Archive for the "WordPress" Tag

I recently made some changes to my web site to try to speed up the loading time of my pages. After installing loads of WordPress plugins and other social networking widgets, my web site loading time became rather slow because of all the extra CSS and Javascript code that came… Read more…

I recently did an export of most of the posts of my internet marketing blog to this blog. It was quite simple actually. Simply click on the Tools -> Export link on the left of the WordPress admin sidebar to export all the content from a WordPress blog to a… Read more…

This is a follow up to my previous post on how to install the Google Friend Connect WordPress plugin. This plugin by Google is really rough on the edges and it requires some tweaks for people concerned with the XHTML code and CSS design.

Fixing the Google Friend Connect… Read more…

Sometimes a new WordPress release messes up things that they fixed in a previous version. Here we go again with the irritating exclude pages bug in WordPress! The fix is something similar to post I blogged about in August…

My fix was inspired by this post from Texto.de.… Read more…

TwitThis is a free service and WordPress plugin that allows you to add a “Tweet This” button at the end of your WordPress posts/pages. Another plugin would be Tweet This, a WordPress plugin with a bit more features than the TwitThis. I prefer the latter because it helps… Read more…

WordPress jumped from version 2.6.3 to 2.6.5. Version 2.6.4 does not exist because there was a fake version of it. The WordPress 2.6.5 update is pretty easy. We only have 5 files to replace:

/wp-includes/feed.php
/wp-includes/version.php
/wp-includes/post.php
/xmlrpc.php
/wp-admin/users.php

Gotta love these tiny updates!

In my tutorial on how to display twitter status messages in WordPress, I used my own avatar picture beside the speech bubble. I have not found a way to retrieve my Twitter avatar from Twitter. Hopefully, I will figure out how to do it in the near future.

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I got my idea from Tim Ferris’ blog…

You see that nice speech bubble effect? It is actually quite a pain in the neck to create with pure CSS and images. It is possible to create it with pure CSS code in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer.… Read more…

According to the official documentation on static front pages at WordPress.org:

With the release of WordPress Version 2.1, the option to set your own front page can be accomplished via your Administration > Settings > Reading panel. However unlike the old explanation that follows, you must NOT name your… Read more…

Sometimes the “Page Template” field disappears when you are trying to update the page template of your WordPress pages. This usually happens after you have upgraded your WordPress to a newer version.

Here’s how you can fix the missing page template…

Step 1: Activate Another WordPress Theme

I… Read more…

There are a couple of WordPress Comments enhancements in the market. However, I am not rushing to install Disqus, IntenseDebate or JS-Kit any time soon.

If I plan to install one of them,… Read more…

This post is an update to my previous post on “My Favourite WordPress Plugins for 2008“. I actively use these plugins on my WordPress sites. If you know of better alternative plugins, please leave a comment and let me know about it. I am researching Twitter WordPress plugins to… Read more…

I came out with this idea of combining Comment Relish with Lucia’s Linky Love plugins to generate more repeat comments on any WordPress site.

Comment Relish sends an email to a first-time comment poster of your blog while Lucia’s Linky Love enables the “follow” links of repeat comment… Read more…

This post is quite similar to my previous post on how to add MooTabs to WordPress. I recently tested Tabber on my internet marketing blog and I find that it is better than MooTabs because it is compact in file size, easier to install and customize.

The default… Read more…

Yahoo Buzz is a new player in the social news industry but I believe it will become a huge force to be reckoned with just because it is a Yahoo web site.

On Yahoo Buzz’s buttons page, it has 5 tips to get more votes:

Put Yahoo! Buzz buttons on

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