May
30th
2008
It’s spring here in the northern hemisphere — why not incorporate your WordPress blog into your spring-cleaning routine? Here are some ideas: Read more »
May
28th
2008
If you’ve changed post slugs, taxonomy slugs, or permalink structures, you likely created 404 pages (page-not-found URLs) along the way. These 404 pages certainly aren’t helpful for visitors who stumble across them and can increase your bounce rate. It can be a particular problem if search engines, pingbacks, and/or internal and external links are sending [...] Read more »
May
27th
2008
mdawaffe has posted some screenshots of the post revisions feature of WordPress 2.6. Very cool! Read more »
May
26th
2008
WordPress makes plugin deactivation simple enough — just go to the “Plugins” section, find the plugin, and then click “Deactivate.” But what if you want to get rid of a plugin for good? Here’s how: Read more »
May
23rd
2008
Say you just disabled a plugin, and now your WordPress blog’s front-end says “Fatal error: Call to undefined function.” Part of your site may even be missing. The problem is that your theme is calling on the plugin you deactivated. However, since that plugin is gone, the site displays an error and then stops rendering [...] Read more »
May
22nd
2008
Just a quick note to RSS readers that I’ve updated the WordPress 2.6 Features post several times now, so be sure to check it out if you haven’t been receiving the updates in your feedreader. Read more »
By John Lamansky
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May
22nd
2008
As reported in my updated WordPress 2.6 features list, support for Google Gears in the administrative back-end has been added to the WordPress Trunk (i.e. the current development version). According to the development ticket for the Google Gears patch: Read more »
May
21st
2008
Although WordPress 2.6 is still in the early alpha stages (as of this writing), you can still check out the unofficial WordPress 2.6 Demo Site and give some of the new features a whirl. Read more »
May
19th
2008
If you’re about to make a modification to your theme files that you aren’t sure about, it’s a good idea to backup your theme, especially if your theme is custom-made (i.e. you can’t just re-download it if something goes wrong), or if you have many other theme modifications you want to preserve. Here are two [...] Read more »
May
19th
2008
Weblog Tools Collection is running a WordPress Plugin Competition! I have several plugins I’m working on that I’m planning to submit. Stay tuned for more info on their releases. Read more »