Wordpress
Wordpress Fix: How to Properly Align Images in RSS Feeds
by Evan Wondrasek on March 12, 2010
This image is on the right here, but in the RSS feed it would appear without formatting. One of the only complaints I’ve ever had about Wordpress is that images didn’t maintain alignment in our RSS feed. RSS feeds are used to offer subscriptions to visitors and can be used with applications like Google Reader. When adding an image to an article in Wordpress, you have the option to align... [Read More]
Essential Wordpress Plugins Part 2: Administration
by Dustin Patterson on March 10, 2010
In the second part of our Essential Wordpress Plugins series we will be taking a look at some plugins that are designed to make managing your Wordpress site easier. WP-Database backup The WP-Database Backup plugin automates the database backup process and puts your mind to ease about the safety of your blog. WP-Database Backup can perform a manual backup, allowing you to save it to the server, download... [Read More]
Essential Wordpress Plugins Part 1: Security
by Dustin Patterson on March 4, 2010
As the popularity of the easy-to-use Wordpress blogging software increases, developers and users continue to develop more creative ways to use it. Although Wordpress comes as a basic content management system by default, users have developed an array of plugins that allow web developers vast amounts of control and options for their Wordpress-based websites. In part one of my Essential Wordpress Plugins... [Read More]
Wordpress Plugin: Login To Other User Accounts With Skeleton Key
by Dustin Patterson on December 4, 2009
Wordpress allows for contributors to be geographically separated but still able to work together in an online environment. At times, however, administrators need to log into their contributor’s accounts to troubleshoot and fix problems. Since most people aren’t comfortable telling you their private passwords, how can you login to a user’s account without having them log in for... [Read More]
Wordpress Plugin: Lock Accounts After Invalid Logins with User Locker
by Dustin Patterson on December 2, 2009
As the popularity of content management systems such as Wordpress increases, the number of security threats will also increase. Your first defense against intruders is the Wordpress login page. By default, there is no limit to the number of times a user can attempt to login to Wordpress. This makes your website vulnerable to brute force and dictionary attacks. Making sure you have selected a... [Read More]
How to Keep Wordpress Secure with WP Security Scan
by Dustin Patterson and Evan Wondrasek on October 2, 2009
If you’re running a Wordpress self-hosted website, you are probably aware that Wordpress’s popularity has caused it to become a frequent target for hackers. Aside from keeping your Wordpress software up-to-date (which is the most important step you can take to secure your website), it is critical to make sure your site’s folder permissions are correct. Folder permissions dictate... [Read More]
How To: Install Wordpress Locally in Mac OS X
by Patrick Vinge on July 13, 2009
Mac only: This guide will show you how to install Wordpress on your local computer, which will allow you to test tweaks or modify a theme for your current website without making live changes. To get started, you’ll need to download the following files: Wordpress XAMPP for OSX - An Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl Step One – Installing XAMPP: Once both downloads have... [Read More]
Fix: Featured Content Gallery Wordpress Plugin Displays Incorrectly in Internet Explorer 6
by Evan Wondrasek on April 10, 2009
For many websites, the Featured Content Gallery for Wordpress provides the centerpiece and main focal point of the front page (Techerator included). This plugin has the ability to display posts in a specific category as well as a graphic and accompanying text for a great preview of articles on the site. The Problem When doing some cross-browser compatibility checking, I noticed that the Featured... [Read More]
How To: Remove the Smiley from the Wordpress.com Stats Plugin
by Evan Wondrasek on April 10, 2009
One of the first plugins I installed when building the Techerator website was Wordpress.com Stats, a plugin which offered useful and practical statistics (instead of the overwhelming metrics that Google Analytics and others provide) with the added benefit that since the statistics monitoring is hosted by Wordpress, it would have no adverse impact on the site’s performance. The only requirement... [Read More]
