Tag Archives: WordPress
Testing plugin: ShushThatNoise
Hide unwanted comments without deleting them. Readers can choose to read the hidden comment by clicking on the “Show” link. Continue reading
Migrating a HUGE WordPress blog
If you don’t have full server access to take a MySQL dump and a wp-content dump in order to migrate a blog, you can still do it using the native WordPress export feature, splitting the export .xml file into smaller components using a WXR splitter, then using the native WordPress import feature to upload the archives. Continue reading
How to change your display name on wordpress.com
This is coming up for me every now and then as a question from the perplexed.
It’s obviously not quite as obvious as it could be. Continue reading
Coming soon: WordPress 3.0
The Big New Upgrade is now in Beta-1 testing. I’m going to be installing the beta on a test blog next week (school holidays really cut into hackfest time) and seeing how it plays. Of course, they may well be up to Beta-2 testing by then. Continue reading
No reader’s comments display in your sidebar? Do you want more comments or not?
I don’t understand why anyone who blogs would not have some sort of “Latest Comments” widget in the sidebar, but it appears that quite a few don’t. I wonder if they realise that this might be why they don’t get as many comments on every post as they might like? Continue reading
Customising default avatars in WordPress
The problem is that WPWordPress publishing platform’s default Mystery Man gravatar (used when commentors have not registered an avatar for their email address at gravatar.com) is rather ubiquitous, making most WPWordPress publishing platform installs look a little bit too much the same. The other WPWordPress publishing platform options for the default gravatar (autogenerated unique Identicons, Wavatars or Monsters) are not to everybody’s taste, and certainly don’t fit into every design concept.
The solution is to create a unique avatar just for your site, one that suits your design for a professional site or perhaps one that references an injoke at a personal blog. Either way, it will make your site stand out. Continue reading →