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 […]

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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 […]