2011 has just begun and you still have not found your resolution for this new year? Why not create a blog to share your passion, share information on a domain that you are familiar? A blog can be created very easily and within a few hours you can put it online with a nice design, structural organization, an editorial line etc. before that you took the time to define your target, you will have … [Read more...]
Permalinks and WordPress : a basic primer
Arrived in 1999 in the world of blog, the permalinks are permanent URLs that are used to refer a blog (among other reasons). The term permalink is derived from the words "permanent" and "link". For a blog that can be cited continually in forums, emails, diggs, social networks, or be part of the bookmarks of users, it is advisable to ensure the permanence of these URLs (long term factor) … [Read more...]
WordPress Plugins to create a glossary in your blog
Be faster and more precise, what many bloggers love. Using a glossary is widespread in the books. You flip through a book,read the first chapter, next to some words that you will see a small number or a small asterisk that tells you it has a definition in footnotes or at the end of the book. It is well thought out. Now will have to make profits for your blog, if you are interested of … [Read more...]
Show the ID of your articles in a new column
This snippet is to be pasted into the file "functions.php" your theme WordPress . It allows you to add a new column in the overview page of your blog articles. This column simply displays the unique identifier of your item (Article ID). The ability to hide the column is also available via the tab "Options" screen. [crayon-6a27b2d3b8fcc981859733-i/] Note that once the column has … [Read more...]
Optimize WordPress by compressing data through .Htaccess
To start this series of performance tuning of your WordPress blog, we propose a simple procedure yet very effective to make your site running fast by adding a code snipplet to .htaccess file. This will greatly reduce the weight of your pages without direct action from you on their content. A comparison before and after modification should convince you of the usefulness of this … [Read more...]
Indispensable MySQL queries for custom fields in WordPress
WordPress stores the data (articles, pages, categories, etc) in a MySQL database. It is therefore useful to know some codes to create a custom Wordpress based website. Note: This post includes MySQL queries for creating the custom fields in WordPress CMS (you can use for blog based design too). Before working in your database, take a backup first. You are responsible for your … [Read more...]
How to use your domain name as OpenID
OpenID is an authentication system that allows you to connect in a secure manner, on several Web services using the same identifier. Do you know that you can use your blog (domain name) as address OpenID? In fact, you only delegate your domain name service provider to OpenID. Using your domain name to identify yourself on a site or service that supports OpenID, are often easier … [Read more...]
Create an archive page listing of articles in WordPress sorted by date
This tutorial discusses a method to automatically create an archive page in Wordpress showing all your articles chronologically by dates. Recall that, Wordpress by default shows archives by month. To implement this chronological archival page, we will suggest you to use a separate page template to avoid changing your theme. However, you may directly take the … [Read more...]
PhraseExpress: automate typing more effectively with assistance
PhraseExpress software is particularly interesting for those who find themselves all the time to type the same text repeatedly. By typing a few words, suggestions automatically appear that we were trying to write. PhraseExpress is even capable of much more since it corrects our mistakes, keep the copy and paste history, launches applications, or web search. The software is free for … [Read more...]
Change the password of a user via phpMyAdmin WordPress
The MySQL database for WordPress stores all user passwords in the table wp_users. With phpMyAdmin, learn to generate new passwords for each user account in your WordPress installation. This is very useful in case of loss of password! How to Reset Password in Wordpress We need to access phpMyAdmin account first. Which is just the tool for managing MySQL databases via a web … [Read more...]
Management of Gravatars in WordPress
A gravatar is a miniaturized image that is associated with an e-mail. Implemented in the WordPress commenting system by default, this feature is a way to brighten up the look of your blog but also to identify you when you leave a quick comment - as well as an author, guest. To have the gravatar on your blog, no plugin is required. Only 3 steps are required: Create an … [Read more...]