NoMoreIE6 Word Press Plugin is out! Published on January 19, 2010
An updated version of the NoMoreIE6 Word Press Plugin is out!
You can get it here: www.wdmac.com/wp-plugins/nomoreie6
This plugin displays a warning message on the top of your website, to all IE6 users, and only to them, warning about security issues concerning their browser, and about the limitations on their browsing-user-experience.
This updated version allows users to choose and download free from a set of top browsers.
Browser security is a very pertinent matter, emphasized by the recent exploits found on IE6, which caused the China-Hackers-Attack on Google, the last week.
Don’t take any chances! Download the NoMoreIE6 plugin and warn your users they should upgrade to a decent browser.
Get rid of all the nonsense tweaks to get your browser looking good on IE6 for good.
Word Press: Custom CSS styles in the WYSIWYG editor Published on January 13, 2010
Adding your custom CSS styles to the word press WYSIWYG native editor (TinyMCE editor)
EDITED
This technique had a major upgrade!
Please read my new post about this subject: www.wdmac.com/how-to-use-custom-styles-in-the-word-press-post-editor
I’ve always found a bit odd why couldn’t we apply our own css styles when writing our Word Press Posts and pages.
So I’ve done a bit of research and I came up with a solution to get this done.
The objective is to be able to apply your own CSS styles (classes) to the elements in your posts and pages. E.g. if you want an image to float left, simply apply the “fLeft” class. Or by the other hand if you need an image to float right, just apply it the fRight class.
For a code savvy user this is no obstacle, since he can use the code mode in the editor and apply the classes by hand. But for most of the WP users (e.g. Our clients) this is a no-go situation, that you need to sort.
In this tutorial we will do it. Simply define you classes in your styles.css or other linked CSS, and latter apply them by means of a select box with all your custom styles listed.
Easy!
Increasing Word Press accessibility: W3C WAG Published on
Increasing word press accessibility, according to the W3C – WCAG www.w3.org/TR/?WCAG/
One of the many things automatic validations will immediately pick upon is the repetition of different hyperlinks with the same link text.
This happens every time you use the <!– more -> link to continue reading excerpted posts.
The links actually will lead you to a complete different page, but the link text will always be the repetitive “read more” or similar.
Now this is an accessibility obstacle since it will confuse readers about where to go.
Hyperlinks should clearly indicate their targets, so that users know in advance what to expect, should they choose to open them.
To avoid this repetition, we need different text links to different content. This tutorial is about achieving that in a straightforward way.
Let’s start.
Word Press: Posting via e-mail Published on January 12, 2010
How to post to your word press blog via e-mail
Sometimes is useful to be able to publish something or update your word press blog via e-mail.
Weather you are traveling and have limited time, or you have urgent news to share, or you can even be using a mobile phone or PDA and need to update your blog, or you may have several collaborators worldwide wich you don’t allow blog administration, but still want them to be able to post under your supervision, etc.
If your word presss blog is ready to do this, then you will have a clear advantage over your “competition”!
SEO friendly URLS on Word Press Published on
How to make “URL Rewrite style” SEO friendly URLS on Word Press
It’s very simple, though not very well documented. I’ll keep it short and objective, it will only take you 2 minutes to do it, and it will do a lot to your website SEO potential.
