off your ideas, you can help bring them to life directly. You don’t need to be … Read more
Rebuilding with Intent: A Technical Journey to Performance and Flexibility
When a Rebuild Isn’t a Redesign We were tasked with rebuilding a client’s site—not redesigning, not rebranding, but faithfully recreating it on a better, faster platform. The goal: preserve the existing design while improving performance, maintainability, scalability, and crucially, optimising for mobile responsiveness. We chose a modern block-based stack: GeneratePress paired with GenerateBlocks. This setup … Read more
FacetWP AJAX Filter Ignoring User Role – How to Restrict Posts Properly
Introduction: FacetWP is a powerful tool for creating dynamic, AJAX-powered content filters on WordPress sites. However, you might encounter a common issue: user-based post restrictions disappear when filters are applied through AJAX, causing all posts to appear regardless of your initial constraints. This issue can significantly impact sites that rely heavily on user roles or … Read more
Hide Admin Menu Access by User Role in WordPress
Managing the WordPress admin interface for different user roles can significantly improve usability and security—especially in large organizations, multisite environments, or client-facing backends. While WordPress offers basic role capabilities, programmatic control over the admin menu gives you granular access control tailored to real-world workflows. In this article, we’ll walk through how to dynamically hide menu … Read more
Building a Dynamic Image Workflow API with Node.js and Sharp
In this guide, we’ll build a dynamic image processing API using Node.js and Sharp. This API will be capable of resizing, cropping, and adding custom branding elements (e.g., headers and footers) to images, ensuring they meet a consistent, standardized output format. Sharp, known for its speed and low memory usage, makes it an excellent choice … Read more
How to Programmatically Set SEO Titles and Descriptions for Archive Pages in WordPress
Managing SEO metadata like titles and descriptions is a critical part of optimizing your WordPress site for search engines. While plugins like Yoast SEO offer user-friendly interfaces for this, advanced implementations—especially in multisite or custom post type setups—can benefit significantly from programmatic control. In this article, we’ll walk through how to programmatically manage SEO titles … Read more