There is no nice way to say it: WordPress sucks for VBA code samples. The way it handles HTML coding isn't so hot either. WordPress was designed so people don't need to know anything about HTML. I've worked with HTML for 15 years. I understand HTML and I want near-total control over the HTML on […]
Archives for September 2011
Part 3: Custom Excerpts
While I was working on the index, I decided I wanted to include a short excerpt instead of just making a list of hyperlinks. We're using a custom excerpt that was too long and while the RSS excerpt worked ok, I wanted shorter and control over the "more" indicator. I could have solved this problem […]
Create a list of pages in a parent category
In Create a list of pages in a specific category, I showed how I created index pages for my WordPress site. It works great except with two categories. These two categories are parent categories and the code includes the child categories too. Because the number of pages in each category is high, this is not […]
Create a list of pages in a specific category
I moved slipstick.com into WordPress as a CMS and wanted a list of articles in each category, on separate "index pages". On my old site, I used a fairly simple asp script to read one folder and list the files in the that directory. Each folder had its own directory.asp page. The guys I hired […]
Can't Preview Word 2010 Docs in Windows 7
When you try to preview Office documents in the File, Open dialog, an error is returned. The same document previews as expected in Windows Explorer or other Office applications. Steps to repro: Open Word Go to File, Open Select a folder where there is a Word document On right, "show the Preview pane" selected (highlighted […]
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