Updates, fixes, additions

Testing Additional Column Sections

Feb 27th, 2010 | By Ais | Category: Updates, fixes, additions

Would you like to add an extra section (extra categories)  to your Featured articles column (far left column) in Branford Magazine?
I haven’t tried this code.  It was suggested by Mats Stadin (of Stugun Pike Fishing, Sweden) as a possible fix.  I’m fairly sure he’s working with a newer edition of Branford Magazine.
And — of course [...]



Sample privacy policy

Jun 17th, 2009 | By Ais | Category: Updates, fixes, additions

If you have multiple websites and want a single, copy-and-paste privacy policy, here’s one that I use on some websites. Feel free to copy it and modify it for your own use.
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Privacy Policy for our website
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact [...]



WordPress 2.8 – no worries!

Jun 15th, 2009 | By Ais | Category: Updates, fixes, additions

WordPress 2.8 offers several improvements, a few changes, and nothing that needs to worry you.  From what I’ve seen at my websites — on two different hosting services — WordPress 2.8 is fine.
Your Appearance > Editor screen will look a little different.  It includes line numbers on the left.  That can make it easier to [...]



No images? Weird placement?

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Sites that Soar / Ais | Category: Design secrets, Updates, fixes, additions

NOTE: This post is out of date.  See more recent articles about images, including When homepage images don’t show up.

If your images aren’t showing up in the Custom Fields areas, here’s one reader’s solution:
Instead of entering something like this 2008/08/imagename.jpg in the Custom Fields area, use something that looks like this:
yourblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/yourimage.jpg
Please be very careful [...]



Revised version available today

Apr 21st, 2008 | By Sites that Soar / Ais | Category: Updates, fixes, additions

If you purchased Sites that Soar! before April 21st*, you have been sent a link to a free, updated copy of the book.
The only change in this edition is Page 29. On that page, you’ll see that “header.php” has been replaced with the correct file name, “index.php.” You’ll also see one quick fix [...]



Page 29 – typo alert

Apr 20th, 2008 | By Sites that Soar / Ais | Category: Updates, fixes, additions

There’s a typo in my book.  You need to know about it:
On page 29 of my book, it says:
1. Open the file called header.php in wp-content > themes > branfordmagazine
2. In your theme’s header.php, scroll down to see this code:
<div id=”rightcol”>
<?php
// enter the IDs of which categories you want to display
$display_categories = array(3,4,5,6);
The numbers 3,4,5,6 [...]