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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: WordPress stats doing wrong dateconsciouscat… Followed your instructions and it worked like a charm. SIdenote: I did have to deactivate and reactivate, though. Thank you so so much for taking the time to post ’em. Greatly appreciated.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Exclude Single Category Name from “the_category” CommandVachi,
I have to thank you, because I’d come across the post you referenced at least 3 times during my research on this topic, and thought I’d read it thoroughly. I was wrong. I must have been so focused on the fact that the majority of the posters were either arrogant, uninformed thinkers who said it couldn’t be done or were addressing a similar but different point of excluding the actual post in a certain category – not just the category “name.”
However, in re-reading it, I saw Testept’s comment referencing this url:
http://designintellection.com/2007/excluding-wordpress-categories-with-css/Now, this article addressed exactly what I needed! I LOVED the out-of-the box, thought process that David Yeiser (author of the article referenced above) explored in figuring out how to achieve the goal of making the category name invisible.
Now, I also have to confess, that Testept was right on target when he/she said Yeiser’s CSS code doesn’t “…work in all versions of browsers,” as I couldn’t get it to work in IE6 or earlier, but it DOES work in IE7, FoxFire, and Nescape9. Not sure about the Mac, as I don’t own own, so I can’t test it. However, that’s better than where I was, so I’ll take it!
Thanks again for bringing a fresh set of eyes and clear perspective to my Q. And, if, by chance, you ever happen to run across a fix that addresses a solutioin for earlier versions of IE I’d love your passing it along.
Much appreciated,
BarbaraForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Show only 1 latest post and then just titles of recent postsGot 2 possibilities – working from the code above.
1. If there is a code combo or character for infinity or “all thereafter,” etc., then couldn’t we replace the 10 in the first line with that symbol or code to indicate “from post #5 forward”?
2. What about this… I have a category called ~All (using the tilde character to throw it to the end of the displayed list of Categories that display next to the post title) I select for all posts, together with any other applicable categories. I do that so I can show a “list” version of all posts with just the date, title and excerpt. That way my users can choose if they want to read the first few posts, or go straight to a list of all posts. Is there anyway to replace the NEXT link that falls at the bottom of that first page (or remove that link altogether, and insert a regular, old fashioned hyperlink) that when selected would take the user to the ~All category “list” page, aka cat=18, but do so with a query that would show all BUT the first, say, 5 posts (if 5 is what you show on page 1).
Thoughts?
Thanks
BarbaraForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can anyone explain bookmarks to me?That work-around is ingenious!
Short of buying a high-priced, site-tracking software program or service, I think your idea will produce some interesting stats. The only thing you may want to keep in mind is that you’ll get more hits than just those from bookmarking clicks – especially depending on where and how you have your favicon set up. If yours is like mine, and is located in the templete’s header.php file, it will appear on any and all pages of your site. So, if someone is surfing around your blog, you’ll get hits for each page they view instead of one hit for the one visit. Worth exploring, though, as you could use the visitor’s IP address to identify the duplicates appearing at or around the same time of that “session,” and ignore them. However, on the flip side, if you focus on the stats from the urls of “referring” sites, you’ll see how many locations are sending people to your site via links on theirs. Still, though, using your favicon concept with Amazon’s tools is really clever! Frankly, what do you have to loose in trying? And it’s free!
Just curious. Does your hosting provider have any site metering programs incorporated into its package? A few of mine do, and one offers several different “off-the-shelf” stats programs, like Webalizer, AwStats, and Analog Statistics, at no extra cost to track my site activity. They aren’t all inclusive, but do provide useful info without your having to incur the expense of those cost-prohibitive site metering products.
I’d give it a shot and see what you think once you’ve had an opportunity to evaluate the results. In the meantime, I’ll keep an eye out for any info I run across dealing specifically with tracking bookmarks, and if I run across anything, I’ll let you know.
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By the way, I submitted a Q to your reply on a post about displaying 1 or 2 of the most recent posts on a page, then titles only. The chain is here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/177123Sure would appreciate your input on that Q.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Show only 1 latest post and then just titles of recent postsricharduk
I incorporated your code above, and it is great! Just wondering if there is any way to modify it so when the user clicks on the Next link at the bottom of each page he/she sees a continuation of the list of titles only. Right now, with my WordPress options set to display 8 entries per page, the user sees the first 2 entries in full, followed by a list of the next 6 post titles at the top of each page when he/she clicks Next.
Thanks!
BarbaraForum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Getting User Identity Function To Work On header.phpculvejc’s string works great for me, too. I was just wondering how to modify it so it only display’s the user’s first name instead of their full name.
Thoughts?