September 8th, 2011 
Zander 
Posted in Post Thumbnails were introduced in WordPress 2.9, but there wasn’t a ton of information about how to use them in your current theme. The theme that I use on a lot of my sites already has support for post thumbnails, but there was no documentation on how it worked. I spent quite a bit of [...]
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Increase Your Pageviews With A Related Posts Plugin
The hardest part of blogging is getting people to your site. But once they’ve found you, how are you keeping them coming back? You’ll come across many sites that have a newsletter pop-up as soon as you arrive. To me, that’s too much too soon. A casual surfer who stumbled across your site on Google [...]
Another Hosting Company Compromised By Hackers
When the Pharma Hack first came on the scene, certain hosts like Network Solutions and GoDaddy were taking a lot of the heat, as there were some security lapses on their part. To their credit, they came forward, took ownership of the problem, and helped their customer. As you might remember, I was also affected [...]
Cleaning Up Your DB After Ultimate Tag Warrior
Did you use the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin prior to the release of WordPress v2.3? In version 2.3, WordPress added native “tagging”, which made UTW obsolete. Prior to that, those of us who wanted to use tags had to turn to an external pluginn the most popular being Ultimate Tag Warrior. When WP 2.3 was [...]
Testing Out WordPress iPhone App
Since I’m on the road right now, I downloaded the WordPress app for my iPhone. (I didn’t feel like lugging around my laptop) I was skeptical at how useful it would be, but I’m REALLY impressed! These guys did a phenominal job, and I’ll be using this app a lot more in the future.
Magazine Themes Suck
I swear, it’s getting ridiculous! I was looking for a new theme to use for one of our sites, and ALL I could find were these damn magazine-style themes.. I personally blame John Chow (and Unique Blog Designs) for making this blog style so popular!! Seriously though, while it may be aesthetically pleasing at first [...]
Removing Old Subscribers From Subscribe To Comments Plugin
The Subscribe to Comments plugin is a plugin that enables commenters to sign up for e-mail notification of subsequent comments. It’s a great way to engage your users and get them to come back to your site. I’ve been a loyal user since 2006, and the only problem I’ve faced is that I’ve now got [...]