wordpress tricks, hacks, and tips

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Adding Microsoft Live Search Maps to your WordPress blog

| January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments

You can add a Microsoft Live Map to your WordPress blog pretty easily. All you have to do is create a custom template Page for the map page, and add some code to it. Full instructions are ... View Post

Google removes IncrediMail from AdSense program

| January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

A lot of bloggers talk about the danger of placing all of your "eggs" in the Google basket, whether it's for search results or for advertising revenue. IncrediMail, an Israeli company that has mysteriously made lots of money by adding smiley faces to email, has just announced via ... View Post

Blog Oh Blog lists common WordPress myths and facts

| January 11, 2008 | 0 Comments

Blog Oh Blog has published a great article for people interested in entering the world of WordPress. The article lists 9 myths about WordPress related to what it is, plugins, security, costs, ... View Post

Hell Yeah Dude’s list of ways to supplement your WordPress content

| January 10, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hell Yeah Dude has a great rundown of different types of content you can add to your WordPress blog, and plugins for doing so: flickr, Twitter, Pownce, Tumblr, de.licio.us and more. 12 automatic ways ... View Post

Smashing Magazine comes through again with 100 WordPress themes

| January 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

Smashing Magazine has an amazing gallery of 100 excellent free WordPress themes. The themes listed really are excellent. 100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes from Smashing Magazine View Post

Get rid of bandwidth image theft once and for all

| January 8, 2008 | 0 Comments

Herself Webtools gives us the recipe for a .htaccess file that prevents hotlinking images on your site. Get rid of bandwidth image theft once and for all View Post

Make IE7 standards compliant with javascript tool

| January 8, 2008 | 2 Comments

Wired.com reports on a javascript tool that "makes Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser and, perhaps most notable for the designers among us, the scripts add transparent PNG support for both IE5 and IE6. " In order to get it to work, ... View Post

GM launches new blog built on WordPress

| January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

General Motors has launched a new blog, GMnext, which is built on none other than our favorite blogging platform, WordPress. Even more interesting about this blog is the fact that GM executives will be the ones blogging. I'd love to know how they are managing permissions and compliance issues. View Post

Contact form WordPress plugin includes Hebrew and Spanish

| January 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here's a contact form that comes in a Hebrew and Spanish version. We used it over here. It does the trick, and is easy to configure. SCF2 Contact Form » LaptopTips View Post

IE8 Passes Acid2 Test – too good to be true?

| January 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

SitePoint has reported that IE8 has passed the Acid2 Test. As they explain, this test was developed "as a challenge to browser developers. In a single page, the test makes use of a broad range of features from several different web standards that ... View Post