Something positive almost always comes out of a negative situation. In my case, it happened earlier this week while I was continuing work on my WordPress plugin. After adding a single page when testing, I wanted to delete it. Rather than delete the single post, I accidentally clicked the “select all” button on the first [...]

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If you’ve worked on a website, or had someone build a website for you, or even purchase webhosting, you’ve probably heard the “buzz-phrase” Search Engine Optimization. What exactly is this long-winded acronym? SEO, as it is commonly referred to, is editing and building a website so that traffic can be increased. At its foundation, it [...]

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I’d been struggling valiantly with a blog that refused to save properly without giving an error (plug: www.ryersonformulasae.com, check it out!) until earlier today I decided to try modifying the settings until something changed. After deactivating the first plugin–which happened to be of my own creation–the problem was solved. So now I know the solution, [...]

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You may have noticed some changes on the blog in the last day or so. After seeing the sidebar vanish from its designated placement once again, I decided to change the WordPress to one that eschews the sidebar in favor of more data on the About page. Of course, this also means that I can’t [...]

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UPDATE: This also works with WP 2.7.1. If editing wp-db.php is too daunting, you can download my version, which will work as long as the prefix of your main blog is wp_. While developing new themes for the blog, I needed a place to preview a theme that includes all the current posts, comments and [...]

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