Solving Incoming Links Widget Problem in WordPress

June 19, 2010 by · 21 Comments
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If you are a user, then you’d probably notice the “Incoming Links” widget that reside in your Dashboard. Recently there’s been an issue with error message being displayed. Well, if you are looking for a solution, then read on.

The “Incoming Links” widget works by searching the web for any page that is linking to any page in your website (read my post about inbound link) And the way to do that is by taking advantage of the Google Blog Search.

By sending a GET request, one can get a search result in an output. Then the WordPress engine (and its built-in function) will parse the and show the result in widget that you can custom (how many records to show, etc.)

Well, if it’s a built-in functions, then why it’s not working?
Did WordPress made a flaw in the development phase?

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Full Size Image in WordPress Default Gallery

March 5, 2010 by · 5 Comments
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WordPress is indeed a handy tools to neatly insert your collection of pictures and order them easily in your post, without being bothered by performing manual arrangement (such as using tables, etc.) through the HTML editor. But there was this time when I feel annoyed because when one of the image in the was clicked, the loaded page didn’t show a full scaled image, instead it displayed a medium-size.

I then realized that this is something that related to ’s functionality, because there is no option to set the image size in the gallery setting.

The solution is by adding a specific template that handles the image attachment page. If you check your wp-content/themes folder, you will notice that those files that are found in there, are templates which WordPress uses to display the content of your blog (or the category, or the attachment).

By default, WordPress uses the single.php file as the template that handles all your image attachments. And this default is something that we should tinker with :smile:

Read more for steps and the code you need

Customize Facebook Emoticon

February 24, 2010 by · 7 Comments
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When I was talking about Facebook Emoticon for WordPress, lots of question came in and asked something like this:

How to add this to my ?

Well, I have to repeatedly explain that the plugins are meant to be used on a -based blogs. You don’t have to add that to your Facebook, because it was Facebook’s in the first place anyway.

But since there is a high-demand upon customized emoticon for Facebook, I’m going to tell you how to make one for yourself by using free stuff such as . This is fun, believe me.

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