How To ADD a PDF as an IMAGE to a Blog Post in WordPress September 23, 2019at 18:48 pm By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx Adding a PDF as an IMAGE to a Blog Post as a Featured Image in WordPress Step 1: If you have Photoshop or other image editing software, you should open the PDF by going to File in the menu navigation then OPEN. If you do not have software there are several free services available. Photopea.com is an excellent, FREE, online photo editor that closely emulates Photoshop which we will use below. Step 2: In Photopea.com in the top navigation go to FILE –> OPEN and then find the PDF that you would like to open. It will open and probably complain about fonts that you do not have. It will auto substitute fonts for you so that you can view the pdf. Step 3: Go to the top navigation and select IMAGE –> IMAGE SIZE and change if it is 1000px or less leave it and hit cancel. If it is over 1000px, change the width to 1000px and hit ok. I do this so that the image is not huge for viewers. Step 4: Select FILE –> EXPORT AS and select –> JPG. It will now download to your computer. Step 5: Go to your WordPress Post in the admin and select POSTS. Click on the post that you want to add the image too. On the bottom right hand side of the post it says FEATURED IMAGE. Select SET FEATURED IMAGE Step 6: Select UPLOAD and find the new downloaded image on your computer and upload it. It is good practice to add ALT text to the image once it uploads for SEO purposes. Select INSERT OR SET AS FEATURED IMAGE. Step 7: Select UPDATE on your post and you are finished. Your PDF has now been turned into an image and uploaded as the featured image on your WordPress Post.
Shopify Tutorial For Beginners Part 2 – Create An Online Shopify Store 2019 August 14, 2019at 20:08 pm By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx In this Shopify video tutorial, Part 2 of 2, I show you how to easily edit the backend of a Shopify Store using the default Debut Theme. Shopify is a great e-commerce platform with a robust set of features to have you selling your products/services in no time. You can sign up for a 14-day free trial of Shopify Here: https://shorturl.at/kKX17 Pros of using Shopify: – Quickly Start and Launch a Store – Thousands of FREE Apps to help you sell and run your store – Inexpensive if using free apps but can get expensive if you use a lot of paid apps. – Low Learning Curve – No Need for a Merchant Account – No Need for a Shipping Carrier Account – Easy to Add Apps, Change Themes and Update – Easily Add other Sales Channels (ie: Facebook, Instagram, etc.) – Easily Add a Buy Now Button onto an EXTERNAL website. (You can add a product button called BUY NOW to a website that is not hosted with Shopify but would process the checkout through Shopify Cons of using Shopify: – There is a 3 option limit for products. Example: If you sell t-shirts and have Size, Color, Material (you can add all kinds of variants to these options like small, medium, large, etc.) but Shopify has a 100 variant limit for these so you would need an app to extend the OPTIONS to get you past the 3 options threshold and the 100 variant threshold. – You use Shopify Payments, otherwise, if you use your own merchant account, then they add additional fee to your monthly plan plus you will pay a percentage to Shopify in addition to your existing Merchant Account and Gateway Fees. – If you add another Shipping Carrier (Shopify’s built-in carrier is USPS) if you add: FEDEX, UPS or other carrier there is an additional monthly fee approx $20 per month as of today’s date but this is cheaper than upgrading to the next plan on Shopify. – No direct access to the Shopify database without an app via Api – No direct backup mechanism without an app. You can export the products, customers and orders within Shopify but that is it. You would need an app to extend this functionality. If you need a Shopify Expert or just want ask some questions, please feel free to contact me at any of the links below. My Main Website: https://www.afterdarkgrafx.com ——————————————————————————–– MY TWITTER: Tweets by AfterDarkGrafx MY FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/afterdarkgrafx MY INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/afterdarkgrafx/ MY LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-byrne-755b9217/ I Use Quicktime Player To Record My Screencast Videos and edit them with: https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express (its free) You can sign up for a 14-day free trial of Shopify Here and Try it out as well as make sales before you even have to pay them their monthly fee: https://shorturl.at/kKX17 If you missed Part 1 of this series – Click Here Disclaimers: Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost or are direct links to my existing accounts.
AvenuRealtyGroup.com – WordPress Real Estate Website Design July 30, 2019at 18:39 pm By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx AvenuRealtyGroup.com – Real Estate For Sale in San Diego WordPress Website Design, WordPress Integration and Development. Although this website launched previously, we wanted to make an announcement for a new feature added to their website. Established in 2009, Avenu Realty Group specializes in servicing clients who are buying and selling property in Downtown San Diego and the greater San Diego area. The professionals at Avenu Realty Group are well versed in the uniqueness of Downtown San Diego. This insight enables us to serve our clients with a perspective that leads to anticipation of their every requirement. In short, we’ll provide everything you need before you even have to ask for it. Avenu Realty Group retained After Dark Grafx – San Diego Website Design in order to add IDX Real Estate Property Features to their website that would pull their existing listings, show sold listings, featured listings and the ability to search the MLS for properties in San Diego. They also wanted the ability to add their own listings to the website in addition to what was being pulled from the MLS listings. There isn’t an “out-of-the-box” solution for this type of feature, so Avenu Realty Group contacted After Dark Grafx to complete the task. “Just so impressed with After Dark Grafx. I am a busy professional, I needed some quick answers without the tech speak and they were the solution. I gave them the content and the access and they implemented my needs without much discussion. Do they read minds? YES! Thank you – great job and always a quick response” – Franchesca – Avenu Realty Group If you are looking for a new, affordable website design company, then contact us here. We offer website maintenance, search engine optimization and “My WordPress Was Hacked” services.
Shopify Setup Help April 26, 2018at 01:49 am By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx Shopify Setup Help After Dark Grafx offers Shopify Setup Help, Shopify Design, Shopify Theme Integrations, Custom Shopify Development and Integrations. Do you only need help with setting up Shopify? No problem. We can help. We can setup payments, entire backend, account, shipping, collections, products, navigation, payment and more… The team at After Dark Grafx is well versed in Shopify. Do you need to add products to Shopify manually or import thousands of products to Shopify, we can help. We specialize in Shopify and Shopify updates. Migrate to Shopify for another Ecommerce Platform: Migrating to Shopify is easier than you think. We can migrate your site away from most shopping carts or integrate your existing website to use Shopify for your shopping cart. Contact us for details on migrating over to Shopify. Our Shopify migration services are fast and easy. We are Shopify Experts. So, please call or email us today with your questions or to start a new project. Questions? Contact Us Today for a FREE QUOTE! Call Toll Free 1-888-578-8300 or (619) 702-7377