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How to Customize Multiple Search Result Pages in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | July 23, 2009 | 4 Comments

In the previous post, we discussed how to hack the search function in Wordpress to have an additional search form that would search subcategories. Now that you have 2 or more search forms on your site, you might need to customize the search results. Thanks to this solution, I learned how to ... View Post

New WordPress mailing list for asking and answering WordPress development questions

Miriam Schwab | July 21, 2009 | 4 Comments

Where can you go if you have questions about developing and managing a WordPress site? Well, we all know about the WordPress Forums, which can be a useful resource for getting experts and WordPress staff to answer your questions. However, not everybody is a fan of the forum format - including me. ... View Post

How to Hack the WordPress Search Function: Search Categories and Child Categories

Rebecca Markowitz | July 21, 2009 | 19 Comments

Recently, we had a client who wanted a special recipe search. There were 2 ways to extend the search functionality - manually or dynamically. 1. Search One or More Categories Manually If we want to search one category, we could have used this solution which lets you manually add category numbers to the search function: [Replace ... View Post

How to create a Simple Directory in WordPress using Grandparent, Parent, and Child Pages

Rebecca Markowitz | June 4, 2009 | 18 Comments

I wanted to create a simple directory of non-profit organizations. To do so, I wanted to use pages for the directory, rather than posts so that I could separate the static directory listings from the dynamic blog posts. I didn't want to have to exclude tons of categories from feedburner and the main ... View Post

Canonical URLs to help WordPress duplicate content issue

Rebecca Markowitz | February 23, 2009 | 11 Comments

Fancy words aside, a canonical URL is Google's way of identifying a "preferred" URL for your posts to avoid duplicate content. Duplicate content is generally defined as "separate web pages with substantially the same content, which may attract a penalty from search engines." Wordpress is often criticized for having duplicate content since ... View Post

WordPress Plugins Directory Search no longer “sucks”

Rebecca Markowitz | February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

I just received an email from Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress, letting me know that the "Plugin search no longer sucks". I was so excited that I didn't even notice the typo he later reported on Twitter. According to the official Wordpress site, Wordpress Plugins directory search is no longer a ... View Post

How to rename widgetized sidebars in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

You can manage multiple sidebar widgets in WordPress. To do so, you go to the Widgets page in the Admin, and select the Sidebar you want to manage. If you have 1 widgetized sidebar, the name "Sidebar 1" is not a big deal for managing it. But what if you have 5 or ... View Post

Review of Wordcamp Israel 2008

Rebecca Markowitz | November 17, 2008 | 9 Comments

Being that Wordcamp Israel was a bloggers conference in Tel Aviv, I'm sure there will be tons of people writing up their reviews in Hebrew. But maybe not quite as many in English, so here goes. This year's ... View Post

Is there an alternative to Feedburner?

Miriam Schwab | October 30, 2008 | 30 Comments

We all use Feedburner to track our RSS subscribers. It's not just to feed that egotistical need to know how many people are hanging onto our every word, but the number of RSS feed subscribers you have is an important metric for indicating the success (or failure) of your blog. It seems ... View Post