ShareThis tutorial will walk you through adding your WordPress feed to your FeedBurner account. First though, what is FeedBurner? FeedBurner is a feed analysis tool, which was acquired back in 2007 by Google. The way it works is by redirecting your existing /feed/ to their URL, which can analyze who is consuming your feed. Let’s …
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ShareSo you want to install sample data into your WordPress installation? There’s an XML file that helps you do that. http://svn.automattic.com/wpcom-themes/demo/test-data.2011-01-17.xml What does this data do for me? This data will provide you all the un-ordered lists, the blockquotes, the ordered lists, the small fonts, the bigger fonts, your h1, h2, h3, h4, images, and …
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ShareDo you want to use the WP.me URL shortener, provided by WordPress.com? Easy to do. Install the WordPress.com Stats plugin, and the rest is magic. You’ll instantly be given the option to insert the wp.me shortlink into your posts. You will also be be able to use the “get shortlink” button on the post screen, …
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ShareWant to add simple stats to your blog? Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has a plugin called WordPress Stats. This plugin is simple and lets your track your visitors. It’s simple to install, does the job, and doesn’t add too much overhead when loading the page. Let’s dive in. First, go to Add New under …
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ShareSo what do you think of the new “admin bar” in the upcoming release of WordPress 3.1? Haven’t had a chance to play with it yet? You will soon. If you do like it, then go ahead and keep it. But for those that don’t want to keep it, we can thank Joost for posting …
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ShareHere’s an easy tutorial on really making WordPress your own. It’s a simple quick and dirty function to update the WordPress logo/image on the wp-login.php page, to your own. [sourcecode]function wpvibe_login_logo() { echo ‘<style>.login { background-image: url(/your_top_header_background_gradient_here.png); background-repeat:repeat-x; } #login h1 a { background: url(/your_custom_logo_goes_here.png) top no-repeat; width:500px; margin-left:-90px; margin-top:-73px; }</style>’; } add_action(‘login_head’,’wpvibe_login_logo’);[/sourcecode] The above …
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ShareThere’s often a case where you want to exclude a specific category or multiple categories from your RSS feed. This way you can publish posts and if you don’t want them to go to your RSS subscribers, they won’t. First, here’s how you exclude a category from your RSS feed. [sourcecode]add_action(‘pre_get_posts’,’wpv_remove_cat’); function wpv_remove_cat() { if …
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ShareIn the last major release of WordPress, WordPress 3.0, a new function was slipped into the core. capital_p_dangit(). Most people don’t even think about how to spell WordPress, at least most of my non-techie friends don’t even think about it. They’ll spell it Wordpress or wordpress usually, but in fact, it’s actually WordPress. This small …
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ShareFacebook just announced that they are launching the “like” plugin for any page around the web.
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ShareCustomizing a post with a fresh and unique thumbnail is a nice touch as it adds just a bit more personality to the post, rather than having the same ole’ images or not having images at all. Here on WordPress Vibe, we have thumbnails for each post, which both Dre and I really like (and …
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