in the great white north
As I mentioned in my previous post Twitter Meets WordPress (where I reviewed the Twitter LiveBlog plugin) the thing I like most about WordPress is its open-source nature. It is because of this that some very talented plugin creators are able to extend some amazing functionality to the already outstanding piece of software that WordPress is. In ... Read More »
The thing I love most about WordPress is its open source nature. Anyone and everyone has access to the core code and can make improvements where they see fit. Even if you don't have commit access you can still contribute via the creation of themes and plugins. And plugins, or a plugin in this case, is the topic of this post. I have to admit I'm ... Read More »
If you're like most people you probably go through themes like you go through shirts. You find a theme you like, customize it and happily use it until you see something else you prefer and repeat the process all over again. While there is nothing wrong with this you may run into a little snag now and then. Let's assume you used Theme A which had ... Read More »
Back in December I wrote a post about some of the finest free magazine-style themes available for your WordPress powered site. (see WordPress Magazine Style Themes) Since a few of those themes have since either been updated or discontinued I thought it would be a good time to revisit this topic. I have also added a few more that I discovered along ... Read More »
Allowing your visitors to select a particular theme when viewing your blog is a cool feature. I'm unsure how popular it is as I have never used the option on sites that offer it but it's a neat feature nevertheless. So now you've decided you want to offer your visitors that functionality. You visit the WordPress plugin directory, find some theme ... Read More »
A cache is an integral part of a browser. It allows you to store a local copy of any website you visit so that it can be retrieved much faster the next time you visit. But there may be times when you want to ensure your visitors see the latest version of your site rather than a cached version. This can be important when carrying out minor tweaks to ... Read More »
Here is a little tip you can use to turn comments on/off at once site wide. Why do this? While it's true you can toggle comments on and off by navigating to Settings > Discussion this does not affect previous comments. In other words it is not retroactive and only affects comments from that point forward. Let's assume you have created a ... Read More »
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