Before this, I have written a post about how I changed the domain name and moved this blog to a new web host. Today, I will talk about how to move a WordPress site to a new web host, WITHOUT changing the domain name. I had the opportunity to go through this procedure recently as […]
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How to Disable WordPress Theme and Plugin Installation and Update Alerts?
If you’re setting up or managing WordPress sites for your clients, you probably don’t wish the clients mindlessly upgrading without making sure the compatibility of the theme or plugins. In this case, you should add the config below to your wp-config.php file to disable plugin and theme updates/installation on the WordPress admin area. define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_MODS’,true); Images […]
How to Make a Menu Item Link to Open a New Window
With the introduction of Menus feature in WordPress 3.0, you can now easily create custom navigational menu for your site. The Items you can add to the custom menu includes: Pages, Categories and Custom Links. And if you’re creating a menu item with a link to external site, you would normally want it to open […]
Using Special Recent Post Plugin to Customize Category Post Display on Homepage
Special Recent Post (SRP) Plugin is the plugin I’ve been using to customize the display of the recent posts (with thumbnails) on the homepage of one of my site. As the theme I’m using features fully customizable homepage with widget ready areas, Special Recent Post Plugin allows me to easily display recent posts for multiple […]
How to Move a WordPress Blog to a New Domain Name and Web Host?
Recently I decided to change the domain name of this blog to something more generic in order to represent the wide range of topics (social media, blogging, search engine, business and personal development) that will be covering in this site. The old domain name, imlibrary sounds much like a blog that only talks about Internet […]
A Brief Review of GeoTheme
As one of my blog has evolved to become a directory and review based website, its current Atahualpa theme could no longer meet most of the new requirements by itself without installing tons of plugins. So I decided it’s time to change to a theme that’s more built for this purpose. After a couple of […]