The things you learn, and the things you remember

by | Nov 13, 2008 | Web

WordPress is a beast that I love to hate to love. When it works, it works very well, which is 99% of the time. But when it doesn’t, well, then I can usually plan on spending at least 4-6 hours researching why it’s not, and then (most of the time) an hour...

WordPress EventCalendar Patch

by | Jun 26, 2008 | Web

I ran across a problem with the WordPress 2.5 plugin EventCalendar where the calendar worked fine, but when you click on a date in the calendar to view the Event post, it would return a Not Found error page. The fix for this is an unofficial patch. Basically two files...

Static content mixed with post excerpts

by | Apr 9, 2008 | Web

After changing a WP blog to display a static home page, I was trying to find a way to also display Posts – the way they normally displayed on a default install – and make a link to that page. What I found instead was a nice, dynamic way to show posts,...

Newest Favorite Plugin

by | Mar 11, 2008 | Web

For some reason, the hacked code I had in place to make Gravatars show up in Posts and Comments mysteriously broke over the weekend, so after a bit of troubleshooting (and an attempt to guesstimate the issue that turned into a neat feature that makes the...

WordPress Gravatars on Posts AND Comments

by | Jan 3, 2008 | Web

UPDATE: This hack has just recently broken. 🙁 HOWEVER, I found a nifty plugin to replace it. With thanks to Justin P., we’ve figured out a way to make the Gravatars plugin for WordPress (available at the gravatars website) display gravatars for BOTH Comments AND...