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How to remove the link to parent pages when using wp_list_pages in WordPress navigation

David Stein | July 8, 2010 | 3 Comments
Recently I was working on a client's WordPress website and he made an interesting request, that I am actually surprised we don't see more often. He wanted the top links on his navigation bar to not be live links, and only the sub-pages should actually link to pages on his site. In this case the ... View Post

WordPress turns 7. It was great then, it’s awesome now

Miriam Schwab | May 28, 2010 | 0 Comments
Our little baby is turning 7 – WordPress, my how you’ve grown! But the truth is, I remember when I first started using WordPress back in 2007, and it was pretty good then too. I think that shows how WordPress has strong foundations, even at the beginning. When I first started ... View Post

Ad Manager WordPress plugin OIO Publisher Review

Rebecca Markowitz | May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
In love! In love with a WordPress plugin! No, they're not paying me to say that, although I do have a coupon you could use if you feel like getting the plugin: OIO Publisher(affiliate link). I've been searching for a no-frills, easy to use ad management solution for WordPress for ages, and never ... View Post

How to add styles and buttons to the WYSIWYG Visual Editor in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | May 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
The Visual Editor in WordPress is great for clients. It lets them feel comfortable adding content with Word-like buttons that they are familiar with. But, what happens when they want more font styles? Although you can find plugins that add Quicktags to the HTML view Editor, such as Oren Yomtov's Post Editor Buttons Plugin, I ... View Post

Hebrew Installation, UTF-8 and Sufficient Permission in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | May 2, 2010 | 4 Comments
I just published a Hebrew website with a Hebrew installation of WordPress. I first built the site locally, and then moved the database over to the client's site.  When I tried to log in, I got this beauty of an error "You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page" in Hebrew, ... View Post

Automatic Plugin Upgrade broken after WordPress 2.9.2 and some fixes

Rebecca Markowitz | April 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
After manually upgrading one of our client's sites to WordPress 2.9.2. we noticed that the only thing that went awry was the automatic plugin upgrade. WP asked me for the FTP information, and then gave me this error message: Cannot find Content directory (WP-Content) The first solution I found suggested to make sure that all the necessary ... View Post

How to create an archive based on custom fields, not publish date in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | April 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
We recently launched a site called theforgottenletters.org, an incredible project dedicated to translating the Holocaust-era letters of Ralph Schwab from German to English. While building the site, we needed to archive the letters based on the dates the letters were written, not when we publish them to the site. First, I tried this ... View Post

How to list Pages with custom fields in 2 columns in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | March 22, 2010 | 3 Comments
Recently, I needed to list all subpages of a parent page.  I also needed to display custom fields below each subpage. And, on top of that, the list needed to be 2 columns. I found a solution for simply listing the pages in 2 columns, but it did not suggest how to modify the ... View Post

How to avoid “gwProxy” or “jsproxy” code in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | March 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
While working on one of our sites, I noticed funny code starting to show up in the WYSIWYG editor area. I'm not sure if it actually messed anything up, but it was really annoying: <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /> <input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden" /> I found one article online that said it was an FCK / ... View Post

How to Override the Slug or Page Permalink in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | March 18, 2010 | 6 Comments
The Problem: Recently, one of our clients wanted to change the slug, or permalink, from "about-2", back to just plain ol' "about".  I tried changing the slug from the "quick edit" mode. I tried to Edit the Permalink from the Post Page. No luck, it kept reverting back to about-2.  After doing a few ... View Post
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