Category: Wordpress stuff

wordpress theme help »

Notice the change? Jump out from your feed reader and on to my site. I am experimenting with yet another theme. Zeke theme from Solostream is I think a very neat theme and I absolutely love the colors. The layout is unique with one area for a feature post and two sidebars. One problem though, [...]

comment notification problem solved! »

(very big sigh of relief)
After looking through the php file that does the comment notification process, I found that the email address used to notify me for comment is not the email address listed in my WP profile (the yahoo address) but rather ‘wordpress@sandierpastures.com’. I am sure this feature came from updating to the latest WP [...]

Blogging bumps »

Remember the magical sorta plugin I mentioned before? The one that worked like a breeze when you do an upgrade to the latest WordPress version?
Well, it wasn’t a perfect breeze exactly - - there are some specks of sand in the wind. Since I upgraded to WP 2.3.1, email notification for new comments posted in my blog [...]

How to painlessly upgrade to the newest version of WordPress »

I started blogging using WordPress as my blogging platform two months ago. The version I used was 2.2.2 and since then, the WordPress community has released a security update 2.3 and now the latest version is 2.3.1.
Now upgrading to the latest WordPress version requires a tremendous task of backing up your blog files, database in [...]

Wordpress CommentLuv plugin »

I found another way to give link love to commenters of this site. I have installed a plugin that will display the latest post of the commenter within their comment. Isn’t it cool?
The CommentLuv plugin written by Andy Bailey will visit the feed of the comment author and attempt to get the last post they made [...]

Wordpress Comment-Email Responder is cool »

I found a great wordpress plugin info at Leanne’s blog that allows you to respond to comments in the comment section and send an email notification to the comment author at the same time. Nothing can be cooler than this!
Since I strongly believe in the writer-reader interaction, this plugin is very helpful. My reply to a certain comment will [...]