Posted in WordPress, Tips and Tricks on Oct 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
One of my clients runs a WordPress blog on a Plesk powered web server. My client requires that their WordPress admin only be accessible via SSL. Given Plesk’s default behavior of storing non-secure files in /httpdocs/ and secure files in /httpsdocs/, this presented a configuration challenge.
Posted in WordPress, General on Sep 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been busy in the office as evidenced by my lack of posts during the past month. Allow me to break this drought by sharing two recent highlights from my time in cyberspace:
Great Specs Lead to Fast Development
Sevier Heights Baptist Church got in touch with me last month with this request: “We have designed […]
Posted in WordPress, Tips and Tricks on Aug 9th, 2007 4 Comments »
While I was working on a WordPress template today, I needed to find the current page’s post_slug. After investigating the function is_single in wp-includes/query.php, I discovered the following method for determining the current page ID, post title, or post name:
$post_obj = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
$post_ID = $post_obj->ID;
$post_title = $post_obj->post_title;
$post_name = $post_obj->post_name;
Posted in Screencast, Tutorials, WordPress, Tips and Tricks on Jul 28th, 2007 5 Comments »
In this first installment of the WenderHost Screencast, I’m going to show you the proper way to cut and paste a Microsoft Word document into a WordPress post.
Posted in SEO, WordPress, WordPress Plugins, Tips and Tricks on Jun 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
HTML Meta Tags have been around since the early days of the World Wide Web with search engines formerly relying heavily on them for the proper listing and classification of web pages. However, as search engines have become more sophisticated and the tags themselves have become subject to abuse, their importance has wained. So, Do […]
Posted in WordPress on Jun 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
More and more large companies are choosing WordPress as their blogging software of choice. The latest example I’ve become aware of is the CNN Political Ticker website. Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress, comments that the folks at CNN are a part of the WordPress.com VIP program.
