Technical Tips

Welcome to Cornerstone Quick Tips — your one stop shop for learning the ins and outs of the most advanced builder in WordPress! In Technical Tips we're going to show you how to take advantage of the more "under the hood" features available in Cornerstone. Ready to build better websites? Go Pro.

Let's begin with one of our favorites. Did you know that conditional logic is the secret to creating highly personalized and highly dynamic experiences on your website.

In today's tutorial, we're going to show you how to get started using this incredibley deep feature and a few of the best tips and practices for using conditional logic in WordPress.

Cornerstone isn't just any website builder, and Parameters aren't just any feature. Did you know that you can take any shortcode from any tool and use it to create your own native integration in Cornerstone?

This power-user feature is available thanks to our Element Parameters, and we're going to show you exactly how to get started in this tutorial. The sky is truly the limit once you understand how everything works!

Customizing how you format date and time can help tailor content in some really creative ways, and Cornerstone gives you multiple options to do this. In today's tutorial, we're going to show you how to do so with dynamic content (and a little PHP on the side).

Don't worry though, it's super simple once you see how it all works and is yet another example of the depth offered in Cornerstone for building truly custom experiences.

Did you know you can use Cornerstone's Conditional Logic feature to create your very own on-the-fly versioning system? Test new changes, show a client a proposal, or do any number of other conditonal changes using this powerful feature.

Let's continue showcasing the power of Custom Attributes by showing you how easy it is to add Aria Labels to any Element on your page in Cornerstone.

There are a lot of accessibility features out of the box in CS, and this is yet another example of the fine tuning you can do with the most advanced website builder in WordPress.

3x2. 16x9. 4x3. Working with multiple aspect ratios can be a real challenge when building webistes (but thanks to Cornerstone — it doesn't have to be)! Discover how to re-use aspect ratios of different sizes throghout your site both quickly and easily. This will not only speed up your own site building, it is especially helpful when you are setting up new layouts or content that will be managed by other people using user permissions.

If you've ever found yourself wanting to know if you can use Cornerstone's native responsive controls for Components and Parameters, the answer is a resounding yes! Discover how to bring responsive magic to your custom Components and Parameters.

WordPress gives you numerous settings which are great for more simple sites and builds. But what if you find yourself needing to customize, say, the number of items output on a page, post or custom post type — what are you to do? Watch this helpful video and discover how Cornerstone's Layout Builder plus a little PHP code (provided) can give you the bespoke solution you need!