Have you ever written a post then hit the publish button only to discover you missed a typo? I've done it a few times even after proofreading my copy. Of course you can always edit the post but the problem is your RSS feed has already been published and sent out. You can't edit that and it will take some time for the caches of the various feed services to clear and reflect your edit. I'll show you... continue reading
We all know WordPress is arguably the best content management system out there and the recent release of 2.9.1 just reinforces that notion. The software has come a long way in a short time. Do any of you recall the earlier versions of WordPress? At the time it was state of the art but compare it to today's incarnation and you'll see just how far it has come. In the spirit of nostalgia I decided to... continue reading
A question I've seen from time to time is how do I disable my RSS feed? The answer is surprisingly easy. But before I get to that you may be wondering why someone would want to do that. There could be any number of reasons such as you're using WordPress as a CMS with basically static content rather than a blog with dynamic content. In this case a feed wouldn't really serve a purpose. Perhaps you're... continue reading
In December of '08 and March of '09 I blogged about some of the cooler magazine-style themes I had seen for WordPress. Since writing those 2 posts we've seen the arrival of many more such themes which means once again I'll revisit this topic very soon. But this post is not about magazine-style themes. We all know what a parked domain is, right? For the newbie blogger let me explain. You have an idea... continue reading
When you log in to your WordPress blog you are automatically redirected to the Dashboard area - an area displaying various widgets, each containing useful information such as Right Now, Recent Comments and Incoming Links to name a few. What if you wanted to disable some or all of them? One option is to click the Screen Options button at the top of the page which reveals all available dashboard widgets,... continue reading
