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· November 8, 2007 at 6:58 am · Web Development
Here is a handy WordPress theming tip that I have been using for some time now on my web sites. Have a block of text that you would only like to have shown on the main web page index?
Here is the code you’ll want to use:
<?php if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>content only shown on your index page<?php }?>
Replace content only shown on your index page with your own content and then paste that into your WordPress template file. Here are a few more resources to help you out if you want to go a little further with this.
Now where would this come in handy? Well I use it to hide my links and long Google AdSense ad from all places but the index in my sidebar. It might also be useful if you wanted to display a greeting at the top of your web site or blog and only show that greeting on the index page. Truth be told, your imagination is the only limit with this tweak.
· September 26, 2007 at 11:50 am · Web Development
Only thing about using WordPress is if you use it on multiple web sites - it is a ‘bit of a pain to update them all at the same time. Thus far I haven’t had too many issues getting things done. It is just a slow and tedious process to go through. Here are some of the issues I’ve run into. Read the rest of this entry »
· June 7, 2007 at 7:56 am · Web Development
We all have a paranoid search engine optimizer inside of us, don’t we? From day to day we worry about making it to the top of the search engines and we’ll sell our liver for a better spot than the guy down the street. Before you wake up one day in a bathtub filled with ice - let me give you a few suggestions for good SEO friendly WordPress plugins.
SEO Title Tag - In a nutshell, this plugin allows you to edit your titles across the board with your WordPress plugins. If the Web page on your Web site has a title - this thing can help you edit it. I just noticed the other day this one was upgraded by leaps and bounds from the previous versions so if you haven’t tried it out before - do so today. It also supports the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin too.
Google Sitemap Generator - Some say that creating a Google sitemap is about as much fun as doing ninth grade algebra in a freezer filled with dead bodies. Ok, maybe that is a little extreme - but why should you do all that heavy lifting yourself? The Google Sitemap Generator gives you an easy one click way of creating and updating your sitemap for Google.
Ultimate Tag Warrior - No this one has nothing to do with that wrestler from the late 80s and early 90s. It is however the best tagging you can get for WordPress at the current date and time. Why add tags? It gives the search engines a few new ways to crawl through your content (as well as users) and gives you a few more places where you can rise to the top - if you have written enough good topics for a certain tag.
