Category Archives: WordPress

Fix Broken Permalinks after WordPress 3.2.1 Upgrade

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Elizabeth Able

Have your blog traffic stats taken a tumble after upgrading WordPress? Mine did, after upgrading to WordPress 3.2.1. The fix may be easier than you think. Re-save your settings – that’s all, folks! Easy peasy. If the only thing that’s … Continue reading →

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Developing a WordPress Wireframe

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

The WordPress Default theme can provide a jump start for developing a WordPress wireframe. Because it has a good selection of template tags already worked into the theme, a quickie clickable prototype blog theme is only a few simplifications away. … Continue reading →

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WordPress Default Single Post View With Sidebar

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

The WordPress Default theme doesn’t include a sidebar in single post views. I don’t like the way Default does this, for three reasons. Any page can be a landing page. A site should provide new users with whatever they may … Continue reading →

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Show and Tell: Plugins for Testing and Changing Themes

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

There are three ways to get a peek at how pre-existing content looks on a theme: use a theme changer or a theme previewer on the blog’s current location, or install a copy of the content’s database in an alternate … Continue reading →

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WordPress Remodel Begins With a Custom FeedFlare Lesson

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

From here on out until I’m satisfied I’ll be blogging through the process of revamping the WordPress Default theme into a new home for my blog. WP Default has good bones and was based on Kubrick, another theme with good … Continue reading →

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I Dofollow Comments

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

My nofollow comment status is coming down. Dofollow Comments as a Linking Philosophy A good conversation is worth fistfulls of gofollows or nofollows or any kind of follows. Why? Because people who have participated in or read a good conversation … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.5.1 Adds Security and Bug Fixes

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

Whenever WordPress sends out notice that an update includes a security fix, I install it on my own blog right away, for two reasons. That phrase security fix I want to know how it acts on my blog, before I … Continue reading →

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Mom Remodels WordPress

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

Yup. That’s me. Empty nest and all, I am forever “Mom.” ::waves to a certain grown one who sometimes reads this blog:: I, the Mom afore mentioned, mentioned in my 101 Day Round Up earlier this month that I was … Continue reading →

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A Quick First Look at WordPress 2.5

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

Yesterday WordPress 2.5 became the latest stable release. I upgraded… and it was good. If you want to get a sneak peek before performing the deed yourself, head on over to the WordPress 2.5 announcement. You’ll see that wordpress.org has … Continue reading →

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Styling Wide, Widgetized Sidebars Part II

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Elizabeth Able

This tutorial will walk you through creating a single widgetized sidebar container filled with individually styled widgets that can span a wide sidebar or float to either side to create the appearance of columns. An alternative strategy was covered in … Continue reading →

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