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What to do when wp-admin returns a blank screen
After moving my working development site to a new host, I was getting a totally blank page at /wp-admin. A google search revealed this is a common problem. Most replies…
Installing WordPress in sub directories
To install WordPress in a sub folder instead of your site root, you’ll need to make a couple changes. If you are doing a new WordPress install, you will skip…
Disabling Trackbacks and Pings in WordPress
If you’ve started receiving suspicious trackbacks or pings from other blogs on your WordPress site, you are not alone. Like so much on the web, these useful tools have become…
Firefox Add-ons
Even though I know developers who have switched to Google Chrome and love it, I still prefer Firefox. There are a couple of Firefox Add-ons I can’t do without and…
Switching URLs in WordPress
I routinely have to change site urls in WordPress when moving sites from development to production. Unfortunately in WordPress, there isn’t one place in the administration tool to change the…
Modifying WordPress excerpts
When displaying links to your posts, it’s helpful to display a short excerpt so your readers can quickly get an overall idea of the article. The built in function to…
Web Tips for Designers
Right brain vs left brain, creative vs analytical, mac vs PC; call it what you want, but the fact still remains: designers and programmers don’t always see eye to eye….