WordPress Ann Arbor: WP Tips and Tricks
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The document provides tips and tricks for WordPress, including how to block core files from search engines using robots.txt, scan theme files for malicious code using TAC, fix broken links using a plugin, back up before updating, create and use custom menus and widgets, enable multisite, use custom headers and featured images on pages, use WordPress as a CMS, change default header sizes and navigation colors in themes, manage comments, deal with duplicate content issues, and highlights new features in WordPress version 3.1 like the admin bar and post formats.
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WordPress Ann Arbor: WP Tips and Tricks
- 1. As Many WordPress Tips and Tricks that I can fit in a 30 minute talk Presentation for WordPress Ann Arbor. Feb 23, 2011 Twitter Hash-tag #wpa2 Declan O’Neill www.cake.ie
- 2. Block all WordPress Core files from compliant search engines Add the following code to your a robots.txt file. User-agent: * Disallow: /wp-* Disallow: *.php - user agent: (*) is used to target all compliant search engines. - /wp-*: restricts all core files - *.php: restricts all files ending with .php See: http://www.cake.ie/dev/wpa2/robots.txt
- 3. TAC (Theme Authenticity Checker) Scan all of your theme files for potentially malicious or unwanted code. http ://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tac/ Hat Tip: WPMU
- 4. Fix Broken / Outdated Links Broken Link Checker http ://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/broken-link-checker/ For offline link-checking analysis, check out Xenu’s Link Sleuth http ://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
- 5. WordPress Updates ** Back up First! Plugin - http://www.wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/
- 6. Creating and Using Custom Menus Dashboard > Appearance > Menus Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets >
- 8. Page Specific Custom Headers Example: http://www.cake.ie/dev/wpa2/?page_id=62 Just create a banner image that is 940 x 198 pixels. Then follow the on-screen prompts to choose the image from your computer and upload it or choose it from one of the images already in your Media Library. Once the image has successfully been uploaded, look underneath the sizing options, and click “Use as featured image”. Don’t forget to click Update on your post/page to save your changes.
- 9. Using WordPress as a CMS Dashboard > Settings > Reading Front page displays: Static Page Select Default Front page - Usually “Home” Select Default Homepage - Usually “News” or “Blog” or whatever you want to call it
- 10. Change the Default Size of the Page Header Image (Twenty Ten Theme) Dashboard > Appearance > Editor Open “Theme Functions” (functions.php) Find the following code: Change 198 to the new preferred height - click “Update File”
- 11. Change The Default Navigation Background Color (Twenty Ten Theme) Dashboard > Appearance > Editor Open “Stylesheet” (style.css) - Find this code Change #000 to your color of choice. Default White / #fff Color to Hex Converter - http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html Get Hex Color from an Image - http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromanimage (Requires Flash)
- 12. Default URLs vs. “Pretty” Permalinks Dashboard > Settings > Permalinks ** Pick one Permalink setting and Stick with it. Permalink Types: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
- 13. Comments Dashboard > Settings > Discussion: Users must be registered and logged in to comment Automatically close comments on articles older than (90) days E-mail me whenever anyone posts a comment Before a comment appears: An administrator must always approve the comment. Comment Blacklist
- 14. Duplicate Content Issues (One Post - many different views) Blog Post: http://website.com/blog/i-like-cheese/ Category view: http://website.com/blog/category/food/ Tag view: http://website.com/blog/tag/cow/ Tag view: http://website.com/blog/tag/camembert/ Tag view: http://website.com/blog/tag/parmesan/ Daily archive view: http://website.com/blog/2011/02/23/ Monthly archive view: http://website.com/blog/2011/02/ Yearly archive view: http://website.com/blog/2011/ Author archive view: http://website.com/blog/author/your-name/
- 15. Duplicate Content Issues [cont…] Use robots.txt directives – to block Categories / Tags or Archives Use Canonical Meta Tags – to specify the original URL. Use Excerpts for Posts – Only display Post teasers on Archive pages.
- 16. WordPress (Version 3.1) http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.1 Whats New?- Admin Bar Streamlined Writing Interface Post Formats : http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats Exporter/Importer Overhaul Custom Content Type Improvements: http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types Advanced Queries Refreshed Blue Admin Color Scheme