Custom WordPress Maintenance Note
Recently, I moved my WordPress blog to another hosting plan. And to make sure that no changes was made during the migration process, I set a maintenance notice. Hence, visitors got nothing when they visit my blog. So no more comments being left from the database backup.
Well, the process was plain simple, with plain result. But then I learnt a way to make the notice sounds more like an “apology”. A simple custom page, to show your personalized message to your visitor. This way, people will know that there is nothing wrong with your blog, and that you simply undergoing a maintenance process.
In terms of SEO, this approach is also a good way to keep your index alive.
Keep Your Themes Safe
There are times where I simply lack the interest to keep my things up-to-date. I’ve got my reasons. Let me tell you one; when you are doing well, no need to rush for the new trend.
Recently I’ve found a flaw (or some might use the word; bug) on WordPress 3.2.1. Not that it’s a critical one, or in such a manner that exposing your site to a security vulnerability. It simply giving people access to some things that you probably don’t want others to get their hands on.
The Uploads Folder
We all use this great engine of WordPress to simplify our interest in blog. This powerful CMS provide us with almost everything (if you are looking for the ultimate remote control, look somewhere else).
One of the great aspects of a CMS, is how it eases you getting your images and videos so that you can show them to others. Believe me, you will enjoy more in life without handling the upload process and getting the URL and stuffs all by yourself.
CSS Tips: Class or ID?
I work a lot with websites, and I’m having this fond for WordPress engine since the most thing that I should work with is how to re-design a theme. I’m not so good with image manipulation or graphic design, hence I work a lot with CSS and the template parts.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is used for styling the site (HTML) elements. By declaring how an element should look (or behave), the work is becoming less. Name it fonts size, colors, how images looks, and event positioning certain elements, all is become much easier once the styling has been declared.
Styling the elements can be done either generally, or specifically. For instance when you declare a single CSS for <p> tag, then every time you use that instance it will styled as you declared. But when you need to create a different looks for another <p> tag somewhere on your page, then you can be more specific by using an ID or a Class.
The easiest way to tell the difference is by looking at the CSS part of your website. An ID is noted by using “#” (hastag symbol) while a Class is noted by using “.” (period symbol).
