Tag Archive: WordPress

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WordPress Online Business Giveaway

The folks over at WP Pro Business are running an insane giveaway of WordPress-based online business products. Some of the stuff up for grabs include.. Gravity Forms licenses WPMUDEV Memberships BackupBuddy licences Wishlist Member licenses Standard Theme Marketeer Theme and more! The total value of the giveaway is over $9,000! Like I said – insane….

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[Published] Take 5 Minutes to Make WordPress 10 Times More Secure

ProBlogger.net published my guest post today. Guess that officially makes me a professional blogger

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Custom size featured image thumbnail with fallback in WordPress

Occasionally you may need to display featured images in sizes other than WordPress’ default thumbnail, medium and large sizes. That’s quite easily solved with the add_image_size() and the_post_thumbnail() functions. Unfortunately, there are still 2 problems to be solved: Some posts may not have images at all, or the author forgets to attach a featured image Previous…

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How to make WordPress bulletproof for clients

This was the topic of the talk I presented at WordConf Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2011.

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More robust footer widget areas for Headway

I recently got an email from a reader who wanted to know how I implemented my footer widget areas, and seen some similar requests in the Headway forums. With Headway, you can flip your widget areas horizontally to make a widgetized footer but it works best when you only have 3-4 widgets in them. I…

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Why Jetpack really packs a punch – the future of WordPress and why you may not like it much (if you’re a premium developer or service provider)

Last week, Automattic announced Jetpack, a bundle of plugins that will bring the hosted WordPress.com features into self-hosted WordPress blogs. On the surface it sounds like a great addition to the WordPress platform, but James from WPMU.org points out some far reaching implications.

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How to create your own Twitpic-like site

@xescx explains a useful tip on how to roll your own Twitpic service with WordPress.

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Solved: Cufon text not refreshing on jQuery UI Tabs

Today I was working on a project that: Made use of jQuery UI Tabs through the WordPress Post Tabs plugin Uses custom fonts for the tabs via Cufon Requires tab font to change color when selected

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Create a WordPress tumblog with Headway and WooTumblog

Recently I launched a redesign of my personal blog (blogjunkie.net) which essentially turned it into a tumblog. I achieved the look and functionality with the Headway theme and the WooTumblog plugin. I received a few questions about the redesign so here is a tutorial on how you can do the same with your Headway blog.

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Bulletproof domain redirection for CPanel Add-On domains

The simple way of domain redirection doesn’t work as well for websites that are add-on domains in CPanel environments. This article shows you how to create bulletproof redirects that will work, even for add-on websites.

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