Archive for the 'WordPress' Tag

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 …

Tagged As: WordPress

Posted by Vincent on 26 November 2009 6:03 AM in Wordpress Help | 1 Comment |

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 …

Tagged As: Cascading Style Sheets, Friend Connect, Google, WordPress, XHTML

Posted by Vincent on 18 March 2009 1:57 PM in Wordpress Help | 3 Comments |

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. I …

Tagged As: 2.7, exclude page, exclude_tree, WordPress

Posted by Vincent on 16 January 2009 12:51 PM in Wordpress Help | 6 Comments |

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, …

Tagged As: tweet this, Tweet This Link, twitter, WordPress

Posted by Vincent on 28 November 2008 12:00 AM in Wordpress Help | 8 Comments |

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:

1. /wp-includes/feed.php
2. /wp-includes/version.php
3. /wp-includes/post.php
4. /xmlrpc.php
5. /wp-admin/users.php

Gotta love these tiny updates!

Tagged As: WordPress, wordpress 2.6.5

Posted by Vincent on 26 November 2008 6:48 AM in Wordpress Help | 0 Comments |

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.

An alternative …

Tagged As: Avatar, Gravatar, twitter, WordPress

Posted by Vincent on 3:45 AM in Web Development, Wordpress Help | 1 Comment |

I got my idea from Tim Ferris’ blog…

You see that nice speech bubble effect? It is actually quite a pain in the neck …

Tagged As: CSS, css speech bubble, curvy corners, javascript, twitter, WordPress

Posted by Vincent on 6 November 2008 12:00 AM in Wordpress Help | 16 Comments |

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 home …

Tagged As: blog folder, Homepage, Permalink, root folder, Template, WordPress, wordpress home page

Posted by Vincent on 5 November 2008 12:00 AM in Wordpress Help | 2 Comments |

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 …

Tagged As: page template, Template, Theme, WordPress

Posted by Vincent on 4 November 2008 12:00 AM in Wordpress Help | 5 Comments |

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There are a couple of WordPress Comments enhancements in the market. However, I am not rushing to install …

Tagged As: automattic, comments, Disqus, IntenseDebate, js-kit, WordPress

Posted by Vincent on 3 November 2008 12:00 AM in Wordpress Help | 2 Comments |

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