Category Archives: WordPress
Sep 28, 2007 by Matt | Posted in WordPress
You know that convenient spot on the WordPress dashboard that shows links leading to your blog? Guess what. As of WordPress 2.3 it doesn’t work anymore. Some genius thought that instead of pulling the list from Technorati, they should use Google Blog Search instead. Now instead of seeing a list of recent incoming links, it seems to be more of a list of your recent posts. What’s with that? I hope they patch it soon.
Here’s an example:
What was the reason behind this change (could it be loading speed?), and why didn’t they notice the bug I just discovered?
Sep 27
Yes, I know there are still a few days until November. I figured I’d publish the November theme a little ahead of schedule though. This month’s theme is called The Morning After.
Sep 17
VirtualHosting.com has just published a great tutorial on tweaking your WordPress installation to speed things up and consume less server resources. By implementing some of the recommended tweaks, you can maximize the amount of traffic you get per megabyte of bandwidth, saving money along…
Sep 5
These WordPress plugins are some of the best ones I’ve found, and I find them totally essential for this blog, despite their simplicity. Some are so obvious that their features should be built-in to WordPress. Subscribe to Comments – Give your readers the ability…
Sep 1
4WPTP is a 4-column WordPress theme with a real cool look. The header is easily the best part, featuring plenty of room for a logo, an add, a search box, and some links. All that fits seamlessly into the slick header. Too bad it’s…
Aug 29
Tired of managing your comments the hard way? WordPress’s comments manager isn’t as easy to use as it could be, and it takes up a lot of time if you check for new comments, then go over to the individual post pages to reply.…
Aug 26
Do you run a multi-author WordPress blog? When it gets bigger, someone may (eventually) want the ability to subscribe to a single author’s posts. It’s possible, and it’s ridiculously simple to do. Don’t underestimate the power of the WordPress Template Tags! You can add…
Aug 12
This month’s highlighted WordPress theme is Blog Oh Blog, which is a copy of the design used by BlogOhBlog.com, the creator of the theme. It’s a three column layout, with a fixed 990px width, and plenty of good spots for sticking AdSense ads. It’s…
Aug 11
WordPress users: Do you use Feedburner? If so, here’s something you may not know about: By default, WordPress keeps the original RSS feeds it generates, and your Feedburner feed is a separate feed that coexists with it. Some people will accidentally subscribe to the…
Jul 7
Vertigo Red is a great theme, available in both a 2-column and a 3-column version. For the uninformed, “2-column” means the theme has a content column and a sidebar. “3-column” means the theme has two sidebars. In the case of Vertigo red, the two…
