WordPress version: 3.3.2 Overview: Moving WordPress site to new server. Created brand new database, imported old SQL file into new database, FTP’d WP 3.3.2 files to server and crossed my fingers. Problem: Home page showed up just fine, but posts and inside pages all went right to File Not Found 404 pages. Sad-face. Solution: I [...]
Continue Reading →by Tim Ferriss Chad Mureta runs his seven-figure app business from his iPhone and lays out 10 steps on How to Build an App Empire!
Continue Reading →Browse Web color trends to see what’s the new hot hue in the Web world. Includes color examples from Pandora, Box, Living Social, FourSquare, Groupon, KickStarter, Zynga, Etsy, Yelp and many others. ColourLovers Web color trends includes both HEX and RGB definitions for each example. Pretty darn cool!
Continue Reading →Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Presentation Rule 10 slides 20 minutes 30 point font size Death by PowerPoint (and how to fight it) – Alexei Kapterev How to Avoid Making PowerPoint Your Enemy: Tips for Your Pitch Deck – Read Write Web When giving a pitch, your slide deck should include the following information: Summary (This could [...]
Continue Reading →Needed to remove all traces of a recent post, per a request from one of the subjects mentioned in the post. I got to learn all about removing the remnants of a post that still show up in Google’s search results, even thought the post itself has been deleted from this site. It’s cool to [...]
Continue Reading →Overview: Impact Sciences. Update outdated Website design and provide content management system for client to make updates. Process: Decided WordPress was the best solution for client to make easy updates. Researched and presented hand-picked WordPress themes and customized final theme to meet client’s criteria and functionality. Matched colors from previous site; copied & transferred all [...]
Continue Reading →Goal: Have a graphic in PageLines Branding section and have it aligned with the bottom of the site logo, as well as aligned flush-right. PageLines Framework v2.1.3 WordPress v 3.3.1 1. Turn off RSS/social media icons: WP admin -> PageLines -> Settings -> Header And Footer -> UNtick “Display the Blog RSS icon and link?” [...]
Continue Reading →WooCommerce: v1.5 Audacity: v1.3.14 (beta) WordPress: v3.3.1 PageLines Framework: v2.1.3 1. Create 60 second MP3 audio snippet (with fade in/fade out): Install: Audacity – Free audio editing & recording software Install: LAME Library MP3 Encoder (to export Audacity snippets in MP3 format) Open MP3 file in Audacity. Highlight the desired 60 second portion; Zoom in; Re-adjust [...]
Continue Reading →PageLines Framework: v2.1.1 WordPress: v3.3.1 NOTE: these edits have to be re-done every time the plugin is updated! Goal: Display 4 WooCommerce Product Categories (images, not links) in a custom Widget in the main content area of the Home page. The image thumbnails must link to specific URLs. The 4 Product Category images must be [...]
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Delete 18,000 WordPress Spam Comments At Once
Client with 4-year old WordPress site had accumulated 18,000+ non-approved spam comments. This tip from WPRecipes will delete all non-approved comments. Backup your database Log in to your phpMyAdmin account Select your WordPress blog database Run SQL: DELETE FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = ’0′; Original article on WPRecipes: Mark asked: How to batch deleting spam comments [...]
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