Here are three short functions you can add to your theme's functions.php file to change the way excerpts work on your site. When you use the_excerpt() in a theme file, WordPress will first use the contents of the Excerpt field from your Post→Edit screen. If it's empty, … [Read more...] about Take control of your excerpts
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Changing roles’ capabilities
If you need to change one or two capabilities, it's relatively easy to do so with a few lines of code in a plugin or your theme functions file. For example, if we wanted to allow any logged-in user to view our private posts and pages, we would need to grant them two additional … [Read more...] about Changing roles’ capabilities
Amazon and the price of silence
Amazon and the price of silence — a mini-case study in PR. … [Read more...] about Amazon and the price of silence
Notes from New Sodom: The Kerspindle Kerfuffle
Notes from New Sodom: The Kerspindle Kerfuffle — "For those of you who don't know, the tiny autonomous archipelago of Åthorland lies off the coast of this fair nation of Art. Just a spattering of craggy islands, it is, each with little more than a stony croft inhabited … [Read more...] about Notes from New Sodom: The Kerspindle Kerfuffle
Your ebook entitlement issues, let me show you them.
Your ebook entitlement issues, let me show you them. … [Read more...] about Your ebook entitlement issues, let me show you them.
Goodbye Mouse, Hello Hands
Goodbye Mouse, Hello Hands — On the iPad and web design. … [Read more...] about Goodbye Mouse, Hello Hands
Amazon is not negotiating lower ebook prices for your benefit
On Friday, Amazon stopped selling Macmillan books, including Tor SF, Minotaur mysteries, and several other things I buy a lot. It's a bullying move in a heated negotiation over how ebooks are sold. Before you say, "Go Amazon! Fight those publishers and their $15 ebooks!" you … [Read more...] about Amazon is not negotiating lower ebook prices for your benefit
Creating a user directory, part 2: Building the page template
In the first installment, we added some contact fields for our users. Now we're going to build the page template that displays the user directory. … [Read more...] about Creating a user directory, part 2: Building the page template
Why are you so terribly disappointing?
Why are you so terribly disappointing? … [Read more...] about Why are you so terribly disappointing?
Easier internal links for WordPress
Last week I got into a conversation with my friend Fletcher about linking to internal pages in WordPress. To wit, it could be a lot easier. Wiki-style links would be better than nothing, but personally I hate having to remember special codes for things. Still, WordPress's … [Read more...] about Easier internal links for WordPress
