I spent a lot of time trying to figure out an .htaccess issue that really wasnt a problem but that I made a problem because I had forgot how I created permalinks. ANYWAY, because of that experience I am writing up a post that will help WordPress users with .htaccess issues. It won’t be entirely [...]

If you are having problems with your WordPress feed updating, you may need to update your wp-blog-header.php file.

Replace wp-blog-header.php with revision 2600 of wp-blog-header.php found here.

How should you go about replacing it?

Go to the above link Highlight the code starting at <?php and ending at ?> Hit [...]

Here is the link with the instructions to upgrade WordPress 1.5 to 1.5.1

WordPress 1.5.1

I had a problem where the links on my other resources pages was create a blank entry. Like this:

Section Name Link

The code I was using had an extra set of <li></li> tags in it:

<li> <?php _e(‘Section Name’); ?>
<ul>
<li><?php wp_get_links(N); ?></li>
</ul>
</li>

Removing the extra set [...]

HeadMeta is a WordPress plugin that allows you to dynamically add tags to the head portion of an HTML page. Personally I thought the name of this plugin should be called MetaHead. It would have been destined to become slang for someone who is obsessed with onpage optimization. Think of the fun it would have [...]

The Title field on the “Write Page” screen is also used to fill in the Title that appears on the upper most header line of a browser. In WordPress, the code used is typically:
<title><?php wp_title() ?></title>

wp_title is the function that grabs the contents of the Title field. If the Title field read [...]

Onpage Optimization makes any given HTML page search engine friendly for certain keywords. Onpage Optimization is only part of the complete optimization of a web site. However, it is a part that is easily accomplished by following a few key principles. When creating static pages, Onpage Optimization is easy. It is a little trickier when [...]

Check out the the powerpack of wordpress plugins offered by ChaitGear. Very easy to use rss aggregator. Haven’t played with the Amazon product display yet, but will in the near future.

This site has seen its third rewrite in 2 months. It now uses WordPress to provide content management. I plan to spell out the steps I took to get there but that is for another day. I hope over the next few weeks to incorporate more features from WordPress into the site.