Category Archives: Blogging

Hiding the “Welcome to your new WordPress site” message

Sitting here working on setting up a WordPress network and hit a snag. New sites have a giant “Welcome to your new WordPress site” message when someone logs in for the first time. Now, I’m not against the message; and … Continue reading

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Math for Game Programmers

Had an idea running through my head for a while now and finally pulled the trigger last weekend. Something I’ve noticed teaching students to write games is that most don’t expect programming games to involve as much math as it … Continue reading

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Hits on wp-login.php from the Netherlands

Noticed something looking through AWStats this afternoon. Traffic was coming from 146.0.74.234, an IP address in the Netherlands owned by a Russian. Sure, there will always be a few random hits like that, but this one has hit the login script … Continue reading

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Amazon Images plugin for WordPress

Every now and then I like to link to Amazon products, along with an affiliate tag. Nothing spammy. But I figure if I’m going to link to something that they make money off of, I might as well try to … Continue reading

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Editorial Calendar WordPress plugin

This is one of those plugins that I wish I’d been using for years. Those that “know” such things say that you’re supposed to spread your posts out and not dump a bunch on one day. Well, that’s pretty much … Continue reading

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Count all post in a WordPress blog network

Needed this bit of code to keep count of the total number of posts in a network enabled WordPress site. It pulls the list of blogs and the goes through each, gets the post count, and sums it up. Certainly … Continue reading

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Drag and Drop Uploading – Worth the upgrade just for that

Sure, I know there was more to the upgrade than just this; but the drag and drop uploading in the latest WordPress is an outstanding addition. Instead of having to browse through folders looking for the right file, it’s just … Continue reading

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WordPress script not working from the command line

Spent most of yesterday working on a script that interfaces with WordPress to update posts as it runs. It wasn’t a big part of the script, but it was the part that caused the most frustration. When I was testing … Continue reading

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Series Tag WordPress Plugin

Just finished a new WordPress and am now just waiting for the WP plugin people to create the SVN folder for it it’s up and ready for download. It’s called Series Tag and adds a short code that will display a … Continue reading

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Quick update to Link Footnotes plugin

Just committed a quick update to my Link Footnotes WordPress plugin. The only addition was a new setting that allows you to set the target attribute for the footnote links created. There are 3 options. Default On If you want … Continue reading

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