Those of us who despise having MySql (or any other SQL) queries with multi-level (and other ugly variations) of sub-queries in DB interaction code go to some lengths to optimize the said interactions. Occasionally, a stored procedure is the better of available options to achieve an optimal result (see a …
There are times when you need to replace some thing for another in a rather enormous file that could take hours if using a GUI editor Find-and-Replace function (read moving your WordPress database export from one server to another). There’s a Unix way to achieve the same in fractions of …
I dove head-first into the WordPress a few month ago and have been swimming along with varied results ever since. Recently I’ve run into an annoying issue that I think is worth documenting for next time I need the solution to it. The problem I’ve encountered requires adding a sub-menu …
I’ve given more time that I usually like to give to new-ish things to having a go with the Twentyten WP theme. After all it has proven not quite flexible enough to clean pure child-theme customization (i.e.: not changing the parent theme code directly at all). So I’ve gone back to using Thematic - …
Another common issue seems to be making the header image clickable once you’ve managed to remove that mess of a clickable title that was cramping your style. A whole bunch of solutions are simple enough but require for you to edit the header.php file – which is a pretty bad idea if …
I’ve finally arrived at the WordPress users’ orbit. With it came all the trials and retributions of mod’ing other people’s templates into something that I want the site to actually look like. TwentyTen is the now standard basic template that ships with the default WP install and while making a child …
