I finally got around to updating/uploading my Open Source plugins to WordPress.org - my Cron Plugin to make cron-like jobs easier in WordPress, and my plugin to add the SECRET_KEY value in older WordPress installs. You can review both here and there as well - enjoy!...

Statistically, you are viewing this page with Internet Explorer - roughly 5 times as likely as using Mozilla or Firefox, the #2 choice. However, there are other alternatives out there, and using them is of benefit. For instance, if you try Safari, then you’re using the browser favored by Mac users, and you’re seeing the world though ‘their’ eyes. A recent one I’ve been trying out is Opera, and I’ve been favorably impressed. Not because...

While browsing Andy Beard’s site on Internet Marketing I came across his post on comment spam. I hate comment spam. Many of you with blogs have a daily chore of vaporizing the many ads from your comments area (I won’t mention the subjects here; I hate the idea of this post bing linked to those topics in the search engines). Oddly enough, there are some who, while bailing out that comment flood from their blog,...

Early on, WordPress offered a simple way to extend itself - addon plugins. A plugin sounds fancy, but it isn’t really - it’s simply PHP code that is run with WordPress, exactly as if it was part of the original program. The term plugin explains this - the code ‘plugs itself in’ WordPress and becomes just another part of it. For example, my plugin for easy popups at PopupPicker.com allows you to switch between popup...

To quote Steve Martin about the French, “it’s like they have a different word for EVERYTHING!”. That’s a problem with technical talk, too. If you deal online, then you know the terminology of the Web, like web pages. If you work with WordPress, however, there’s a twist: pages are posts and posts are pages. Sort of. The problem is that WordPress has two fundamental web page displays on the blog - posts and pages (we’ll...

On one forum I visit frequently, there’s often talk of using WordPress for non-blog activities, like CMS (content management system) sites or regular sites. The good news is that it’s quite easy to do. All it requires is the right theme, and understanding how to use WordPress. For example, rather than the usual blog article list displayed on the main page, you can use the static page setting in WordPress to put a single page...