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Classic Rock WordPress Blog For Sale
Website for sale! It is a WordPress blog about Classic Rock. The domain is 4 years old and has a Google Page Rank of 3. It needs some work as it gets 1,000 visitors a month. I am cleaning house and I would like to find it a new home as I just do not [...]
How To Disable A Parent Item Link on WordPress Menu
While working on a Client site recently it became apparent we needed to make the top level Parent link not go anywhere. As an example if you have a menu item named Products, and under it you have 10 product pages you may want that top item not to be active. There are several plugins [...]
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 [...]
Static HTML to WordPress Conversion Case Study
Converting older static html sites to WordPress is one of the most popular things for me to work on. Seems there are still a lot of older sites that have no CMS system and when people decide to finally convert these sites WordPress is one of the most popular options. I used my holiday time [...]
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 [...]
miio.com WordPress Group
If you are looking for a community to discuss WordPress, I would highly recommend the new miio.com WordPress Group. miio is a new Social Network with a rapidly growing community of people. It’s a lot easier on miio to find people with the same interest as you, and the WordPress Group is a great place [...]
WordPress 3.0 Upgrade
CyberCoded.net has been upgraded to WordPress 3.0. The one thing that really stands out to me these days is just how easy an upgrade is. A couple years ago I had to plan a few hours out of a day to do an upgrade, today I just click a button. Of course that is after I [...]
Top Ten Daily Tools
While working and sharing tips with others I have come to realize just how important some tools are to me. Some of these are not really tools, but without them I would certainly have gaps to fill in my work flow. They are not necessarily in any particular order. TextPad Firefox with FireBug extension. Chrome [...]
Mobile Plugin for WordPress
I highly recommend the WPtouch Mobile Plugin for WordPress if you want your WordPress site to have a compatible mobile touch version. This plugin is as simple as most plugins to get installed and you can have your Mobile Version up and running in minutes. For more information visit the BraveNewCode Inc. WP Touch page. Disclaimer: [...]
How To Use WordPress
This is one of my favorite questions people ask. The answer is pretty much infinite. WordPress can be used in so many ways. Whether you need a standard blog platform or an easy way to do an old fashioned website, WordPress can deliver. Between the wealth of WordPress Themes, Plugins and Widgets available you can mix [...]
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 [...]
Convert Static HTML Site to WordPress Easily
NOTE: This post was originally posted in January of 2009 and was intended to help small HTML sites (5 to 10 pages) convert to WordPress. A lot has changed since then, and if you are trying to convert a larger site I highly recommend taking a little deeper approach. I have written another post (Convert [...]
Disable Magpie Cache in WordPress
Using RSS in WordPress can have a lot of benefits, however, there is also one major drawback. It will cause severe bloating of the WordPress Options table, and if the WordPress Options table is too large it will slow a blog down to a crawl. To solve this problem you can clean out the RSS [...]
WordPress Plugin Category
To make things a little easier to find I have just added a new WordPress Plugin Category. One of my goals in 2009 is to release a lot of the WordPress tools that I have developed for myself as WordPress Plugins and hopefully this new category will help keep track of this work. Tweet
eBay Affiliate Program
I must say I have been pleasantly surprised by the eBay Affiliate program at ebayPartnerNetwork. I had used eBay as an affiliate before but with very little success. And I have heard all sorts of stories about some of the eBay Scripts and plugins on WordPress sites being very troublesome and causing problems with search [...]
Display Ads Only On Selected WordPress Posts
Every blog is a little different and has it’s own unique requirements. On some blogs we may want to place an ad on every post, on others we may not. A good example is this blog. There are a few posts that I make where I feel an ad is useful and lends itself to [...]
Cyber Excerpt WordPress Plugin
This plugin will help solve several issues using the Excerpt instead of the Content on a WordPress blog. A lot of WordPress blogs will use the excerpt on several pages other than the single post page to keep the blog clean and duplicate content down. With Cybers Excerpt Plugin you can take this to a [...]
Web Programming
Years ago I started programming in ASP (Active Server Pages). This was a great language and was fairly easy to migrate into. However, the “cost of inclusion” was rather high as it is a Microsoft language and required (of course) that you be hosted on a Microsoft platform server. Then Microsoft decided to upgrade ASP [...]
The Non Blogger
I guess that is what I am, the Non Blogger. I sat down early Saturday morning with the intention of catching up my blogs and doing some writing. So what happened? Someone emailed me and confirmed an idea I already was thinking about, and that sent me on a 2 day programming project, lol. So [...]
Fix A WordPress Blog With One Click
Just as a foundation on a house is important to the rest of the structure and the longevity of the building, so is the foundation of a Blog. WordPress is a great foundation, however, sometimes we get that foundation messed up. If you have a WordPress Blog that is under performing, try this, set the [...]
WordPress Love and Hate
I am a big WordPress fan, of course some of that comes from me liking to do PHP coding and WordPress is a very open platform to work with leaving lots of room for coding creativity. But if you watch this WordPress Twitter Search it seems every so often someone has a little spat with [...]
WordPress SEO vs Blogger SEO
A simple Tweet about WordPress SEO on Twitter sent me down this road. After looking at the SERPS for WordPress SEO and a little keyword research I wondered if the results were similar for Blogger SEO? They are not even close, WordPress SEO gets four times the searches than Blogger. Why is that? Are WordPress [...]
Using Twitter to Follow a Topic
I seem to be using Twitter more these days, and Google Reader less. The trend is easy to understand from a useability standpoint. Using an RSS reader almost feels like old school technology now. Yes it is still necessary, and it is certainly one of best ways to follow someone, but Twitter is now letting [...]
CyberCoder Twitter Updates for 2008-10-14
Internet Marketing Sales Pages http://tinyurl.com/3vpoe4 # @garryconn you found your way to a computer tonight? Typing with one hand because the other one has a Corona in it? # just added a cool little feed bar across the top of my page http://www.cybercoded.net/ # @momofteenstwit2 Did you get your WordPress help you needed? # built [...]
WordPress Niche Guide eBook
Thanks to my good friend Garry Conn I have finally put together my eBook, “CyberCoders WordPress Niche Guide” Over the last few years I have developed my routine for Niche Blogs and shared it with just a couple people. Now I want to share what I have learned with you. Why? It’s actually pretty simple. [...]
Minimal WordPress Theme Download
The Minimal WordPress Theme can now be downloaded from here. This is the theme I am running on this site. I added a YouTube video hook on the Single post page. Instead of using a WordPress Plugin that would be an additional step I took my AJAX API Video plugin and incorporated it into the [...]
XML Parsing Error in WordPress
I have posted about this problem before, however, since the WordPress Automatic Plugin Updates (WPAU) have been working there is a new culprit for this bug. It appears to be somewhat of a random bug that occurs when you run an automatic upgrade on a plugin. To catch this bug before it causes an unexpected [...]
WordPress 2.6 Upgrade
This site has been upgraded to WordPress 2.6. Looks like a lot of nice enhancements, if you have not already watched the official video from WordPress, check it out now ! Tweet
Minimal WordPress Theme Is Widget Ready
For some reason I forgot to mention in my previous post that the Minimal WordPress Theme is Widget Ready. Tweet
Empty WordPress Theme Download
The Empty WordPress Theme download is now available. For more information see my previous post about this Theme. Empty WordPress Theme Download link. Tweet
Post Via Email On WordPress Blog
I have always been interested in this aspect of blogging but never took the time to slow down long enough to check it out. This post is being accomplished using the Post via Email options in WordPress 2.51 I am toying with lots of ideas where this could be very beneficial and I plan on [...]
WordPress 2.5 Upgrade
I just ran the my first set of WordPress 2.5 upgrades. The first upgrade was to a very small blog with only 2 plugins, the second was to a larger blog that had several plugins installed. Both upgrades went smooth as silk. The WordPress 2.5 dashboard and layout are totally different from anything WordPress has [...]
Minimal WordPress Theme
I think this WordPress Theme, if you could call it that, is growing on me. I keep looking at all the themes that are out there and a lot of them are just cluttered. There is always a lot of talk about how each new WordPress Theme is designed for SEO better than the last. [...]
Basic WordPress Theme
Since I started working on a Basic WordPress Theme last month I have had a few request to release what I have for others to experiment with. So here it is. CyberCoder Basic WordPress Theme (Zip File) If you have any interest in learning to create new WordPress Themes I would highly recommend downloading this [...]
Alternate Background Color of Blog Posts
As my tag pages grow I have been contemplating how I wanted to handle their appearance. The goal is to have as many post excerpts as possible on each tag page while creating a page that is easy to read. I decided to try something a little different that I have not seen on too [...]
WordPress Template Hierarchy
The WordPress Template Hierarchy is a critical part of truly understanding how your WordPress blog works. Have you ever wondered why some WordPress themes have certain files while others do not? A WordPress theme requires only two files as I have discussed before, the index.php and style.css. If you took a basic WordPress Theme and [...]
WordPress Theme Header
Seems like a logical place to start on a new WordPress Theme. Minimal styling has been added to the Header. The basic font styling is taken from the original WordPress Classic Theme. I did not add different colors to the Visited and Hover since it was for the header. Tweet
New WordPress Theme from CyberCoder
As usual I have to do things a little different. I have been wanting to create some WordPress themes but I just keep putting it off. The more I read about SEO and WordPress the more frustrated I get. What I believe about SEO is very similar to what Shoemoney posted here. To me SEO [...]
Empty WordPress Theme
When I started this project I created an empty WordPress Theme and started from there. I have posted this Empty WordPress Theme so anyone can see what it looks like. I will also try to add a download to it so if you want to start a theme from scratch you can see exactly what [...]
Adjustment to my WordPress unTheme
While getting this WordPress Theme down to the bare essentials I realized I would need at the minimum two CSS divisions to utilize a sidebar. This means that the stylesheet is not empty, there are two divisions, one for the content and one for the sidebar. The goal for this theme is to use the [...]
WordPress Theme Experiment
While contemplating what to do with this domain name I came up with an idea. I love WordPress and I started thinking about doing another blog, I mean, what the heck I already have 10 to 20 I am trying to keep up with, what would just one more be. However, I really struggled when [...]
WordPress Plugin versus Custom Programming
I have not been listening to my own advice again. Why do something that someone else has already done, and especially if it is actually easier to use their program than it is to do it myself? The best example of this is WordPress Plugins. For the longest time I would code everything myself. As [...]
WordPress Page Templates
Using WordPress page templates is a great way to create unique pages on your WordPress site. These are not blog posts, but custom pages. A WordPress page template is very easy to create and the WordPress Codex has a great tutorial to add pages to your site. Using the page templates you can simply change [...]
WordPress Excerpt Plugin
I created this little plugin for my own use, and after reading today’s post over at HackWordPress.com it reminded me that Garry Conn had asked me if I was going to publish it, so here it is. I like to use the the_excerpt() instead of the_content() in several places on a blog. However, I did [...]
WordPress Themes versus Heat Maps
If you look at most heat maps for advertising on the Internet you will notice that people read blogs just like they read anything else. Left to right. The hot spots on a heat map almost always show that the top left is the hottest spot on a website. So why are most WordPress Themes [...]
Organic SEO Lesson
Search engines want true organic listings, and for some reason a lot of people struggle with this concept. If you write an original article you are creating an organic (natural) post. And the results you achieve might just surprise you. And yes, this is probably harder for me as a programmer than you can imagine. [...]
WordPress XML Parsing Error
No sooner did I write the post about troubleshooting I came across a WordPress error that took way more time to solve than I expected. One thing I know as a programmer is that every single character in a file is critical. I can not even guess how many times a simple question mark or [...]
WordPress Plugin RSS
During my Blog reading this morning I came across a post at Garry Conn dot com about increasing comments using your RSS Feed. This was right after I had watched a video at ShoeMoney.com about “What is your edge?” The combination of these 2 posts inspired me to write a WordPress Plugin today to add [...]
Amazon Mashups
Amazon has been doing a great job of staying up to date with RSS. They have released several feeds that give us the opportunity to keep up with Best Sellers, New Releases and Tagged products. Using RSS is a great way to allow users the ability to mashup pages with their content while maintaining an [...]
Collaborating on a new blog
I will probably never be a great blogger, writing is just not my skill set, maybe someday I will get the vlogging going and that will suit me better. However, one of the things I have re-learned the last couple of years is the power of synergy and how important it is to share with [...]
Import Blogger to WordPress error
If you have tried to import a blog from Blogger to WordPress 2.2 you may have been frustrated by an error. The system just returns a message that it can not login to your Blogger account. There is a very simple fix for this error that requires a one character change in the wp-admin/import/blogger.php file. [...]
Plan your Blog, Blog your Plan
Same theory, different words. For years I have listened to business consultants say “Plan your work, work your plan”. A blog is no different. You just have to decide what it is you want to accomplish. Some bloggers just want people reading their blog, others want to make money blogging. Whatever the goal, managing your [...]
CyberCoder gets a new look!
It only took a couple hours, but it sure looks better than the previous design. I launched this site several months ago and spent all my time on the technical aspects instead of the look and feel. I tend to always go “function over fashion” first. But since Garry Conn would not stop teasing me [...]
10 Quick Steps to a Blog
Here are the first 10 steps I take in setting up a blog. These steps can be accomplished in less than an hour and lead to a succesful launch. Register Domain Setup hosting Install WordPress and change Permalink structure Install Robots.txt file Publish a few posts Setup on Feedburner and place RSS links on page. [...]
WordPress Duplicate Content
One of the problems with WordPress is that it creates a lot of duplicate content, and there have been a lot of conversations on whether search engines, especially Google penalize you for duplicate content. It seems that it is not a penalty but a filter. If you create a standard WordPress site you will have [...]
