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Why the Answer “Google It” Isn’t Cutting It Anymore
Reading time: 2 minutesI love helping people out with WordPress. Sure, I don’t use the official channels like the forums or stack exchange, but I love helping out people on Twitter. I do lurk on the aforementioned services, though, and unfortunately have noticed that there’s a recurring trend that pops up from time to time that really bothers…
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Exclude Non-Standard Post Formats from the WordPress Post Count
Reading time: 4 minutesI’ve been diving into WordPress’ new post-formats lately, and was able to quickly implement some of the new features into the site. I’ve really taken hold of two post formats: statuses (like a facebook status or a tweet) and links (to non-studionashvegas news, mostly from the WordPress world). But, I got to thinking – these…
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Thursday Conversations: HTML5
Reading time: 2 minutesOne of the best new features of 3.1 – this brings Internal Linking to the forefront, allowing you to quickly link to old posts, pages, or other content types. Admin Bar Also super important – this adds a bar to any logged in user that has commonly used functions or actions within easy reach –…
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What’s New in WordPress 3.1
Reading time: 2 minutesWordPress 3.1, codename “Reinhardt”, released today to much fanfare and rejoicing to all. But what’s so special about the new version? Look no further: Internal Linking One of the best new features of 3.1 – this brings Internal Linking to the forefront, allowing you to quickly link to old posts, pages, or other content types.…
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Add a Buttonless Search Form in WordPress
Reading time: 1 minuteI love search forms. But sometimes, designs call for forms to be placed in a tight space to save room for other elements or where buttons may look out of place. If that’s the case, then you can add a special box that will allow users to search with the enter key (or the Done…
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WordPress in the A-T-L (Atlanta, Here I Come!)
Reading time: 1 minuteI’m exhausted after DNow weekend (6 middle schoolers staying at my house over the weekend) but had loads of fun. Now that it’s past, it’s time to switch back to WordPress mode and pack my stuff. Wednesday evening I’ll be in Atlanta, GA talking to all the awesome people at the WordPress User’s Group about…
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BlogInfo – One Tag with a Whole Lot of Awesomeness
Reading time: 1 minuteOne of the most versitile tags in my arsenal that WordPress gives me is a fun little tag called <?php bloginfo(); ?>. By itself, it’s not much fun, but when you add in a variable, it can tell you anything you need to know about your blog. Like what, you ask? name description admin_email url…
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Thursday Conversations: HTML5
Reading time: 1 minute(Yes, I inked and typed the above graphic – a little fun while I learn the ins and outs of inking digital graphics) I realize I forgot to do a Tuesday Conversation this week… so I’m moving it to today. I want to get your input on HTML5. More specifically, do you know what it…
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WordPress: The Ultimate Content Management System (CMS)
Reading time: 2 minutesFor years WordPress has been touted as the number one blogging platform. And without mistake – it is. But as we creep closer to WordPress 3.1 it’s nice to take a step back and see just how far its’ come. From winning the CMS Hall of Fame Award to the multiple thousands of plugins that…
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WordPress 3.0.5 is Released
Reading time: 1 minuteAnother security release – here’s what it fixes: Fix XSS bug: Properly encode title used in Quick/Bulk Edit, and offer additional sanitization to various fields. Affects users of the Author or Contributor role. (r17397, r17406, r17412) Fix XSS bug: Preserve tag escaping in the tags meta box. Affects users of the Author or Contributor role.…
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