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How to remove the link to parent pages when using wp_list_pages in WordPress navigation

David Stein | July 8, 2010 | 3 Comments
Recently I was working on a client's WordPress website and he made an interesting request, that I am actually surprised we don't see more often. He wanted the top links on his navigation bar to not be live links, and only the sub-pages should actually link to pages on his site. In this case the ... View Post

WordPress turns 7. It was great then, it’s awesome now

Miriam Schwab | May 28, 2010 | 0 Comments
Our little baby is turning 7 – WordPress, my how you’ve grown! But the truth is, I remember when I first started using WordPress back in 2007, and it was pretty good then too. I think that shows how WordPress has strong foundations, even at the beginning. When I first started ... View Post

Ad Manager WordPress plugin OIO Publisher Review

Rebecca Markowitz | May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
In love! In love with a WordPress plugin! No, they're not paying me to say that, although I do have a coupon you could use if you feel like getting the plugin: OIO Publisher(affiliate link). I've been searching for a no-frills, easy to use ad management solution for WordPress for ages, and never ... View Post

How to Override the Slug or Page Permalink in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | March 18, 2010 | 6 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

WordPress as CMS: 4 content block plugins with WYSIWYG editors

Rebecca Markowitz | February 23, 2010 | 6 Comments
We are constantly trying to find easier and better ways to create manageable blocks of content for clients. Widgets Widgets are only helpful up to a certain point since there isn't a great plugin  for a WYSIWYG visual editor that I'm aware of. The Rich Text Widget and WYSIWYG Text Widget are buggy and ... View Post

Add SWFir to WordPress for nice rounded corners, shadows and other effects

Rebecca Markowitz | February 14, 2010 | 0 Comments
While collaborating with our colleagues at Red Door on a project, we came across SWFir,  an amazing way to add some nice subtle effects to WordPress site images. SWFir automatically adds a flash layer on top of images that can round the corners, add a shadow, rotate, or add a border.  I ... View Post

Display sticky post and exclude it from recent posts list in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | January 11, 2010 | 4 Comments
We were working on a WordPress site that needed to display a sticky post at the top of the blog page with one style, and then below it a list of the most recent posts with a completely different style. I realize that you can just style the sticky post using the sticky-related classes provided ... View Post

How to Change Permalink Structure in WordPress without Duplicate Content

Rebecca Markowitz | October 14, 2009 | 9 Comments
Recently we had a client who wanted to change their Permalink structure from Old Permalink structure: /%author%/%category%/%postname%/ to: New Permalink structure: /%author%/%category%/%postname%/%post_id%/ so that they would qualify for Google News. Apparently you need at least 3 digits in your URL in order to qualify for Google News. I wanted to simply change the Permalink structure by going to ... View Post

How to list the 4 latest posts with only one post per author in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | September 14, 2009 | 5 Comments
Recently, one site we were working on needed a sidebar that would show the 4 most recent posts on the site. But here’s the catch: they wanted only one post per author. And, each author had to have the role of “author” as opposed to contributor or admin. The site in question is still in ... View Post

How to Customize Multiple Search Result Pages in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
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
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