3This is a post collecting some plugins and solutions I’ve found for Wordpress. I’ll keep adding links as I find new things. Most of these are from posts in the WordPress261 category, but these are direct links to the hack/plugin itself, not to my posts about them (unless that’s the source of the hack), so [...]

3This is a post collecting some plugins and solutions I’ve found for Wordpress. I’ll keep adding links as I find new things. Most of these are from posts in the WordPress261 category, but these are direct links to the hack/plugin itself, not to my posts about them (unless that’s the source of the hack), so it should be more handy.

Wordpress errors:

1. WordPress 406 errors “Not acceptable…”262
2. WordPress “You don’t have permission to do that” error263

Plugins/Widgets:

For functionality…

1. Add To Any264 - very low clutter plugin/widget for people to bookmark your posts and subscribe to RSS.
2. Another low-clutter widget solution to bookmarks and subscriptions: RSS Subscriber265
3. A dropdown category widget266 that works better than most
4. Preview Theme267 lets you view your new theme without visitors seeing it
5. A plugin that very easily lets you create a horizontal drop down menu in the header of your WordPress template268. Amazing out of the box, also very customizable.

For SEO…

1. Permalink Redirect269 makes it so all your URL’s have a trailing slash, which is good for SEO
2. Rewrite Titles270 - Puts your blog’s name at the end of the article title instead of the other way around.
3. Dagon’s Sitemap plugin271
4. The FeedBurner plugin272 that lets you track all your RSS subscriptions in one place

Solutions:

1. Trim the bloat in your Wordpress theme files with Clutter Free273
2. Developed Traffic’s solution for better archives274. My post275 goes into a bit more detail, especially on using the Custom Query String plugin276
3. Fernando Graphics explains how to make text-resizing available to your visitors using javascript277
4. My Tips to SEO your WordPress blog278
5. WP-Cache279 and Spam Karma 2280 not playing well together? Here’s the fix281
6. A custom WordPress theme282 generator that’s pretty decent from an SEO standpoint
7. Young Go Getter has a great step by step tutorial for using the Preview Theme283 to tweak your theme without your visitors seeing the results until you’re done284
8. The new replacement tag for the Category dropdown function that got deprecated285 a few versions ago
9. How to make Wordpress author pages

If you were using the old category dropdown template tags when Wordpress suddenly deprecated them just to make your life slightly crappier, I have good news and bad news.
The good news is, there’s a new replacement tag.
The bad news is, I can only get the version with a submit button to work. The other one, [...]

If you were using the old category dropdown template tags when Wordpress suddenly deprecated them just to make your life slightly crappier, I have good news and bad news.

The good news is, there’s a new replacement tag.

The bad news is, I can only get the version with a submit button to work. The other one, I select a new category and it just sits there blinking stupidly at me.

Still, the submit button is a nice feature because that way people aren’t locked in to the wait for a pageload if they accidentally select the wrong category.

Which do you do?
Until recently, I had just the excerpts, thinking it would drive readers to my sites and give me ad income. Then one day I realized how freakin’ annoyed I am by excerpts in feeds, and how often I unsub from them. So I went to full feed (I think - feel free [...]

Which do you do?

Until recently, I had just the excerpts, thinking it would drive readers to my sites and give me ad income. Then one day I realized how freakin’ annoyed I am by excerpts in feeds, and how often I unsub from them. So I went to full feed (I think - feel free to let me know if Wordpress has borked up my settings again).

There did seem to be a rise in sub numbers after that. Anyone else tested this out?

Well, here’s something you need if you don’t want to (or can’t) actually check it in IE: Netrenderer.
I do have IE installed on my machines, and I check it manually. That hasn’t stopped the very same version of it from rendering very differently on a visitor’s computer. This tool may or may not catch the [...]

Well, here’s something you need if you don’t want to (or can’t) actually check it in IE: Netrenderer.

I do have IE installed on my machines, and I check it manually. That hasn’t stopped the very same version of it from rendering very differently on a visitor’s computer. This tool may or may not catch the next weird glitch like that, but it’s one more weapon in the arsenal.

I mentioned paying income tax on your online earnings the other day and talked about my suspicions that you also need to pay estimated taxes. LifeHacker’s found an easy way to do it: pay your estimated taxes online.Works for federal taxes and California state taxes. Most likely, other state tax boards allow this too, or [...]

I mentioned paying income tax on your online earnings the other day and talked about my suspicions that you also need to pay estimated taxes. LifeHacker’s found an easy way to do it: pay your estimated taxes online.Works for federal taxes and California state taxes. Most likely, other state tax boards allow this too, or will soon.

There’s a very thought-provoking post on SugarRae about how affiliate marketing is changing and what you need to do to keep up. You don’t have to agree with every point, but read it and think about it. The core meaning boils down to this:
It used to be you could just build an affiliate site around [...]

There’s a very thought-provoking post on SugarRae about how affiliate marketing is changing and what you need to do to keep up. You don’t have to agree with every point, but read it and think about it. The core meaning boils down to this:

It used to be you could just build an affiliate site around a product, call it a day, and wait for sales to come in.

Then everyone did that. And their brother, and their dogs. It became too common, too easy.

Now, the trend is audience participation. Even Target allows people to put product reviews on their site. The online catalog is less appealing now. People expect to be asked to engage with the site somehow - publicly. In front of others.

I think it’s still possible to have a site full of helpful information that sells products without inviting people to comment or engage in some way. But this begs the question: why would you want to? Why not allow participation? What’s to lose? And as for what’s to gain - who knows?