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How to localize a Hebrew website’s Dashboard with WordPress Multisite

| November 15, 2011 | 2 Comments

Many of our clients request English and Hebrew websites and ever since WordPress 3.0 made WordPress Multisite a breeze to install, we've been using it so that clients can manage all their sites from one Dashboard.

Logically, our clients want the Hebrew website to have a Hebrew Dashboard. However, out of the box, WordPress Multisite defaults

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How to Re-enable and Allow Comments in Older Posts in WordPress

| November 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

We had a client come to us and ask how to re-enable comments on older posts. I started searching around and found 2 ways of allowing comments on many posts at once.

1. Use the built-in WordPress Bulk Edit feature.

This feature was introduced back in version 2.7 but only now did I fall in

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How to embed a .wmv file in WordPress

| November 7, 2011 | 8 Comments

A client recently asked us how they could embed .wmv files in their WordPress site so that it plays in a video player. Interestingly, we're so used to working with video websites like YouTube and Vimeo which allow easy embedding by just pasting

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How to share a draft with a private URL in WordPress

| May 30, 2011 | 4 Comments
It's been a while since I've been so excited about a plugin. Enough that it inspired me to write a post about it. I've always wanted to share drafts of posts with people before I publish them but didn't want to bother them with "can you log in, look at the post and let me ... View Post

Allow Editor access level to add users in WordPress

| May 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
Recently, a client asked us to allow editors to add users on their WordPress site. They wanted this feature so that the site managers wouldn't be tempted to click on any of the settings, and possibly mess something up. I know this is super specific but it did come up for us so maybe ... View Post

How to add images and styles to the WordPress custom menu

| May 24, 2011 | 3 Comments
There are lots of good plugins out there for displaying social media profiles on your site, but what if you want to use your own icons? And you want your client to be able to easily manage the links to these social profiles? The solution is to create a custom menu in WordPress with ... View Post

QuickTip: Show More Pages in your WordPress Dashboard

| May 12, 2011 | 2 Comments
I am totally in love with the Screen Options pull down tab in WordPress. I know it's been there for a few versions, but I never fully appreciated it until I started using the Show on Screen feature that lets you fill in how many pages you want to show in your list of ... View Post

The ultimate guide to embedding HTML and iframes in WordPress

| March 24, 2011 | 8 Comments
Embedding HTML and iframe content in the WordPress editor is annoying – the editor strips out elements so you end up with broken code, or no code at all. Right? Wrong (sort of)! For some reason, it seems that the vast majority of WordPress users are not aware that as of version 2.9 we ... View Post

How to exclude multiple categories from your WordPress feed

| January 23, 2011 | 3 Comments
I was searching desperately for a solution for creating a custom WordPress feed that excluded two categories that would be used to offer a unique Feedburner feed to readers. I found posts that explained how to exclude categories globally, but that wasn't relevant since these categories still needed to be available to readers ... View Post

How to install WordPress without a domain name

| January 16, 2011 | 33 Comments
This is one of those life-changing, super-awesome tips that I wish I had known about years ago. Note that this only works on Windows, and I've only tested it on Windows 7. Here's the scenario: you've got a client who has a website up and running on their domain name, www.mysite.com. You are creating a ... View Post
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