Posts by Norm Sash
Linking WordPress posts and FaceBook Pages
Duplication of effort is, well, duplication. And when it comes to effort, who needs that? Well that’s what many of us who have both a WordPress blog and a FaceBook Page are faced with…. Whenever we make a post on our blog we have to make a similar entry on our FB Page Wall. Makes…
Read MoreHow to Turn Off the Power (Shut Down) in Windows 8
For quite a few years now we Windows users have been trained to access the power options (shutdown, sleep, hibernate) via the little “Start” button in Windows. For those of you who remember when that concept was first introduced, there was a lot of commenting on how illogical placing the power options on the Start button. …
Read MoreLinking to an existing WordPress Post
One of the most valuable features of the Web is how information is linked. That applies to your own information on your WordPress site. Linking from one post to another is a viable way of helping your visitor find information, and it also can help with your Search rankings. Here’s a quick video showing you how…
Read MoreFatal error: Call to undefined method dbrc_wpdb::delete() durring WordPress 3.4 update
I was updating some client WordPress sites the other day to version 3.4 and ran across an error on one of the sites. The error message was something along the lines of the following, although I can’t say it would say the same thing for everyone. Fatal error: Call to undefined method dbrc_wpdb::delete() . Arghhh,…
Read MoreCreating a Sign-up Form with MailChimp List Setup
Creating a sign-up form for the MailChimp email service is pretty easy with the MailChimp List plugin, unfortunately there are also several limitations that you either have to live with or find a way to work around (and I haven’t found a workaround yet.) After installing the MailChimp List Subscribe Form you will have…
Read MorePutting WordPress Login at the Top of Your Site with Registration-Login Bar
Sometimes I just want to make the registration and login process a little easier to access. Well, not just easier to access because you can use the Meta widget to put login and registration links on your web site. The thing is, when you use the Meta widget you are directed to a separate login…
Read MoreSimple Local Avatars
Here’s a situation for you… let’s say that a visitor has a Gravatar profile set up to display a picture whenever they author or comment on a WordPress site. That generally works quite well and makes your site more personable. But what if either you, as the site owner, or the visitor, want to have…
Read MoreGravatar Signup Encouragement
Here’s a neat little addition to your WordPress site that should help make your site a little more personable – display someone’s Gravatar (what is a Gravatar?) on your site when they visit and leave a comment. This post isn’t about how to display those nice little pictures as that is covered elsewhere. But what…
Read MoreWhat’s a WordPress Gravatar
If you have noticed, some web sites and blog sites show a picture of the author somewhere near the post. And in addition, pictures of people that leave comments somehow show up by magic. How is this done? The Magic of Gravatar Pictures Those little pictures that you see are called “Gravatars” and they are…
Read MoreConfiguring WordPress Installation Location
As you are probably aware, WordPress can be installed either to the root folder of your domain (i.e. mydomain.com) or into a sub-folder of the domain (i.e. mydomain.com/wordpressfolder). There are some advantages and disadvantages to each, but in general I believe installing into a sub-folder is the best choice for the majority of WordPress installations. …
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