If you’re using the Thesis WordPress theme and are looking for information on how to remove the attribution link from the footer, then you’ve come to the right place. But first, a few words about whether or not you should remove the link…
Blogging & WebDev
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I recently needed to change the password for one of my MySQL database logins. The good news is that, once I figured out the proper syntax, it was very easy to do. Here’s the rundown of how to do it…
Have you ever wished you could quickly and easily create html tables? WeIl… I just ran across a cool web-based tool for creating html tables with minimal effort.
If you’re a Mac user and you want to check how your web pages look in a variety of Windows-based browsers, check out BrowserShots.org. This is a free service that offers screenshots using a wide variety of browsers on multiple platforms.
Apparently the WordPress search redirect hack that I reported on the other day is fairly widespread. Moreover, it’s been taking down sites running WordPress installs as late as ver. 2.5.1, so it appears that upgrading won’t necessarily protect you.
After yesterday’s excitement with one of my WordPress installs getting hacked, I though I’d point out an interesting article on securing WordPress: Hardening WordPress I haven’t read it closely yet, but it looks quite useful.
Something scary happened today over at one of my other sites. Around 3:30 EDT, I noticed that traffic to the site was running way below normal. Upon further investigation, I realized that my search engine traffic had all but dried up. Thinking I had been banned by Google, I dug deeper.
This is a slick little javascript bookmarklet that lists the attributes of various on-page elements: Mouseover DOM Inspector Just save it to your bookmarks toolbar (or wherever). When you want to use it, simply click on it and then mouseover the elements you’re curious about. When you’re done, simply hit escape. This is a pretty nifty little too for quickly figuring out column widths, etc. when poking around on a site.