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You Moved My What?
Tweet The good ol’ admin account. Every website has one, and WordPress installs it by default. Therefore everyone who wants to hack your site knows exactly what account to try for. But, what if you didn’t use that name? Seriously, if everyone changed the location of their car’s ignition switch, wouldn’t it suck to be a car thief? Imagine how long it would take if... More...
Can I Borrow Your Shoes
Tweet Wouldn’t it be cool to own your own link shortening service like bit.ly or tinyURL or a myriad of others nowadays? Think a moment about how the URL shorteners work. Every time you use their service, you’re giving away an opportunity to advertise your own site. You are literally expanding their traffic in favor of your own site. Advertising is normally a paid thing. When... More...
Rotate Header Images in Order using Atahualpa Theme
Tweet By default, Atahualpa allows you to upload multiple images and rotate through them. I was asked recently whether or not it could rotate in a specific order. Much to my delight, the answer was easy to code. Atahualpa makes finding things you want to change easy and accessible. All I really did was add 1 short line to the the javascript code (don’t get dizzy, there’s no... More...
How To Save 3 Hours Setting Up WordPress MU on Hostgator
Tweet Recently an Open Source Marketer member contacted us for help with their WordPress MU installation. They had everything installed on Hostgator, but for some reason they weren’t able to automatically create subdomains. Since they had set up their MU installation to use subdomains instead of subdirectories, this was driving them crazy. Each time they would create a new blog,... More...
How to make WordPress widgets show only on selected pages and posts
Tweet Have you ever wanted a WordPress widget to show only on one page or post? It’s extremely useful to be able to limit widgets based on where a visitor is in your blog. Not only does it help you preserve and manage your valuable screen real estate, but it also helps you organize information for your website visitors. A good example of how this might work limiting ads to relevant... More...
Create Robust Contact Forms Using The CForms WordPress Plugin
Tweet We always seem to want information from people who visit our sites. Online forms are a basic component for collecting this information. Contact forms, registration forms, or help requests all require a site visitor to input their information. After having a client complain about an existing WordPress form plugin on his site, I went looking for alternatives. What I found was the CForms... More...
Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet Matt Mullenweg spoke at WordCamp Dallas 2009 on the state of WordPress. Here are a few screenshots from the live stream. Matt Mullenweg State of the Word Presentation Matt Mullenweg on B2 Matt Mullenweg Blogging Software Dilemma Post World Wide WordCamp Events Indonesian WordPress Books WordPress Logo T-Shirts P2 Faster Blogging Real WordPress Tatoo Question And Answer Resource Mentions TypeKit... More...
Randy Hoyt at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet Randy Hoyt spoke at WordCamp Dallas 2009 on putting custom fields to work on a WordPress blog. Custom fields give you the ability to extend the type of meta-data that can be associated with your WordPress posts. This session topic was covered in extreme detail so I won’t try to reproduce the bulk of the session materials here. But, the important take away is that WordPress... More...
Panel Discussion at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet Photos from the WordCamp Dallas 2009 discussion panel via screenshots of the Ustream Live event feed. John P moderating the WordCamp Dallas 2009 Discussion Panel Liz Strauss on the WordCamp Dallas 2009 Discussion Panel Mark Hopkins on the WordCamp Dallas 2009 Discussion Panel WordCamp Dallas 2009 Discussion Panel Cali Lewis on the WordCamp Dallas 2009 Discussion Panel Dave Moyer... More...
Douglas Hanna at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet Douglas Hanna spoke at WordCamp Dallas 2009 on the WordPress showcase to help people understand how WordPress can be used. WordPress can be used for blogging (of course), CMS, eCommerce, community building, etc. Here are a few key points from the session: Here is a list of information you can find out about a site that is listed in the WordPress showcase. Site name and url Screenshot Description Why... More...
DB Ferguson at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet DB Ferguson gave an insightful talk at WordCamp Dallas 2009 on authority. DB runs No Fact Zone, one of the top Stephen Colbert fan sites on the Internet. She has spent a lot of time reporting on news and information that surrounds Stephen Colbert and his tv show The Colbert Report. Here are a few excellent key points from the session: Speak with the voice of authority or gravitas Present... More...
Gio Galluci at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet Gio Galluci spoke at WordCamp Dallas 2009 on extreme social media promotion hacks. The overall theme of the talk was to add value to existing conversations, be helpful, and stop trying to hard sell and start attracting people by really living and owning the space you talk about. White Hat + Black Hat = Blue Hat Here are a few key points from the session: Don’t blast your brand... More...
Scott Kingsley Clark at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet Scott Kingsley Clark from ViZion Interactive spoke at WordCamp Dallas 2009 on using WordPress as a content management system (CMS). To kick the session off Scott highlighted the fact that WordPress plugins can extend WordPress blogs for many forms of content management. There are plugins to manage a variety of content such as: Social Networking Photo Galleries Products Ads Events Polls Audio... More...
Dave Curlee at WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet Dave Curlee spoke at WordCamp Dallas 2009 about adding video to your WordPress blog. Here are some of the highlights from that session: People have different learning styles including visual, auditory, reading and writing, tactile learning Budget does not necessary to produce a quality video product Video software does not replace skills Continual practice is key to improvement Low... More...
