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Archive for March, 2010

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

| March 22, 2010 | 5 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

| March 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
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

| March 18, 2010 | 8 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

How to get around WordPress’ limitation on uploading certain file types

| March 16, 2010 | 4 Comments
One of our clients needed to upload files via their admin, and kept getting the following error message: “File type does not meet security guidelines. Try another.” This was something new to us, and after doing some research we discovered that WordPress only allows users to upload certain types of files, and any files that ... View Post

More on doing a 301 redirect of a WordPress site to a new domain

| March 14, 2010 | 2 Comments
A few months ago, we redirected this blog from WordPressGarage.com to WPGarage.com in order to respect the request by the folks at Automattic that people not use the word WordPress in their domain name. We wrote up ... View Post