Posts Tagged ‘wordpress site’
Simple 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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Great backup plugin service for WordPress If you’ve ever been dieing to backup your WordPress blog…. WAIT!! I guess nobody ever puts that on the top of their wants list, so let me start over. If you’ve ever felt the need to backup your WordPress blog, I’ve got a great service for you. It’s called MyRepono and…
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