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Make your WordPress header image clickable and guarantee it will load

Friday, June 6th, 2008

I was having loads of problems with the theme on a new blog.  The header image only loaded about 50% of the time.  It might load on the main page, but when you went to another page or read a post the header would disappear.
I searched and found quite a few tips for getting [...]

Add your WordPress blog RSS feed to your Facebook page

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Would you like to show all of your friends on Facebook what you do with your time when you aren’t throwing virtual water balloons at them and poking them mercilessly?
Add your blog’s RSS feed to your Facebook mini-feed and your friends can read your quality posts right there on your profile.

Add your WordPress blog posts to another web site

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I’ve been looking for a way to add links to my WordPress blog posts, including excerpts, to a separate standard HTML web site.  The way the static web site is set up I can’t use PHP to get the job done.
The problem has been knocking around in my head for a month or so.  [...]

Use the Creative Commons search in Firefox to find images you are free to use on your blog

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Blogs must have images.  Nothing makes a post come alive like a great picture.  It can be hard to find the right pic for every post though.  If I can’t take the picture myself I usually turn to Flickr.
Flickr is full of images that are licensed under Creative Commons for you to use on [...]

Use your blog to proudly promote WordPress

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I was just reading a post on Weblog Tools Collection about ways to promote and contribute to the WordPress community.  One of the more obvious tips was to make sure your blog is properly crediting WordPress.  There’s usually a little “powered by WordPress” blurb somewhere in the footer of every theme.
Some people really do [...]

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