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Amazon Simple Store in PHP with Mandatory Signed Requests
Several years ago I used Amazon software for a lot of sites. But after they changed their authentication there was a lack of documentation and I lost interest in trying to fix the old code. I kept going back to their site and forums to see if anyone had ever fixed their Simple Store example [...]
Add Author to RSS Feed in WordPress
If you have multiple authors on a WordPress blog you may want to add the Author name to the RSS feed title. Although the standard RSS feed file in WordPress contains the author if you view the RSS feed you will not be able to see the Author name through standard readers as it is [...]
Being a Website Mechanic
It is a niche I really did not plan on, but it is probably the best description of what I do on a daily basis. Thanks to the SoloBizCoach for pointing that out during one of our chats. Using the term mechanic invariably brings to mind a car mechanic, and a website mechanic is very [...]
Your Own Branded Twitter Interface
Did you know you can build your own custom Twitter interface? Since Twitter changed to 100% OAuth support you are now required to have a Twitter Application to post to Twitter. This can be seen with how a lot of the WordPress plugins work, which now require you to setup an application and save your [...]
Tracking Live Incoming Search Terms
Thinking about all the instant stuff we have on the net I thought it would interesting to watch incoming traffic generated from search engines. I setup a script on a couple test sites that email me the Domain, Search Term, Search Engine and Landing Page whenever a visitor comes from a search engine. With over [...]
Convert HTML to WordPress
This is the second post I have written on this topic, the first post was Convert Static HTML Site to WordPress Easily. In that first post I covered a very simple way to convert a static HTML site to WordPress. After almost 2 years of answering questions on that post I thought it was time [...]
FaceBook Fan Page
Having a Facebook Fan Page has become almost a standard practice for businesses. The downside to a Facebook Fan Page is the long URL assigned to your page. But once you have 25 fans you can easily set the Vanity URL address by going to the Facebook Username page and setting the name for your [...]
Used Car Database
For quite some time now I have needed and wanted to make a database listing of Used Cars by Year, Make and Model. I finally have the used car database complete. The result is a database that should help any programmer needing the same information for their used car project. The Used Car Database currently [...]
WordPress Threaded Comments
I have been needing to change my comments to Threaded Comments for some time. I finally took the time to do this, and thought I would share these simple steps to accomplish Threaded Comments using the latest standard WordPress system without any plugins. The one thing you need before you start is a copy of [...]
PHP Help
Thought I would share a few of my favorite resources for PHP Help, no real secrets here, just some good links. PHP Freaks W3Schools PHP Tutorials PHP Net PHP Classes The thing I liked about getting into PHP Programming was the amount of help and sample code out there is unbelievable, and if you work [...]
WordPress Blogroll Dropdown
Jill Salzman (momtrepreneur) asked me to create a dropdown blogroll for her blog to help cleanup a long list of bookmarks that she likes to share with her readers. Here is an example of how the Blogroll Pulldown looks on her site. Of course the first thing I always do is search for an existing WordPress [...]
