In Defence of the WordPress Support Forum

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A number of posts have been popping up around the interwebs criticizing the support, or lack of, in the WordPress Support Forums. I won't link to these posts, not because I don't respect what the writers have to say but rather to avoid any potential flame wars. People who are as passionate about WordPress as I am tend ... Read More »

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Display List of Scheduled Posts

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Of the many cool features incorporated into WordPress one of the coolest has to be the ability to schedule posts for future publishing. This could come in handy if for example you are planning to be away for an extended period of time. You could write several entries beforehand then schedule them to be published at ... Read More »

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CSS Tooltips

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A tooltip is a block of information that appears when you hover over a link. It can be used to show extra information about the link a visitor is about to click. While the technique is normally achieved with javascript I'll show you how to do it with nothing but CSS and a little HTML. The first thing we need to do is ... Read More »

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Redirect Users To Front Page After Login

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A question that pops up in the forums from time to time and appeared again just the other day is how do I redirect users to the front page after they log in? In other words the admin didn't want his users being sent to the backend which is the WordPress default behaviour. I'm sure there are several plugins in the ... Read More »

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WordPress 2.7 Visual Concepts

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I don't know about anyone else but I really like the redesigned backend of WordPress. I find the current iteration much more functional while the colour scheme is subtle and pleasing. A number of GUIs were looked at before deciding to go with the current one but what of the others that didn't make it? Here is a look at ... Read More »

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