Nathan Rice wrote about WordPress’s ability to make any page a homepage. One problem I ran into using the technique of pages was the inability to use the <!–more–> tag to display partial posts. Apparently this is default behavior (for good reason) on pages. However, when using Nathan’s technique, I found myself in a unique situation where I only wanted to show a partial post (on a page) if the post was making use of the <!–more–> tag (apparently, I’m not alone). The technique is rather simple. Simply declare a variable named $more as a global and set it to false right before showing your content. If you wish to resume normal behavior after the content is shown, simply set the variable back to true. <?php global $more; $more = false; ?> <?php the_content('Continue Reading'); ?> <?php $more = true; ?>
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Archive for 2007
For each WordPress plugin you install, you are adding to the bandwidth/server overhead of your site. As a plugin author, there are some simple steps to take to reduce the footprint of your plugin (whether it be helping with server load or conserving bandwidth), even if your plugin still requires a lot of code. Break Out Admin Panels Into Separate Files Even for simple plugins, adding admin panels can easily balloon a plugin’s file size. A simple, yet effective technique, is to copy the code used for the admin panel to a separate file and simply provide an include in the function that loads the admin panel. For example, say you load in your admin panel using this code: add_options_page(‘Plugin Name’, ‘Plugin Name’, 10, basename(__FILE__), ‘printAdminPage’); The function printAdminPage is going to be the function that loads the admin panel. Within this function you could have: function printAdminPage() { include […]
[Continue Reading...]Bloggers want my steak baguette: If you’ve got a friend who thinks they can make money with their blog, get them to read this piece. Like all people who rise to the top of their profession, it demonstrates a simple truth: good bloggers work like dogs. You better believe it! Making a blog successful and making people want to come back for more everyday is more than a full time job that not only needs dedication but it needs a certain amount of eccentricity and obsessive devotion. I guess the above is true for any successful venture that is built from the ground up but if you ever heard someone say that blogging is easy or takes any small amount of work, they are probably full of bees wax.
[Continue Reading...]aggr allows you to place the contents of an RSS feed into your pages or posts. It is a deeply modified version of the Aggregate plugin of Rob Miller. Image Control Size lets you have more control over your thumbnails. Leprakhauns Word Count gives you an estimated number of words based on the tiny_MCE in WordPress. You do not need to post anything for the count to show up, it does it in real time using Javascript. Pluginstaller is a plugin-management plugin that eliminates the need to download a plugin archive, upload it to your FTP server and unpack it manually. WordPress Download Counter keeps track of the amount of downloads for specific files. It will also store the last time the file was downloaded. You can use tags to add the download url or download count to any page or post.
[Continue Reading...]Acid Green is a 3-column, widget-ready theme featuring green, white, and grey colors. BBlack is a 2-column, widget-ready, black theme with right-side sidebar. Gazeb is a 2-column, dark theme based on a website template. Lust is a very attractive 2-column, widget-ready theme. Moon is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with a prominent moon header image and features mootools. Sign is a 2-column, cityscape theme with two different cityscape options for a backdrop. BlackRedone is a 2-column, widget-ready theme suitable for professional sites. Also check out SleekBluey and RoundedOrange by the same designer. (Contains sponsored links.) Coffee is a 2-column theme perfect for those who just have to have their morning cuppajoe. (Contains sponsored links.) Gamers Target is a 2-column, widget-ready theme designed with the gaming blogger in mind. (Contains sponsored links.) Hello Kitty is a 2-column, pink theme based on its namesake. (Contains sponsored links.) Spotless Dot is a 2-column, minimalistic […]
[Continue Reading...]iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme by ContentRobot: The iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme automatically reformats your blog’s content for optimized viewing on Apple’s iPhone. It detects the iPhone’s User Agent and serves up the content with the special theme only to iPhone visitors, all other browsers will view your WordPress blog with your current theme. Delish! A classmate of mine is an AT&T regional manager and has an iPhone. I will be checking out WeblogToolsCollection.com in <sarcasm>glorious EDGE speeds</sarcasm> tomorrow! 🙂
[Continue Reading...]Google Adsense Ad Border with Rounded Corners: Apparently I was snoozing when this feature was released by Google but now you can have rounded corners on your Google AdSense ads. This could be a good way to increase your CTR, especially on blogs with AdSense blindness. I can see people coming up with very creative variations of the borders and colors to attract more attention to AdSense ads. I first noticed it on Google Blogoscoped while reading their article on AdSense Referrals.
[Continue Reading...]ChipIn is an online tool to collect money from your blog or website and they have widgets that you can embed in your sidebar. It is a good way to keep track of your donations and an eye catching way of keeping track of your fund raising project. I personally like the backend interface and widget loads fast and you can choose many different applications to display the widget on including hosted WordPress blogs. At this time ChipIn does not charge any money to use their widget and the only fees you have to pay is for the PayPal transfer. This could be really useful to churches and other non-profit groups that regularly require donations for projects. ChipIn caught my eye when I was browsing a Church’s blog and they were collecting money for a new air-conditioner. I might set one up for the WordPress Plugin Competition. Know of anyone […]
[Continue Reading...]@arctic business is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with left and right sidebars. Fresh Apple is a 3-column, adsense-ready theme with white and green colors. Rockin’ Chrome is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with black, grey, and red colors. Tech9 is a 4-column theme that supports recent comments and posts, del.icio.us, and flickr. VertigoBlue is a 2- or 3-column, widget-ready theme. Emporium Grass is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with a custom grassy header. (Contains sponsored links.) Pink Angel is a 2-column, pink-and-black theme. Also check out BlackPink and YellowFlowers by the same designer. (All three themes contain sponsored links.)
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