Dynamic Content Gallery v3.1 released
Dynamic Content Gallery screenshot I’m pleased to announce a new version (3.1) of the Dynamic Content Gallery plugin for WordPress and WPMU. New features and some bug-fixes With such a major code re-write to create version 3.0, it’s not surprising that a few bugs escaped the net. None of these were serious, but could cause issues in certain situations. Therefore you are encouraged to upgrade to 3.1. I’ve also taken this opportunity... [Read More...]
Limiting WordPress Post Revisions
Perhaps more glamourous than Post Revisions? Going through my database the other day, as part of a general site tidy-up, I was quite surprised to find I had 1700+ post revisions stored in the wp_posts table relating to 80-odd actual Posts and Pages. That sure is lot of “junk”, all thanks to my rather unnecessary habit of frequently clicking the Save Draft button whilst writing a new Post, and each time you Save Draft a Post Revision... [Read More...]
How to customise a WordPress theme
Gratuitous image of scantily-dressed girl with chainsaw, in attempt to make web site customisation look more glamorous than it really is! You have downloaded a free theme or even shelled out a few bucks for a “premium” theme. It’s a beautiful theme, gorgeously laid out, dripping with wonderful features. However, it is very likely that you will want to customise the theme, whether you want to change a few colours here and there,... [Read More...]
WordPress Editor – disabling wpautop()
More WordPress tips and tweaksI always use the HTML View when using the WordPress Post/Page Editor, because I like to have as much control as possible over the HTML markup I incorporate into my posts, and have never been comfortable using the Visual View. However, even in HTML View, WordPress automatically deals with <p> and <br /> tags, which can be frustrating sometimes when it either seems to ignore the spacing you have inserted between... [Read More...]
Open comment author link in new window
More fun with comments I don’t know about you, but I find it a bit irritating clicking on a comment author’s link and being taken off site. So here’s a way to get the link to open in a new window. If you read my previous post about customising the wp_list_comments() function, you will know that it isn’t so simple to access the elements that make up each comment output by this function. Luckily, the WordPress developers... [Read More...]
Customising wp_list_comments()
WordPress 2.7 introduced a simplified way of listing comments with a new function called wp_list_comments() for use in a theme’s comments.php. This automatically takes care of the display of the author, date, avatar, comment text etc, rather than the more complex way used for older versions of WordPress. This is all fine and dandy, but actually makes customising the output of the comments – ie what exactly is displayed – slightly... [Read More...]
