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Tag: "posts"

Cool post title design at cfTopper

Miriam Schwab | March 2, 2007 | 0 Comments

cfTopper has the coolest design for post titles that I think I've ever seen. He has the post title with a reflection close underneath. Take a look: cfTopper post title example

I tried to get an idea of how he does it by using Firefox Web Developer and ... View Post

An Ajax variation on WordPress excerpts

| February 25, 2007 | 0 Comments

The default WordPress excerpt allows you to display a short text from your posts that is easier taken from the post itself, or from the excerpt that you enter in the Write Posts page. At the end of the excerpt, there is a link that takes the reader to the complete version of the ... View Post

The Excerpt Reloaded

| February 24, 2007 | 11 Comments

Update June 6, 2007: There is a problem with closing HTML tags in Kaf's Excerpt Reloaded Plugin. This means that if you define <ul> as one of the HTML tags you want to preserve in your excerpts, you may end up with a page of excerpts that is one big list, since the closing ... View Post

Just One Category

| February 24, 2007 | 0 Comments

This plugin will cause WordPress to display on a category archive page only those posts which are direct members of that category, i.e. this plugin will exclude from that category page all posts which belong to any of that category’s subcategories but do not belong to the category itself.

The writer of this plugin says ... View Post

Random posts generator

| February 23, 2007 | 0 Comments

As bloggers we try to provide fresh content on a frequent basis. But this means that our older content disappears deep into the archives, rarely to be heard from again. This Random Posts plugin displays random posts from your blog. This is a good way to get value from all your past hard work.... View Post

InSeries Plugin for linking article series

| February 22, 2007 | 0 Comments

From REM State:

In Series is a plugin, originally written by Scott Merrill, which provides template authors with hooks to link together inter-related articles — that is, to link together articles that are in a series.

InSeries plugin>> View Post

Setting Posts to Publish in the Future

| February 22, 2007 | 0 Comments

This is something that I thought must exist, but didn't know how to do it. Sometimes I have a collection of posts written for my blog, and I want them to automatically appear on the blog at future times. Lorelle on WordPress explains how to ... View Post

Auto-hide posts for WordPress 2.1

| February 22, 2007 | 0 Comments

Hide your posts. I still have to test this out, since it's not clear if it hides all your posts, or you can select specific posts for hiding. Auto-hide posts for WordPress 2.1>> View Post

Plugin: Customizable Post Listings

| February 21, 2007 | 0 Comments

Display Recent Posts, Recently Commented Posts, Recently Modified Posts, Random Posts, and other post listings using the post information of your choosing in an easily customizable manner. You can narrow post searches by specifying categories and/or authors, among other things. Plugin: Customizable Post Listings>> View Post