Not receiving Trackback/Pingback on your wordpress?

Recently I needed to close commenting on one of my blog posts and only allow trackbacks.
I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I'm not getting trackback/pingback notifications. I have tested this with another Wordpress blog that I own - I did a test post and linked back to the other […]

Wordpress 2.5 Walkthrough

I tested a wordpress 2.5 install on articlemeta.com
I have to say that 2.5 definitely has that Web 2.0 feel than its predecessors.
Here is the user login page, slick eh?

Here is the new dashboard look:

The new post page:

Here is the insert/edit embedded media popup:

You can go to the Advanced tab for more embedded player options:

A slick […]

Absolutely Free Premium Wordpress Themes!

Okay, too good to pass up!  As long as you don't resell or give them away, you can do whatever you want with them.
http://www.theblog.ca/wordpress-premium-themes
Get it before he runs out of coupons!

How To Add NoFollow To Your WordPress Post Links

By default, Wordpress adds a "nofollow" property in any anchor link in the comments section, but does not add a nofollow property in the anchor link appearing in the post content.
This hack will basically add a "nofollow" to your Wordpress post links.
Open /wp-includes/post-template.php file and find around line 53 this block of code and add […]

BDP RSS hack - Not polling "Hello world!" posts

I recently installed BDP RSS plugin for my WPMU site.  On the frontpage I'm using BDP RSS to display MPMU sitewide feed.  To my surprise, BDP RSS plugin doesn't come with the option to filter out certain posts (such as the default "Hello world!" post that WPMU installs in every new user blog).
So here is […]

Send eMail Notification When Inviting Friends - Version 6.0.0003

I'm surprised Dolphin doesn't come with this feature already!
What this MOD does is it sends out an email notification to the member who has been invited as a friend by another member. Without an email notification, the only other way a member knows that a friend request has come in is by logging to […]

MOD: Redirect Member To Profile Page After Login

Tested on version 6.0.0003 build.
I wanted members to login to my site and taken directly to their profile page, rather than the "my account" page that Dolphin redirects users to.
Here is the MOD that does exactly this.
Backup member.php just in case you screw things up.
Open member.php and find:
line 78: […]

BoonEx Dolphin Script

I recently stumbled on a pretty cool social networking script called Dolphin (by BoonEx.com). It is an open-source script, however, you do need to pay for licensing fee if you want to remove references to BoonEx on your site.
My brother is launching a new social networking site based on this script for wine lovers. […]

Feed-o-Matic v1.0 Released!

Fixed the bugs. Thanks for your feedback. You can get the latest at Wordpress Plugin Page

New Wordpress Plug-In

Introducing Feed-o-Matic version BETA - A Wordpress Plugin that will pull in RSS items and make them into posts.
You can get it at Wordpress Plugin Page
Let me know what you think…