Archive | January, 2007

Extended Profile

For months, I’ve been wanting to use the Extended Profile data (from the userextra plugin, comments) to show a list of members on a post/page. I wanted more than just Firstname Lastname, Email, ICQ, etc. I wanted Address, City, Favorite Vegetable, whatever. After finding this code and then this bit of PHP to pull the [...]

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Page Order

Handy plugin (Mass Edit Pages) that lets you sort of the page order of your pages in your header, nav bar, or sidebar. You will need to change the code that displays the pages to this: sort_column=menu_order. So, e.g. PLAIN TEXT CODE: <li class="page_item page-item-217"><a href="http://www.likoma.com/hosting-20/" title="Likoma Hosting :: $20/month">Likoma Hosting :: $20/month</a></li> <li class="page_item [...]

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Category Order

To change the order of your categories in your navigation (sidebar, top nav, etc.), you can either get into the code, or use this handy plugin (My Category Order). You'll need to edit the code that lists the categories to this: PLAIN TEXT CODE: wp_list_cats('sort_column=my_order&hide_empty=0′); While you're at it, you may as well get your [...]

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International Advertising Association

IAA West allows its members to view upcoming events, catch up with news, and the organization can update it all themselves.

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Random Quotes

2008 Update: new favorite: Stray Random Quotes There's a great plugin (Donkey Quote) that sets up a random text generator that's easy to edit in WordPress. Here's a quick video showing the basics of what it can do. Random Quotes Plugin

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Simple Page Edit in WordPress

Here's a video created for BNI Embarcadero that walks through basic editing of a page. WordPress Tutorial Video: Simple Page Edit in WordPress

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Lost Password, Update User Info

Here's a quick WordPress Tutorial to help you get your lost password and update some of your user information on your WordPress site. In this example, there are some extra fields used for more user info (e.g. address, phone, etc.). Lost Password, Update User Info Video Video will take some time to load.

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