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
Here is a little tip to force WordPress to use clean permalinks for search results. Despite using pretty permalinks you may have noticed WordPress returns search results as yoursite.com/?s=SEARCHTERMS instead of yoursite.com/search/SEARCHTERMS. I'll show you how to achieve the latter. First of all, create a new file called search.php which contains the following, <?php header('Location: http://www.yoursite.com/search/'... continue reading
In my previous post I showed you how to easily add pullquotes to your WordPress blog by simply adding a new class to the existing blockquote. Now I'll show you a way to do it without manually adding class="mag" to every blockquote tag. We do it by adding a new button to the Text Editor Toolbar. Remember back in November when I showed you how to add a couple of buttons to the toolbar to automatically... continue reading
Although I prefer the minimalistic approach to web design there are some design features I've seen on other sites that I thought were kind of cool. For example, some of the big news and magazine sites make use of a styling technique called pullquotes. A pullquote is a little block of text that is highlighted in someway which adds an interesting dimension to a post. On most HTML-based sites it is accomplished... continue reading
Among the great new features introduced in WordPress 2.5 is the built-in support for Gravatars, or Globally Recognized Avatars. Global because once you sign up for a free account your email address is associated with the image you chose and will be automatically displayed on any web page that supports the feature. To enable this feature in WP 2.5 click on Settings > Discussion then scroll down to Avatars.... continue reading
