I've used a number of themes on this site in recent times for one reason or another but one thing you can be sure of is I will tweak the heck out of whatever theme I'm using at the moment. Part of the fun of using a new theme is ripping it apart then putting it back together again after having put your own stamp on it. Some of the things I have done to this theme include creating images pulled from... continue reading
Quick, how well do you know your smilies? You know, those cute little faces that appear in posts and comments when you type in certain characters? Most people are aware of the more common ones such as : ) which will render a happy face or ; ) which gives you a wink or : ( which translates to a sad little face but did you know WordPress has a built-in library containing many more? The images are included... continue reading
I've written several posts on the topic of WordPress themes that contain encrypted code and why you should avoid them like the plague, the most recent being Say No To Encrypted Footers. It seems as if at least once a week someone in the forums posts a footer.php file belonging to one of these shitty themes. My usual response is to tell the person to dump the theme and find a real one from a reputable... continue reading
In a previous post entitled More on Quicktags I showed you how I added a few new quicktags to my post toolbar. Since I write quite a few how-tos on this site I needed a fast and easy way to include code in my posts. For instance, rather than manually type in < whenever I wanted to display a < or > to display a > I added a couple of buttons (quicktags) to the toolbar to do the job... continue reading
CommentLuv is a cool plugin that rewards your blog's readers by linking to their last blog post whenever they comment on one of your posts. I decided to give it a trial run on this site but immediately found an annoying little bug. Actually it's not really a bug just a spacing problem. I found the checkbox was nudged right up next to the graphic. Being somewhat of a perfectionist, sometimes to my detriment,... continue reading
