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Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: blog.taragana.com – Feedback requested some thoughtsThanks to all for your kind feedback.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: wp-admin/admin.php is blank … ??Ensure that you have index.php added in httpd.conf. Make modification as shown below:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.jsp index.php index.htm
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Post word countstr_word_count(strip_tags($post->post_content))
I use it like this inside index.php (replacing the old the_content method):
<?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry (‘ . str_word_count(strip_tags($post->post_content)) . ‘ words) »’); ?>Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Three Column Kubrick> and deleted the same function definations from wp-includes/template-functions-general.php
Do not modify/delete the core functionaility.
Rather write your own and use them in your code. That way people can easily use your theme. If necessary name them slightly different yet meaningful to avoid name space collision.
> Do I need to call the theme-functions.php file so the function definations can be found?You need to include it in header.php. Please see my post mentioned above for details.
Three column Kubric will be a very useful theme. I wish you success.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Three Column KubrickForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Three Column KubrickHow about creating a plugin which goes with the theme? I have done the same when re-designing Simple Thoughts Blog.
There is also another option. Create the functions in a file, which is included in your theme. This way the file resides within the theme directory.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Recommend a HostI have been using WestHost from 2000. They are hosting Taragana.Com and my Simple Thoughts Blog. Never had problems. Their support is very prompt and capable.
What I like most is that I get VPS (Virtual Private Server), which allows me to tinker with the system and optimize stuff. I can even restart my virtual machine, if things go wrong. You can run your own server processes, cron jobs, ssh etc. You have your own instance of Apache server in your VM.I heard good things about DreamHost too. However I haven’t used them personally.
You may want to check out Web Hosting Suggestions for Power User.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: New Hack: Lean and Mean Admin DashBoardI have uploaded a new version of the code here. It contains shortcuts to some commonly used admin functions. It also addresses the div issue mentioned above by hsed2, which to my knowledge affected only Safari users.
Let me know if you like it.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Any plugin, trick, option to redirect all outgoing links?You can look into using the Google Redirector plugin and modify to your needs. However I have a feeling that is exactly what you are looking for 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Title-less posts and non-duplicate permalinks: Features?> Yes, as long as you make sure you’re providing the permalink somewhere other than to the title!
Actually I use permalinks which is /archive/%title% and it still works like a charm!
Thanks to Matt & Co for this hidden feature.
> If you’re going to customize your permalinks, then it’s a good idea to build an archived structure (i.e. /year/month/day/post/).
We had this discussed in quite some depth in my blog.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Email Contact FormI think this is another instance of “much ado about nothing”.
Granted phrixus had an interesting title which indicated that he had himself developed the plugin.
However his explanation is something I can associate with. Creating titles for posts is a royal pain.
Have you ever given an elevator speech? I have. And ideally writing a title is a 2 second version of elevator pitch.
Anyway the rest of the explanations look reasonable to me.
Though I admit I would have kept the same code without name changes) and mentioned that people cannot use both plugins(or forks) at the same time.
Give him some latitude. He has started working on WordPress plugins, an area which I admit lacks some good guidance materials. Yes, I have read the tutorials but they are mostly like bikinis.
For me the best guidance was actually looking at the source code of different plugins including the (in)famous HelloDolly.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: rel=”external nofollow”The interesting thing is that even if it is pingback from another post in your site, it simply treats it as external!
Personally I prefer to disable nofollow via plugin.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: How to get rid of trackback spam?You can try HashCash plugin, pretty effective.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can I block access from a specific URI?Curious which plugin did you use.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: <?php wp_list_pages(); ?> create to mutch code!!!I think the problem is that quite some functions in WordPress generates a list with html tags without providing the option to substitute other elements instead of ul and li.
WordPress strives to be a semantic product, so it is more important not to tie with a particular syntax. Providing a default is fine, however making it the only option…
While re-designing my blog I found several such functions, which even though useful was clearly unsuitable for my purposes. So I was forced to redesign most of the template tags for my needs.
For example I use two “The Loop”. However I realized it is wasteful to run the full loop when I can provide an optimized query to just fetch what I need.
Same with category template tags, too much ul, li based and some of them makes assumptions about being within “The Loop”.