In this tutorial I show you how to display header images at random on your blog. The power of this method lies in the fact that it doesn’t matter how many images you have, or whether they’re GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs, or any combination thereof, so you can change the images at any time without requiring a change of the code outlined in this tutorial.
Read more →This is a quick reference chart for the Wordpress $post object. The post object holds things like the post title, number of comments, status, date and time of last modification, and numerous other attributes.
Read more →I was trying to publish a post the other day and every time I hit save or publish, I’d get a 404 error. Well, after a long search, I finally figured out what was wrong on my own.
Read more →I needed to change the size of the post summary / excerpt depending on the length of the title for a recent project. The goal was to fit both the post title and excerpt within a fixed-size container, while being able to adjust for changing title and excerpt sizes from post to post. This is how I did it.
Read more →When you realize what everyone else has to say is boring, this’ll be your next step.
A review of my favorite Wordpress plugins, because life’s just not worth living without them.
Read more →It’s not the biggest change you can make, but changing the wording of your “read more” link can actually help your click-through rate.
Read more →This is one of those little changes that makes your blog stand out. Be the only kid on your block to have specially styled comments.
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How to Test for Comment Moderation Settings
In this article I show you how to test for two comment moderation settings in Wordpress. 1) Whether all comments are being moderated before being shown, and 2) Whether comments from new commentators only are being moderated before being shown.
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