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In WordPress we can often see sidebars and widgets in use, from a list of recent posts to a search box, blogrolls and RSS feeds. But widgets can be used for a lot more – the text widget for a start allows for all sorts of custom html. And they don’t have to be sidebars [...]
Sun, August 14 2011 » Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
A quick fix, but very helpful to know. If you have a WordPress website which is password protected this can result in media file uploads failing with a message saying “http error”. This is caused by the .htaccess file in the root of the site which provides password protection. This post: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-upload-http-error provides a solution, [...]
Wed, June 1 2011 » Security, Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
From WordPress 3.1 there’s a new feature whereby the admin dashboard shows on the website you’re editing if you’re logged in. This can be annoying, especially if it doesn’t even show (some CSS / Javascript conflict I think). Anyway, Scott Explains has a simple answer here which simply involves changing a profile setting. Easy! Scott [...]
Wed, April 27 2011 » Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
There’s a new version of WordPress released in February 2011. Version 3.1 (codename Reinhardt after jazz guitarist Django) has improved workflow including internal linking and hiding some features in the write window. The full list of features is on the WordPress site: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.1 but for a an easier to grasp version try the WPBeginner site [...]
Mon, February 28 2011 » Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
London-based website development company DJA has launched their 2011 website. Offerings include WordPress and Joomla website development. Check it out at www.djaonline.co.uk
Mon, January 10 2011 » Joomla, PHP, Promotion, Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
I just spent two hours trying to get a new WordPress installation working on a test server. After reinstalling “everything” I checked back with tail -f /var/log/php_error.log and started to see some familiar messages about missing includes files: PHP Fatal error: require() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required Relating to /wp-includes/load.php’ and wp_settings To cut a [...]
Tue, September 7 2010 » PHP, Wordpress » No Comments
It never hurts to read a manual, an FAQ or a Help page now and again. Whatever you know about a piece of software you’d be surprised what you can find out by going back over some instructions, maybe with a specific task in mind. My task was to create a number of templates for [...]
Thu, August 5 2010 » Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
I’ve been working with several websites that have upgraded to WordPress 3.o and I’m loving the menu options that you get now. As with every bit of software, what is difficult in one version quickly improves in subsequent versions. I started using Flash when it was at version 3 and though I still use Flash [...]
Sun, July 25 2010 » software, Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
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