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 development blog on a test site. Then you import some dummy... continue reading
Well it took most of the day but I finally finished my little project. For a long period of time I've slowly been shifting another site's focus from politics to WordPress. While I still enjoy and follow politics to a degree I have found writing about WordPress and giving back to the community a much more enjoyable and rewarding experience. It's a good feeling to know the little bits of information... continue reading
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
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
