Most of the WordPress Conditional Tags are easy to understand and pretty self-explanatory with their terminology but these two tags – is_home() and is_front_page() were two which left me confused. So I searched for the difference between two and found that both are actually very different in their approaches. Though both of them give same… Continue reading Difference between is_home() and is_front_page()
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Template Changes/Tags for WordPress 3.0
By now everybody must be knowing that WordPress 3.0 will soon be released with some heavy-duty features which will enable WordPress to directly compete with other CMS systems like Joomla and Drupal. And as happens with any other new version of WordPress, there are bound to be some new features/functions available for WordPress which Theme/Plugin… Continue reading Template Changes/Tags for WordPress 3.0
Add Custom Taxonomy Columns to Edit Posts Page
WordPress’s Edit Posts Page pretty much shows the information you need to use. But with the inclusion of Custom Taxonomies from WordPress 2.8, it becomes difficult to check which posts are using which Taxonomies unless you edit each post manually. To make the job of editing custom taxonomies easy, it’s better if we could see… Continue reading Add Custom Taxonomy Columns to Edit Posts Page
Parse Shortcodes in your Custom Fields
Shortcodes and Custom Fields are two very powerful features of WordPress which allow you to insert any custom content anywhere on your site. But in certain cases, you may need to insert a shortcode into your Custom field. This can happen if a plugin you use only offers shortcodes but you need to insert that… Continue reading Parse Shortcodes in your Custom Fields
Post Theme Install Checklist for WordPress
Note: This article is obsolete now. Refer to the updated article on the same. If you got your blog a new design recently, then this Checklist is for you. Just making sure its working properly won’t complete your task of installing a new theme on your blog. You should take care of few points which will help… Continue reading Post Theme Install Checklist for WordPress
Integrating Coppermine Gallery with your WordPress
Well, I have setup a new blog which required putting up a lot of photos (to start with 100+ pics in 2 days), so the obvious and the easiest choice was to go with Coppermine Photo Gallery. But then I realized, it does not go down well with WordPress and there is no official WordPress… Continue reading Integrating Coppermine Gallery with your WordPress
Category descriptions in WordPress
One thing which I have seen many bloggers missing completely(including me until now) is the category description field. Most bloggers I have seen create relevant categories but forget to fill the description field either due to ignorance or deliberately to save time. But this field can also be important both with respect to SEO and… Continue reading Category descriptions in WordPress
Align Images in your Blog posts
If you find aligning images in your blog posts difficult and you can’t line up your text alongside smaller logos or images, you should continue reading. I will start the post with examples of poorly aligned and nicely aligned images in blog posts. The following screenshot displays a poorly aligned image in a blog post.… Continue reading Align Images in your Blog posts