WordPress 2.8 is Available! (and my list of plug-ins that don't like it)
WordPress 2.8 has hit the streets, folks, and there are some serious goodies awaiting you! WordPress 2.8 Highlights * Theme Browser and Installer * Ability to add Custom Headers * New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new Widgets API * New ways to customize dashboard widgets * Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin [...]
Continue reading »Let Your RSS Subscribers Choose: Full Text or Summary?
WordPress automatically sets up two feeds for you: your posts feed and your comments feed. You have a choice on the posts feed to publish the full text of your post, or a summary. Which do you choose? Some of your readers may prefer full text feeds, while others prefer a summary. So which group [...]
Continue reading »Slow Down the Content Scrapers with the FeedEntryHeader Plugin
You work hard on your content, and it’s really disheartening to see that someone else has stolen it and published it on their site. But, what can you do about it? These lazy bloggers who steal content from other sites are called scrapers, and they most commonly get your content through your RSS feed and [...]
Continue reading »Clean Up Your WordPress Database with One Click
We’ve talked about why it’s important to degrag your hard drive regularly. The same is true for your WordPress database. MySQL is the type of database WordPress uses, and while it’s a great database, sometimes it doesn’t clean up after itself too well, and left unaddressed, you could end up with the same sort of [...]
Continue reading »Warning: You Look Desperate
Consider these scenarios: A friend introduces you to someone. First thing out of their mouth is, “Will you marry me?” You walk in a new restaurant. The owner greets you with, “Would you like dinner delivered to your home every night?” Crazy, right? What would you think? You don’t know the person your friend introduced [...]
Continue reading »Color Schemes for the 2.7 Dashboard
If you, like me, have a hard time with the two available color schemes for the WordPress 2.7 admin interface – take heart! Help is on the way.
Continue reading »How to Install New Plug-ins in WP 2.7
Whenever I run across a handy WordPress plug-in, I do my best to let you all know about it. Plug-ins provide extra functionality and in WordPress 2.7, they’re spectacularly easy to install. Here’s a mini-tutorial on how to go about it.
Continue reading »Measure Your Blog’s Success
Do you wonder sometimes if your blog/site is making any progress? It takes time to build traffic and in the beginning, it can feel like no one is paying any attention. If that’s where you’re at – take heart, it gets better! If you’ve been at it awhile, but still feel like you’re kinda flyin’ blind, then it’s time to start measuring your progress.
Continue reading »Save Paper, Ink and Mother Earth with the Eco-Safe Merit Badge Plugin
I hate filing papers. At the very thought, I’m transported back in time to the most horrific temp job I ever had: locked away in a window-less room full of filing cabinets tasked with filing purchase orders 8 hours a day. I lasted 2 days. Fast forward 20 years later, I store everything I possibly [...]
Continue reading »WordPress 2.7 – I'm Lovin' It!
I’m so jealous. WordPress 2.7 rolled out to WordPress.com users at 8pm EST Thursday night. I will be a happy girl come Wednesday the 10th when 2.7 is scheduled to be released for self-hosted installations. (It might even be before that!)
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