Backgrounds: Quick updates to your site with Thesis

by Lisa Brown on June 5, 2010

One of the questions I get a lot is what will it take to make my blog look like my site or less like a blog (or both).
Here are some easy ways to begin making changes to your site. This is the first in a series of posts talking about easy ways to modify your [...]

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Thesis Theme for WordPress

January 25, 2010
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Why Thesis? I’ve been using Thesis on my own site’s and on client sites for quite some time. (This site uses Thesis!) So what do I like about it?
I like Thesis by DIYThemes for some of the same reasons I choose to work with WordPress. It’s flexible, yet solid framework. Thesis works with WordPress without [...]

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Using Named Anchors

October 17, 2009

Did you know you can use named anchors within your pages to break up your content and make it easier for users to find what they’re looking for more quickly? Google is now using these named anchors and including these links within some search results.

Google is generating these links automatically based on your page structure [...]

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WordPress Attack on Self Hosted Sites

September 6, 2009

This just out, latest nasty attack aimed at self hosted WordPress:
Mashable on the Attack
How to know if you’ve been affected:

In your permalinks, look for additions that looks like:
…eval(base64_decode…
Also check your users, you may have an additional admin user – look for one you don’t recognize.

Read more details at Lorelle’s blog: Old Versions of WordPress Under [...]

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Using NextGen Gallery to Organize Images

August 22, 2009

NextGen Gallery is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to display images in Albums and Galleries. Albums contain groups of Galleries. Galleries contain groups of images.
For example: if you wanted to display your images of fishing trips to Alaska over the last several years, you’d have an Album for Alaska, and Galleries for the [...]

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WordPress 2.8.3 Admin Password Security Exploit

August 12, 2009

If you’ve recently upgraded to WordPress 2.8.3, you’ll want to head over to WordPress.org and download the latest update and upgrade your install to 2.8.4. There is a security exploit that allows someone to remotely change your admin password through a special url that’s formed in the right way. It basically removes the current password, [...]

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Color Schemes and Color Scheme Tools

July 14, 2009

Color schemes aren’t technical, really, are they? You just pick what you like, right? Ah, not so fast. Color choice on your site can make or break how your site is received by it’s audience. Clash and you’ll drive visitors away with a headache from trying to read your red text on a blue background.
What [...]

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Troubleshooting Your WordPress

June 12, 2009
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WordPress is simple to use, can be complex behind the scenes – there are so many variables that can cause issues – these are some of the most common.
Sooner or later, you’re bound to run into this situation: you go to your site, prepared to make a post or update a widget and you know [...]

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Making a CSS Drop Down Menu in Semiologic Pro

September 26, 2008

A question came up about getting a css multi level dropdown type menu on a Wordpress site using the Semiologic Pro theme. If you use Semiologic Pro, you know that it has a nav bar you can use in the header, but it’s a single level menu, no drop downs, just simple links. Nice, but [...]

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Customize Your Community (CYC) Wordpress Plugin

September 23, 2008

Rae Hoffman conceived the plugin which was created by Joost de Valk, Wordpress Plugin Expert.
The CYC plugin allows your registered backend users see your branding and design on the login and profile pages. It will apply your theme to the following: registration, login, logout, lost password and profile pages. This only happens for users who [...]

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