Separating Trackbacks and Comments in WordPress 2.7+

August 30th, 2009

How-To, Tutorials, WordPress Tutorials

Interested in separating your trackbacks and comments on your WordPress blog?   This blog tutorial should have you covered, whether you use a modern WordPress installation, or an older (pre 2.7) version of WordPress.   Below you’ll find we’ve put together a tutorial for both types of comment loops. For WordPress 2.7+ Installations Locate the following code [...]

Code: Display Last Modified Date in WordPress

June 20th, 2009

Code Snippets, WordPress Tutorials

If you run a website or blog professionally, it is always good business practice to update your older posts to keep them as valid and current as possible.   This helps retain (or even grow) their search engine positions, and helps keep your blog from having dead links or outdated content.  One of the things I [...]

How-To: Display Most Recent Twitter Entry on Your WordPress Blog

June 20th, 2009

How-To, WordPress Tutorials

Proud of your tweets?   Maybe you run a business blog and would like to integrate your Twitter feed?   For WordPress users, adding your most recent tweet to your WordPress blog is actually very easy.   Simply add a little code snippet in your blog’s sidebar where you want to display your most recent tweet, then add [...]

Code: Adding Edit Buttons to WordPress

June 20th, 2009

Code Snippets, WordPress Tutorials

There are a growing number of premium themes on the market these days for WordPress users, many of which are extremely advanced, yet I’ve found that many designers fail to add some of the most basic things all themes should have.  One of the things many designers forget to do is code ”edit” buttons on their posts, pages, and comments.   [...]

Code: Display Categories and Archives in WordPress

June 19th, 2009

Code Snippets, WordPress Tutorials

There has been some debate by bloggers over the past few years as to the value of displaying your archives, with some bloggers going as far as to not even display their categories!    The general idea is that the use of recent posts, popular posts, and a built-in search feature will allow your readers to [...]