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WordPress - Show more than 15 recent posts
2007-11-20 16:51:00 This tutorial explains how to modify the Word Press recent posts sidebar widget entry to display more than 15 recent posts. By default the number of posts to show is (at most 15). Maybe you want to display 20 recent posts? Or more? I'll show you how. number, recent posts, set, widgets, wordpressShare This Post More About: Wordpress , Show , Recent , Posts
How to password protect a shared folder
2007-11-13 18:58:00 If your looking to password protect a shared folder on your network, you've probably noticed that Windows XP doesn't have any built in features allowing you to lock access to a folder via a password like previous Windows releases did. This means that anyone using the same workgroup or domain can access the files ... More About: Password , Fold , Folder
How to password protect a shared folder
2007-11-13 18:58:00 If your looking to password protect a shared folder on your network, you've probably noticed that Windows XP doesn't have any built in features allowing you to lock access to a folder via a password like previous Windows releases did. This means that anyone using the same workgroup or domain can access the files within ... More About: Password , Folder
How to automatically delete files in Windows Vista
2007-10-14 01:26:00 The following tutorial explains how to automatically delete files instead of moving them to the recycle bin in Windows Vista . "Remove files immediately when deleted" bypassing the recycle bin. In addition you can remove the recycle bin icon from the desktop. I personally prefer this method as I don't like to go through a ... More About: Windows Vista , Files , Delete
How to automatically delete files in Windows Vista
2007-10-14 01:26:00 The following tutorial explains how to automatically delete files instead of moving them to the recycle bin in Windows Vista . "Remove files immediately when deleted" bypassing the recycle bin. In addition you can remove the recycle bin icon from the desktop. I personally prefer this method as I don't like to go through a two ... More About: Windows Vista , Files , Delete
Error cannot delete file: cannot read from source file or disk
2007-10-10 18:16:00 Help, I cant delete a file: If you've ever encountered one of the following Windows XP Error message when trying to delete a file.: Cannot delete file: Cannot read from source file. I can assure you, your not alone. This is a fairly common occurence and NO it doesn't mean you have a virus ... More About: File , Disk , Source , Read
How to run a program in Vista with administrator rights
2007-10-09 16:17:00 How to run a program in Windows Vista with administrator rights: Typically when you launch a program that requires administrative rights in Windows Vista, you are prompted for administrator credentials to continue. Sometimes, programs that were designed for older systems such as Windows XP may not even run or could be limited in functionality if ... More About: Rights , Program , Strato , Administrator
How to make a WordPress Page or Post use a different sidebar
2007-10-03 21:17:00 How to add a second sidebar widget for use on separate pages or posts: The following tutorial covers the process of building a second widget compatible sidebar that can be used on specific pages or posts. Using a different Word Press sidebar for pages and posts allows the user to display different sidebar content on ... More About: Wordpress , Post , Page , Sidebar
Tag options for WordPress 2.3
2007-09-27 01:48:00 Starting with version 2.3, Word Press now includes the option to add tags to your posts. This included function works similar to the all popular UTW Ultimate Tag Warrior tag plugin with the exception that it's already pre-configured and included with WordPress 2.3. In the following tutorial, I'll cover how to benefit from the new ... More About: Wordpress , Options
SEO Streamliner WordPress Theme
2007-09-26 23:30:00 SEO Streamliner Theme for Word Press SEO Streamliner is an optimized and trimmed down theme based purely on the popular X-Caliber WordPress template. This theme features a built in horizontal navigation menu that automatically lists the pages you have created in WordPress. It also sports a thinner blank header (READY FOR YOUR CUSTOM TEXT AND IMAGES). ... More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Theme
How to Add and Remove programs in Windows Vista
2007-09-25 19:34:00 So your looking to add/remove programs in Windows Vista ? In Windows XP, there was an applet named add/remove programs located in the control panel. In Vista, the naming structure has changed a bit. The new applet for adding and removing programs in Vista is simply called "programs" or "programs and features" for those using ... More About: Programs , Windows Vista , Grams
Remove the OEM Branding on Windows Vista
2007-09-25 18:46:00 Removing the OEM Branding of Windows Vista : The following tutorial covers how to add, remove, edit, change and modify the factory OEM branding that comes Windows Vista from system manufacturers. OEM's typically include their logo and other system builder information in the System information applet when the install Windows. The goal of this tutorial is ... More About: The O
Accessing Windows Vista Documents and Setting Folder
2007-09-23 02:01:00 Q: Why do I get an Access Denied error when trying to open a folder? A: In Windows Vista , many folders that used to be used by earlier versions of Windows have been moved to a new location or given a new name in Windows Vista . However, the old folders can still be seen ... More About: Documents , Fold
Windows Vista Lost Recycle Bin
2007-09-23 01:35:00 Within Windows Vista , There is now a New Delete option when right-clicking the Recycle Bin. This option gives the Vista user the option of easily removing the shortcut from the desktop. I've often found that many people accidentally click the delete option and appear puzzled when they can no longer find the recycle bin shortcut ... More About: Lost , Windows Vista
How to remove a Net or MSN passport account from Windows
2007-09-19 17:16:00 How do I remove a .Net account from Windows XP and Windows MSN Messenger? The answer is relatively simple. You can edit or delete your .Net or MSN passport via the user accounts administration panel applet located in your computers control panel. The following How To outlines how to delete an MSN passport from ... More About: Account , Passport
WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection
2007-09-13 21:40:00 I had a visitor ask me what kind of "Contact Form " I use to allow visitors to contact me via this Site. Currently, I am using the "Word Press Contact Form with Spam Protection" Plugin. This awesome plugin was originally created by Ryan Duff (who's site no longer exists). Since then, the WordPress Contact Plugin ... More About: Wordpress
Optimizing and adding Kontera to WordPress
2007-09-11 17:55:00 With the recent introduction of Kontera in text link advertising, many Word Press bloggers have been switching to or adding the new service. Kontera is a publishers advertising system based solely on contextually relevant in text keywords that are discovered in real time on a web site. These keywords are then automatically turned ... More About: Wordpress
How to customize the WordPress Login Screen
2007-09-10 19:48:00 The following tutorial is for those of you who want to customize and further beautify the Word Press Logi n Screen tailoring it to your sites look and feel. You might want to do this if you have a lot of registered members and don't want them to get bored with the default Login Screen. If you ... More About: Wordpress , Cree
Make the WordPress search button appear after the search box
2007-09-07 19:05:00 The following tutorial explains how to make the Word Press search button appear after the search box in your sidebar. If your like me, you'd probably rather have the search button next to the search box rather than under the search box. However, by default, the sidebar widget employs a break between the search form ... More About: Wordpress , Search , Button , Make
Installing additional photoshop fonts
2007-09-06 23:22:00 Where to install additional photoshop fonts: Once you have become familiar with editing in photoshop, you might want to start adding new font styles. Just yesterday, a friend of mine who is relatively new to photoshop had asked "How do I add additional fonts to photoshop". Knowing that there are probably many other people ... More About: Photoshop , Fonts , Photosho
How to add Related Posts to WordPress
2007-09-05 20:15:00 The following tutorial illustrates how to add Related Post entries to your Word Press blog. This is done in conjunction with the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin. If you aren't already using Ultimate tag warrior, I highly recommend adding it to your plugin list. There are so many awesome advanced features this plugin has to offer other ... More About: Wordpress , Posts
Problems with post text after upgrading to WordPress 2.2
2007-08-30 17:46:00 WordPress bloggers that have recently upgraded to WordPress version 2.2 may encounter strange character set or charset encoding problems where apostrophes, hyphens, quotation marks and dashes appear or are displayed in posts and pages as strange characters like â??, Â?., or even as simple ? (question marks). The symptom is obvious, your WordPress posts ... More About: Wordpress , Post , Problems , Text
How to manually upgrade WordPress
2007-08-30 16:58:00 The following tutorial explains how to quickly upgrade Word Press to a newer version. The process is fairly straightforward and simple, however, I have frequently caught people including myself being lazy on an upgrade skipping important steps of the process. I feel it’s important to perform a manual WordPress upgrade and not auto upgrade using a ... More About: Wordpress , Manual , Ally
Removing the limit of posts per page
2007-08-29 23:52:00 Removing the Word Press post per page limit: By default, WordPress posts are limited based on the posts_per_page setting. Making many of your older posts incredibly hard to find for both search engines and readers. Like many readers, I hate (pagination) having to read through pages of posts in a category one page at a ... More About: Page , Posts
Removing the WordPress sidebar bullets
2007-08-29 23:21:00 Remove bullets from the Word Press sidebar: The following tutorial is for those who use the default Kubrick WordPress theme or a derivative of it and want to remove the sidebar bullets to make for a cleaner looking blog. The bullets normally don’t appear if your using the Internet Explorer browser and although some people prefer ... More About: Wordpress , Sidebar , Bullets
WordPress Duplicate Sidebar Widgets
2007-08-29 20:13:00 The following Duplicate Sidebar Widget Plugin for Word Press allows a WordPress user to duplicate or copy sidebar widgets and use them on multiple sidebars or use the widgets more than once in the same sidebar. Duplicate Sidebar Widgets is based solely on the original Jaw Duplicate Widgets plugin. I have simply cleaned up a couple ... More About: Wordpress
WordPress Language Translator Plugin
2007-08-28 23:34:00 This language translator plugin and widget for Word Press 2.2.2 + is based solely on Trevors translator widget plugin. His plugin worked fine up to the latest WordPress version release. In WordPress 2.2, there are complications that caused his great plugin to break. The first problem was that one of the functions in WP 2.2 ... More About: Wordpress , Plugin , Language , Translator
WordPress Firefox and Position: Relative CSS problems
2007-08-27 15:03:00 When creating or editing the content of a Word Press Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), many people neglect to take the time to check their work using multiple browsers, IE. Opera, Firefox , Internet Explorer, Navigator etc. Unlike Internet Explorer and many of the other popular browsers, Firefox is one of the only browsers that properly use some ... More About: Wordpress , Problems , Posi
How to clear the Browser Cache
2007-08-20 17:09:00 In order to display any changes on a Web page, a user might click the Refresh button on the browser toolbar or press the F5 key on the keyboard. While this sometimes works, refreshing a page simply reloads the page without clearing the browser’s cache. Here are some additional techniques used by specific ... More About: Browser , Clear , Cache , Browse
WordPress broken by Plugin
More articles from this author:2007-08-20 16:42:00 At some point in time, nearly every Word Press Blogger will experience a broken WordPress blog due to the recent activation of a non compatible plugin. A broken plugin can wreak all sorts of havoc on a WordPress blog including the inability to access the WordPress administration panel. In most cases, when a blog breaks, ... More About: Wordpress , Plugin , Broken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
