Have an old WordPress install? I was recently amazed at how easy it is to upgrade to the latest and greatest. The WordPress Codex has an article on how to do it here.
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Newly upgraded WordPress
Saturday, January 9th, 2010How to add Google Adsense to your WordPress blog posts
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Theres a few ways to add Google Adsense to your WordPress blog posts. One of the easiest ways is to simply switch to the “Code” tab when writing a post, and then post your adsense code from Google Adsense. See the images below for if you’re not sure where either of these is.
Why should my site use a database? Dynamic Data for Web 2.0
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Databases run just about everything on the web, from ebay to the latest social networking site. Any site that generates a lot of content and updates on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis should use some sort of online database. There is a reason that most blogs use either a “flat file” database (i.e. MoveableType), or a commercial or open source database application (i.e. WordPress – which this blog uses). Databases store your data so you can output and shape it based on the function that your sites user wishes to perform. This is the meaning of “dynamic data”, the benefits of which i will describe below.
How to make your wordpress banner navigate to your blogs homepage
Thursday, November 29th, 2007The default wordpress template leaves much to be desired in the way of user navigation. For instance, when you navigate from the index of a blog to an article, you have no easy way to get back to the homepage! To fix this, I decided to make my banner navigate to my homepage – a very easy mod that took ~5 minutes worth of template editing.
