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. Admin Bar Also super important – this adds a bar to any logged in user that has commonly used functions or actions within easy reach – I love the fact that I can edit the…
WordPress 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. Admin Bar Also super important – this adds a…
I 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 key on the iPhone). Here’s the code: <form method="get"…
I’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 WordPress. You should come. http://www.meetup.com/wordpress-atlanta/events/15851994/
One 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 wpurl stylesheet_directory stylesheet_url template_directory template_url atom_url rss_url pingback_url rdf_url…
(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 is, do you care what it is, and what…
For 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 extend its functionality, the WordPress core has made the…
Another 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. (r17401) Fix potential information disclosure of posts through the…
If you’re going to be at #recreate11 this year (held tomorrow – Thursday at Rolling Hills, please don’t hesitate to stop and say hello. I know I’m not a worship pastor or creative arts director, but immersing yourself with creative people is a good way to recharge creative batteries and network with like minded people. So, I’ll see you there!
I had a few people ask me yesterday how I was able to separate the styles on my blog into normal posts and the “asides” post – news from WordPress, etc. It’s not hard, so I thought I would share it with you. First off, you need to make sure that your posts have the dynamic categories that can be assigned by WordPress. This…