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Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day. Appropriate day to implement Dougal Campbell’s text filter suite Wordpress plugin which includes the Talk Like a Pirate filter. Every post and every comment today only on September 19 will have the text converted to pirate speak.
It works with the most recent version of Wordpress, 2.2.3. To install […]

This guide assumes you have already downloaded and unzipped/untarred the most current Wordpress version. These instructions do not cover the multi-user WP version.
Steps for setting up a new Wordpress (WP) blog:
1. Database created? Create a MySQL database for the domain.
Note: If you have more than one WP blog installed in the same database then open […]

Last night I added the Yahoo MyWeb button to the end of each post. The screenshot shows where you can find it (next to the “Listen to this post” link). Clicking this button lets users tag and save posts they find useful to their Yahoo MyWeb space. Don’t like how we categorized something? That’s fine, […]

Script/website: michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/
Requirements: PHP
Installation time: Varies. Wordpress plugin installation takes less than a minute
Difficulty: Easy
License: Free, BSD-style open source
Download: PHP source in zip
API: N/A
Author Description: “The Markdown syntax allows you to write text naturally and format it without using HTML tags. More importantly: in Markdown format, your text stays enjoyable to read for a human being, […]

Producing search results from a Wordpress-powered blog that look like something a traditional search engine would produce is not as difficult as it might seem, thanks to a comprehensive plugin and template design. While making some changes, you can also try using a different search results algorithm than the default one.
The Search Reloaded Wordpress […]

Wordpress has a cool plugin system that allows for various template changes. Sometimes, though, some defaults are planted in the program that require hacking the code to remove. By creating your own 404.php template and storing in the template are you can have it match the design of the rest of your blog, but what […]

Noticed yesterday that the WP PHP code snippet plugin we’re using (thanks Lestat, for pointing to it) is adding an erroneous space between the < and ?. Those who are using this plugin v1.4 and readers should beware that the code examples with the start PHP tag may have an erroneous space being added […]

Wordpress makes it easy to create a loop of recent posts to put on other PHP-enabled, non-Wordpress pages. For example, on the home page of this website (pictured above), I wanted to include the most recent post titles and related category links from this new blog. As new posts are added, they will flow to […]