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For some custom templates, I need to get information from various WordPress objects, either relating to the current page, or from elsewhere in the site. The best way to do that is to get the object in a variable then do a print_r($objectvar) to see all the information included with that object. Even though I […]

I recently had a client who wanted to move from TypePad to WordPress. An interesting procedure, let me tell you. The most critical help came from this post on foliovision.com. Of particular note, was the way they pulled down all the images from the Typepad site – using HTTrack. My original plan was to use […]

I've run into this problem a few times now and it always takes me a minute or two to remember what caused it and how to fix it. So first of all, if you have NEVER seen the admin bar, make sure you: 1) have it activated in your profile to show where you want […]

For awhile now, I've run into pagination problems when doing custom templates and custom queries. I think I'm finally starting to figure out all the little nuances. For starters, in most cases this will get pagination working on a custom template with a standard query_posts(): $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; That's the key […]

I recently ran into this problem – and I see an old thread on the forums about this. The last post there says to make sure you're logged in. (I can assure I was). But, that's not what was causing the problem. Here are the steps that got me to the problem: Set up a […]

If you are hosted on Bluehost and you're using WordPress, you might have noticed the strange "from" address in the emails WordPress appears to be sending out. (they might look something like something@box123.bluehost.com) There is a very simple fix. The way Bluehost servers are setup, the address "wordpress@{YOURDOMAIN.COM}" needs to actually exist somehow in your […]

A quick post to deal with a problem I've come across again and again. I think I see the issue now, and wanted to make a note of what I *think* I'm seeing. I've also seen some complain about this same problem too. When you use wp_nav_menu() to create your nav bar, it will automatically […]

One feature I'm extremely excited to see in WordPress 3.0 is the new "Menus" feature. It's pretty easy to add and use in your theme. I was having trouble finding documentation on it, so this is not "official" but this is as far as I can tell, how you can go about using it. First, […]

One of the projects I've been working on recently is to move a client's Blogger blog into WordPress. The blog is a few years old, but it has an ENORMOUS amount of comments. Doing the standard import from within WordPress wasn't bringing over all the posts and it barely scratched the surface of bringing over […]

Background: For a site I was working on, I was pulling in content from another page onto the homepage. However I wanted to just bring in an excerpt not the whole page. (And actually, a customized excerpt at that – not a default set character or word limit). I also didn't want any images brought […]