August 16, 2009
One of the most annoying things WordPress does is to turn perfectly good inverted commas and double quotes into curly quotes ‘ ’ and “ ”. This might look pretty (depending on what font you're using, it actually looks rather ugly), but if you're using WordPress to share snippets of code, it messes things up horribly. I blogged before about how to turn this behaviour off... Read more
August 2, 2009
If you're new to WordPress, the_excerpt() is a template tag that allows you to include just the first 55 words of a post. It's useful if you want a magazine-style front page with lots of snippets of posts; some themes also use it in sidebars for teasers for recent posts. The problem with the_excerpt() is it's not very flexible. It's fixed at 55 words. It's wrapped in <p> tags. The... Read more
July 26, 2009
I have to say that if you've ever had the slightest inclination to write a WordPress plugin, Vladimir Prelovac's book is exactly what you need. I'll write a proper review once I've finished it, because (like reading the best erotica) I have to keep stopping. So if for no other reason than to amuse future-me at how basic I once was, here's what I wrote this afternoon. It translates blog posts into... Read more
July 24, 2009
Just because I'm feeling a bit pleased... Read more