In December of last year I wrote a post about certain WordPress themes containing encrypted or obfuscated code. Thanks to a recent post in the forums I thought it would be a good idea to once again touch upon the topic. There are a growing number of unofficial WordPress theme galleries popping up all over the web. New ones appear every day. While many of these sites are harmless a large number of them... continue reading
As I mentioned in a previous post the popularity of magazine-style themes appears to be growing by leaps and bounds. And for good reason. The main advantage of this type of theme is the layout. A blogmaster can display his content in various blocks throughout the page as opposed to the standard blog format which displays content in chronological order. So I thought I would showcase (in alphabetical... continue reading
I've been messing around with WordPress 2.6 on a local install for quite some time and must say I really like it. The folks in the forums that have been complaining about the missing "Press It" feature will be happy to hear it has made a return. While trying to keep current with the wp-testers mailing list I noticed a user reported the presence of a cool Easter Egg. Of course I had to check this out... continue reading
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Unless you've been living under a rock these last few weeks you know all about Tung Do (aka Small Potato) and the sale of his website wpdesigner.com to Miami entrepreneur Pawel Ciszewski. While the figure being thrown about is $65K and change, some sources claim it to be much less. Whatever SP sold his site for is irrelevant and none of our business. Lest anyone get the... continue reading
Since I've been helping out in the WordPress Support Forums for the last year I've noticed numerous threads about some common error messages encountered by various bloggers. I'm going to highlight 2 such messages and show you how easy they are to correct. Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /path/blog/wp-config.php:34) in /path/blog/wp-login.php on... continue reading
