SEO Plugin Boo-Boo

Jun 8, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

A recent version of the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin, 0.4.1, caused some people to have an issue with xml sitemaps. I was one of those peeps. But a little digging fixed it.

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Widget Titles, WordPress and B...

May 27, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

Who would have thought that skipping a widget title in WordPress while inserting Google Adsense Code would break the widget underneath? Certainly not I ...

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Image Tags, Keywords and SEO

May 25, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

Reviewing spam can teach you more than you might think about search engine optimization (SEO) and keywords. And don't forget those image tags; these are important too.

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Photoshop, Ubuntu and VirtualB...

May 16, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

I really like Ubuntu, but I can't do without Photoshop. Rather than use Wine I'm using VirtualBox, which enables one to run Windows 7 -- inside Ubuntu -- and thus Photoshop. Hooray.

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Out, Damn’d Quote!

Apr 27, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

In which a single, misplaced apostrophe in a PHP file breaks WordPress and results in the dread White Screen of Death. I subsequently murder the King of Scotland.

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WordPress and Train Wrecks

Apr 18, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

The process of uploading or migrating a WordPress site has gone smoothly for me, more often than not. But uploading this particular site was a train wreck.

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Going With Throttle Up

Apr 12, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

I've got things -- more-or-less -- squared away here with the relaunch of this site. But there are still some things to do, and it's past my bedtime. So please bear with me. ...

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WordPress in Ubuntu

Apr 8, 2011 by Jeff Chappell

So, um, where it says "For automatic updates to occur, the folder and all its files and subfolders must be owned by www-data." ... This is REALLY. EFFING. IMPORTANT.

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