Image via CrunchBase Hello all, I wrote here about upgrading to wordpress 2.8. And if you follow my directions, you will be able to log out and log back into your blog no problem. However, if you leave the plugins active, you will likely not be allowed back into your blog once you log out. You will need to erase/rename the offending plugin from your wp-includes/plugins directory. ***There is a conflict with the Google Analytics plugin that we provide to most blogs when we install them. To resolve this conflict: Please deactivate this plugin Install "Google Analytics for … [Read more...]
5 Things to do in WordPress 2.8
June 12, 2009
Image via CrunchBase Have you played around in WordPress 2.8 yet? Oh, c'mon I'm not the only one who likes a fresh new toy, am I? Especially one that's FREE! If not, here's a list of things to do first: Take in the View: Go the Appearance Panel - look at the *brand new* Add New Themes selection! Go ahead - click it! You can upload themes as you wish, and it will not change the appearance of your blog, until you "Activate" it. Don't upload more than 15 - 20 though, as this could start to affect the speed of your blog. Get Organized!! Have a peek at the Plugins Panel. I … [Read more...]
How to Upgrade to WordPress 2.8
June 11, 2009
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming.... (What? I do SO have regular programming.) to bring you.... WordPress 2.8. The biggest upgrade in this version is the widget area and more cool goodies for our sidebars!! Dont forget to check out the warnings in the Save the Sidebars article series!! I haven`t done my research on the new features yet but when I do, I`ll be sure to update the blog with the news! And YES - please DO upgrade your WordPress to 2.8 with the CLICK of a button! How cool is that? If you haven`t yet upgraded to 2.7 then you won`t be able to do the … [Read more...]
Sidebar Fix #2: the < break > tag
June 10, 2009
This post is the third in a series called, "Save the Sidebar!" Click on the button below to start at the beginning! A lot of you use <br> tags to accomplish a space between sidebar items. Although this will work, it will interfere with validating your site, it will probably be deprecated pretty soon, AND it doesn't make very good use of your time. Did you know that if you add the proper HTML tags, you can style everything with ONE line in the stylesheet? <-- if that sounds like complete geekeze to you - do not fear! This is only my way of convincing you to do it properly. … [Read more...]
Sidebar Fix #1: the < p > tag
June 1, 2009
WordPress is a very user-friendly back-end to your blogs. The stuff that you enter - your text, images, videos, comments, go into WordPress's engines and they do their "thing" to publish it all classy-like. There are THREE areas of your blog that skip the WordPress engines. They take your text and publish it directly to the WEB. These are: text widgets HTML editor theme Editor So, if you use those three areas of your blog, you need to know a thing or two about HTML. Remember - whatever you put in those areas will go directly to the web - it will not get filtered and … [Read more...]
