Tag Archives: Code

Strip Extra ImageScaler Attribute from Plugin-Generated Code

Posted on October 2, 2009

I am using the ImageScaler plugin for WordPress on a project, and I like what it does, but it adds a non-standards-compliant attribute to images, such as: <img class=”" src=”http://www.example.com/imagescaler/generated-image.jpg” alt=”Example” width=”258″ height=”234″ imagescaler=”http://www.example.com/imagescaler/original-image.jpg” /> To strip imagescaler’s imagescaler attribute, … Continue reading →

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How to Display a Random Testimonial or Post in WordPress

Posted on August 12, 2009

Set up a testimonials category — no need for a plugin. There are a couple of plugins designed specifically for testimonials, but I didn’t want to use them; they use their own databases, and don’t keep with WordPress’ simplicity. If … Continue reading →

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How to Tell if Your WordPress Widget is Active

Posted on June 2, 2009

Ever wonder if your widget is activated on an external site? Here’s how to find out. When you register a sidebar widget, you use code like this: register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Name of Widget’, ‘class-of-widget’), ‘widget_function’); If you want to check whether the widget … Continue reading →

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Get medium image size in WordPress

Posted on May 27, 2008

This is for everyone who’s been trying to find out how to get the medium image size of a post attachment in WordPress: You’ve got to send the function the ID you’re trying to get the medium images for. $medium … Continue reading →

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How I fixed WP-DownloadManager 404 errors

Posted on May 13, 2008

I use LesterChan‘s Download Manager plugin, and it’s great. Good interface, simple purpose.  I recently found out that after upgrading a client’s site to WP 2.5, WP-DownloadManager was no longer working.  I followed the documentation on the plugin website, including resetting … Continue reading →

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Setting Far Futures Expires in ASP, Using ASP as CSS

Posted on April 24, 2008

I normally don’t work with ASP; I use PHP for my coding. Recently, I had to create a style.css.asp file, and I needed to find how to set a far-futures header in ASP.  Here’s what I found in 5 minutes :

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Building a Real Estate Website in WordPress – Part 1

Posted on April 22, 2008

I am designing and creating a real estate website with WordPress, and I’m going to be writing a few articles that detail how it’s done.  This article will get you started — please leave feedback with any questions or topic … Continue reading →

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Optimizing a website for search: Google vs. Yahoo! and MSN

Posted on March 31, 2008

When I think SEO, I think of Google. Why? Is it because Google’s PageRank system determines better websites? Is it because Google’s advertising options are superior? It’s as simple as this: Google gets better results than any other search engine. … Continue reading →

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Exploring and learning: Are you taking alternate routes?

Posted on February 15, 2008

When you first move to a new city, you aren’t familiar with the roads. You buy a map to help guide you, you ask Google how to get you from here to there most efficiently, and you stop and ask … Continue reading →

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Cars and Code – Not all that different

Posted on February 14, 2008

Customizing under the hood I was talking with one of my clients who is a mechanic, and he was telling me about how he used to do a lot of car customization and performance enhancing, and that he really loved … Continue reading →

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