My First WordPress Plugin! [Comment Replacement]

Posted by anas on Sep 16, 2008 in Geek Speak | 8 comments Last night someone posted a profane comment and I was forced to replace that comment with a warning that the comment has been removed for so and so reasons. A friend (Awais Karim) then commented asking whether I modified that original comment or was it a feature of the blog? With an empty stomach and a lot of time for Iftar, an idea of automating this process with the help of a WP plugin rushed...
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Blog Revamped

Posted by anas on Aug 30, 2008 in Personal Rants | 0 comments After some 12 highly caffeinated nights and a similar number of slothful days, I’ve finally managed to tweak and modify the theme by Michael Jubel, to suit my needs and replace the older one (also by the same guy). To play around with the theme’s code, I backed up my entire blog on my computer, which in itself was a useful experience. Now, I don’t fear losing any data of mine...
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How To Make Trackback Links Visible in WordPress

Posted by anas on May 13, 2008 in Geek Speak | 1 comment The usefulness of trackbacks in WordPress is widely knows and so I’m not going to ramble about it. The objective here is to share the php function that can add “Trackback URL” anywhere in your post. Some themes are not pre-installed with it. Adding this function will result in trackback links appearing in all of your posts so that your readers can use them easily. The position...
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WordPress Permalinks On Sub-domain

Posted by anas on May 6, 2008 in Geek Speak | 0 comments I always looked at those “pretty permalinks” with envy because I wasn’t able to configure my blog to use them. When my blog was located in the root directory (public_html) I had no problems with them. But, since moving on to the subdomain (blog.anasimtiaz.com) I used to get those 404 errors and so I thought probably it wasn’t easy to set them up for a novice like me. But,...
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Blogging by e-mail in WordPress – Tutorial

Posted by anas on Jan 23, 2008 in Geek Speak | 2 comments Blogging by e-mail is a convenient feature in WordPress that allows you (and others, if you wish) to post on your blog just like sending an e-mail to any address. When set up, you can simply send an e-mail to a predefined address from where WordPress picks up the mail and posts it in the assigned category. This means you can even use your handhelds or cell phones to post on the WordPress weblogs...
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