Content Management Systems What does a content management system (CMS) do? It takes chunks of your content and pieces them together into a single HTML page. The other function of a CMS is to provide an easy way for the user to manage all those chunks of content. Managing content does not just mean allowing [...]
The WYSIWYG WordPress Editor
On the surface it seems like Visual mode is supposed to show your content as it’s going to look when you publish it; However, there are two key ways in which the WordPress Text Editor is not WYSIWYG and I think it’s important to get these out of the way early to avoid disappointment. The [...]
Dealing with your blogs content theft
Do you have a blog? Your are probably fighting off spam bots, evil hackers and the trackback comment spam but there is yet another problem. If you are like us and use a built-in feed or Feedburner by Google, you are probably dealing with content theft as well. RSS is a great way to distribute [...]
Spam, Spam Redux
Is your WordPress blog getting spammed? Well, us too. If any of these IPs pop-up in your comment moderation, you might as well go ahead and blacklist. Simply login to your wp-admin and look under settings. Click on the submenu item called “discussion.” At the bottom of this page you will see a box called [...]
Resources for New Webbies!
If you are a new developer, a visit to these sites are a must. The resources are broken down into categories for ease of use. Links were validated at the time of publishing this list. I do check them on a regular basis but if you find a broken link, please send me an email [...]
Hackers, Hackers and more hackers
Two days running… I post a link on Twitter and guess what? I immediately visit the stats page to review how the posting went and presto. I have two IPs visiting very strange “URLs” on my site? The view of their location read something like: my url followed by =http://www.americinn.com//email-images/images/AinuLid1.txt?? I changed the 1 to [...]
Displaying posts in multiple columns with WordPress
When I originally started writing for this blog, it was all about learning PHP and WordPress. With the addition, support and power surfing of Desi… the blog has become something more colorful and we have started utilizing external content. No longer will I reinvent the wheel… as I learn new topics, instead of writing tutorials, [...]
Trackback spam
A really close friend of mine was asking me about trackbacks and if she should allow them on her blog. I said sure but moderate carefully. I decided to do a some research and found an updated article on the subject matter. This article discussed how to combat the spam that comes with allowing trackbacks. [...]
The WordPress Loop -REDUX
Let’s assume you know some basic PHP or at least enough to work your way around flow controls like the “IF” statement as well as a “while” loop. You are probably familiar with the basics in PHP functions but are still getting to know how it all ties together in to WordPress. Time to start [...]
PHP wordwrap()
Let’s discuss the PHP built-in function called wordwrap(). Wordwrap is a very basic function that is built into PHP. Web page borders and divs may automatically wrap text on your screen, but there are a few situations when you might want to wrap text yourself be it on the screen, a console, or printing. When [...]
