24 | troubleshooting wordpress themes

Posted by alchymyth | Wordpress | Wednesday 3 March 2010

here is a little trick if you need to check some variables, or try something new in your wordpress theme while the site is live.
use a conditional if statement to check that you are logged in as the original administrator, and only then do what you need to do. this way you can perform and display the neccesary tests, without the public seing anything.
<?php
if (’1′ == $user_ID) :
echo 'you … » read more »

23 | Multi-Column Grid-Style Posts in WordPress

Posted by alchymyth | Wordpress | Friday 29 January 2010
a three column grid category template

following question comes up regularly in the wordpress support forum: ‘i want to show my posts in three (four, five) columns, how can i do it?’
here, i am going  to present yet another solution: a flexible core structure to allow any number of columns with any number of rows, limited only by screen space, readability and fantasy…
the structure (for instance 3 columns, 4 rows, 12 or more posts):
1 5 9
2 … » read more »

22 | hyperlinks in wordpress image captions

Posted by alchymyth | Wordpress | Sunday 17 January 2010
one million dollars, copyright silkandart

have a look at the image above and check the link within the image caption.
nice feature?
as many of you might have experienced before, the image caption function of wordpress filters all html content, including any attempts to insert  links.
however, this functionality would come very handy, if you want to credit the copyright owner of the image (which could obviously be yourself) by providing a one-click connection to their website.

21 | zebra style wordpress loop

Posted by alchymyth | Wordpress | Thursday 14 January 2010

to start, i would like to express my thanks and gratitude to all the volunteers in the wordpress forum who patiently and freely give their time and attention, and share their knowledge and experience with all the users coming with questions and problems about their wordpress installation and modifications.
a great community.
lists or posts styled with alternating color backgrounds, for instance, can inprove the readability of blogs.
most themes and the standard wordpress installation are not offering … » read more »

15 | Wordpress as a Model of Human Consciousness

Posted by dr michael | Personal Development | Wednesday 29 July 2009
matrix

Many researchers of the human mind have already tried to explain some aspects of the workings of the mind and ego by analogy of a computer.
This holds true also for an open source program such as wordpress.
I will put it this way: the wordpress software, ie. the core program, is the subconsciousness. We know it is there, but generally we are not aware of it and don’t understand how it works. And, unless something goes … » read more »