So over the last two week, I have spend my free time converting my site over to WordPress. There are several reasons for this. First, I really like the ability to add plug-ins to my site. I also love how easy it is to add new pages and manage the site. There are also the benefits of SEO with great sitemaps and xml sitemaps and more.
So I knew I wanted to make my site look very similar to the old one. I was happy with the older design, but I wanted some new functionality mainly for blogging. I was using Blogger to do my blogs, but since that service is no longer available how I was using it, it was time for something better. I really like WordPress as a blogging tool, but many people don’t realize how good it is as a CMS.
I basically had my old site recreated in a couple of hours, But my site is based on a 12 column grid, and I have my wordpress theme on a 16 column grid. This caused several formatting issues that i am still working out, but I got it looking pretty good.
Next I needed to add all of the pages from the old site. Since I am using the same grid system, it was merely a matter of cut and paste for many of the pages. That sure makes it easy! Some pages are still not done yet. I need new art and I want to edit the flash on those pages to a small size.
So there are more projects to be done. I will blogging about my updates as I go.
Removing “Allowed Tags” on the comment form.
This solution is from the wordpress forums from Emsi. It is not guaranteed to work on all themes, but it did work fine for me on my theme based on twenty ten. Follows these steps: 1. back up your functions.php file. 2. Add the following to your functions.php file function my_comment_form_args($user_identity, $post_id, $req) { $args…
How to remove the website field from the comment form
I had a customer request to remove the website field in the comments. You would think this would be a relatively simple thing to do, but not so. After an hour of searching, I found a solution that worked great. Here is the link. http://techhacking.com/2011/02/04/wordpress-how-to-remove-the-website-field-from-the-comment-form/
Google Website Optimizer and WordPress
Today I started a test using Google Website Optimizer on WordPress. The manual way of doing this would mean you would need to create 3 different headers and input the correct tracking code in each. While it is not a ton of work, it is a pain in the butt. The better way to do…
