Jay Versluis We’ll do that with the help of our friend the “cp” command and SSH access to our server. You can find a good manual for all the switches at Tux Files or ask The Die, or simply try “cp –help” at the command prompt. I use “cp” to update multiple installations of WordPress on the … Read more
WordPress is my life and my passion – I wouldn’t know what to do without it. I often recommend it, I often install it and I teach people about it.
One of the question I often get asked by beginners is “what’s the difference between WordPress.com and this self hosted thing”? Let me explain.
Indeed they’re not, they look waaaaay to big and ugly. Help is at hand by adding this code to your Cutsom CSS File in Thesis: .custom .format_text input, #commentform input, #commentform textarea { width:auto; } Instant relief.
Yes, that’s an annoying one – and it has less to do with your Theme’s CSS and more to do with teh Flash Player. Easy remidy is at hand, even though it means that you need to add code to each video. Here’s how you do it: Your videos will be embedded with both <OBJECT> … Read more
Assuming you’d like to run WordPress on your very own vanilla CentOS system, open a terminal window and do the following: yum install php-mysql mysql mysql-server /sbin/chkconfig –levels 235 mysqld on /etc/init.d/mysqld start You have to be logged on as root to do this. The next thing you probably want to do is create a … Read more
All WordPress Themes are released under the GNU, which means you’re free to amend and modify them as you please. That’s good news if you come across a layout that you like to 90%, and you’re up for the challenge to get down and dirty with some code. The WordPress Codex is very good at … Read more
Not every theme provides a convenient “upload header” option. That’s luxory really. But there’s a fairly easy way to replace every header image in every theme with one of your own pieces of art. Here’s what you do: Right-click on the image you want to replace and select Properties. This will give you an idea … Read more
With certain plugins, you may encounter error messages that tell you your PHP memory limit is not high enough. It usually means: you need more! Like your computer being really slow when you run out of memory, PHP does the same thing, sometimes refusing to work flat out. That’s not so good. There are several … Read more