Mark Angeletti has written a post on some essential WordPress tweaks, check them out at WordPress - From Install to Pimped Out This article will share some plugins, some code adjustments and some tweaks that will make your website more user-friendly, easier on your web server, and possibly increase your traffic.I desperately need to do the printer-friendly one, a reader pulled me up about it earlier but I still haven't found the time (design stuff takes me much longer than normal … [Read more...]
WordPress Hacking for Better Blog Titles
Here is a quick tip for any Wordpress users frustrated at the crappy default page titles you get with most templates. I got asked yesterday how I changed mine and if I used a plugin. No, it's way easier than that. Go into your Wordpress admin and navigate to Presentation then Theme Editor. You need to edit your Header template. Find the Title tags. Replace with the following: <title><?php // if is the homepage, display // just the blog name // otherwise use the post … [Read more...]
Vista, One Windows Too Many?
Mark is asking When Will You Upgrade to Vista? To answer your question Mark, not any time soon. Microsoft hasn't exactly completely lost me as a customer but neither have they done anything at all that makes me want to upgrade. I will elaborate but first here is what Mark has to say Is there enough in Vista to convince you to jump early on the bandwagon? Having used Vista, I think it's just fine. The look and feel are slicker, the security features are better (albeit somewhat annoying) and … [Read more...]
Jeremy Zawodny Slams Widgets
Jeremy Zawodny has gotten his dislike of JavaScript Badges and Widgets off his chest With all the talk of how the web has "become writable" with advent of blogs and self-publishing tools, you'd think that we'd have a better way of getting third party content on to our sites. Given that an overwhelming number of sites that are likely running PHP or some other "dynamic" hosting setup, these least common denominator solutions just feel wrong. (This could easily be followed by a rant on problems … [Read more...]
Blogger, MovableType and WordPress Template Tag Cheat-Sheet
Aaron has posted an excellent reference for anybody interested in editing or migrating templates. In his Template Tag Reference Sheet he cross-references tags between the Blogger, MovableType and Wordpress platforms. Worth bookmarking and coming back to when you needed. It's a shame Drupal isn't in there. Hey Aaron, here are the Drupal equivalents (using PHPTemplate)"Non-Loop" (page.tpl.php)$base_url$site_name$site_slogan"Loop" (node.tpl.php) $content$teaser$name$terms Note: Some of the above … [Read more...]
Now Free, 37Signals “Getting Real”
37signals has put Getting Real online for free. While I don't agree with everything they write it is a damn good read and has been very influential. The main thing I like about their philosophy is the emphasis on small and lean and containing the scope. Good advice. … [Read more...]
Drupal 5 vs 4.7 Speed Test
Drupal is growing in popularity in the blog world. There are very good reasons for this, reasons I will go into in a future post. For those already won over you need to decide if 4.7 or version 5 is the right one for you. Wondering if you should upgrade to Drupal 5? Dries has been doing some comparative performance testing The benchmarks are in, and the news is either great, ok, or bad depending on your site. In the end, it comes down to caching; is your site the type of site that can make … [Read more...]
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