Being a WordPress developer, I often meet WordPress sites that do not auto update. There are four main reasons WordPress will not update: The upgrade folder has the wrong permissions set Its server's PHP is below version 5 WordPress was installed using Fantastico or something similar A plugin is preventing upgrades The server has a very low PHP memory limit Other, less common reasons include: You're doing it all wrong WordPress doesn't like you WordPress is in a bad mood, or It's just not your day The less common reasons are easy to fix: take a break, have a drink … [Read more...]
Auto Rotating Ad Banner, No iFrame, No Meta Refresh and It’s Free: Part 2
Posted on March 9, 2012 · 1 Comment
Back in September 2009 I wrote a guide to creating an auto rotating ad banner that uses JavaScript to switch the ads or images or any other content without pages needing to be refreshed by visitors. It has come to my attention that that solution no longer works in Google Chrome and it has problems displaying multiple ad banners in one page simultaneously. So, here is an update. Here is another image & content slider script from Dynamic Drive that can also be used to display ads within pages.... with a little bit of CSS and HTML editing. Using The Ad Rotation Script Create a directory … [Read more...]
HowTo: Change the Language of WordPress
Posted on February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
So, you have built a WordPress site or WordPress multisite and now want the WordPress dashboard and site frontend to use Spanish or German or Italian or another language. It is easy. Whether you are looking to: Change the language used in the WordPress dashboard Change the WordPress backend language Change the WordPress front end language Change the language used by WP plugins, or Use a different language for your theme Follow the instructions shown here. How to Change the WordPress Language Visit http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ Find the directory with the … [Read more...]
HowTo: Center WordPress Genesis Theme Horizontal Menus
Posted on February 18, 2012 · 7 Comments
Genesis by StudioPress is the most stylish, simplest to use and easiest to customize theme framework I have ever seen. But try to centre the horizontal navbars... I spent months working out how to center Genesis menus. Different devices like mobile phones, desktops and tablets and every operating system like Linux, Windows, Unix and MacOS have their own way of rendering padding, margin and font sizes. I tried centering the menus with Javascripts and PHP scripts to serve different menus with different padding and margin settings to visitor's according to their operating system and device type. … [Read more...]
