Dynamic Font Replacement for WordPress

Most common internet browsers only support a limited number of fonts. A client wanted to emulate the look achieved by BBC’s Later site using WordPress. That meant using SEO unfriendly images to replace the headings or dynamic font replacement. The latter is not only SEO friendly; it is also much easier to implement. I looked [...]

The Best Dummy Text Generators – Lorem Ipsum

Web developers use dummy text as placeholders when building websites. Dummy text is required when the final text is not yet available from the client. It is used to demonstrate the appearance of different typefaces and layouts. Usually, the dummy text is nonsensical or unreadable my most people as not to distract from it’s purpose. [...]

How to Hack-Proof your WordPress Blog

I just finished helping a friend bring back a Sports Blog after a nasty hacker attack. Luckily, we had a backup of the database. Otherwise, we had little chance to restore the site. Here are a few tips to keep unwanted visitors from doing damage to your blog. Set your File Permissions Properly Use 755 [...]

Hide your Email Address from Spammers with a Simple JavaScript

Javascripts to hide email addresses from spammers have been around for a while but perhaps you missed this one. I have been using it more and more for my client’s HTML-based websites. If the email address is: joe@mydomain.com, most websites use: <a href=”mailto:joe@mydomain.com”>joe@mydomain.com</a> That line of basic HTML is easily harvested by spambots. Within a [...]

Make your own eBay widget!

eBay’s new affiliate program, eBay Partner Network, is an excellent source of income for product-related blogs and websites. It takes some skill, however, to integrate eBay links and images into content and templates. The program offers several creatives that can be pasted into sidebar widgets. However, I found them to be slow-loading as well as [...]

Squeeze More Income from your Blog with Slayer’s Custom Widget Plugin

The introduction of sidebar widgets in WordPress have resulted in a huge time savings. Gone are the days of pasting code into sidebar.php just see your layout go wacky. The capabilities of widgets in the basic WordPress installation are, however, very limited. By default, all widgets appear wherever the sidebar is loaded within your theme. [...]

Replace Askimet with Defensio

What’s up with Askimet these days? This well-known WordPress plugin has been letting foul comment spam through on two of my blogs including RL-Digital. To solve the problem, I ditched Askimet and replaced it with the Defensio plugin. Unlike Askimet, Defensio at least has some adjustments. And, it is an adaptive filter, which will improve [...]

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