The long awaited follow-up to my RSS Feed Basics post from a year ago, I present to you some ways to get more out of RSS feeds from around the world. RSS is typically thought of as a simple feature that almost every website should have (and it's really frustrating when they don't) that allows you to "subscribe" to that site and receive notices when the site updates. Heck, the … [Read more...]
Adblock Plus begins allowing “acceptable ads” by default
Some might argue that the point of ad-blocking software like Adblock Plus is to block ads, but Adblock Plus 2.0 introduces a new feature that allows "acceptable ads". The feature is also turned on by default. Adblock Plus wants to change the ad culture to encourage advertisers and websites to choose non-intrusive ads. The feature was announced in the blog post for the 2.0 … [Read more...]
20 Awesome, Atypical Themes for Your WordPress Site
If you've worked with WordPress to any extent, you understand that it is a very flexible platform. I have talked with people about my sites using WordPress or discussed the idea of building a site for them but some respond "Oh, I just don't like the format of a blog." Since most of that is controlled by your theme in WordPress, I figured I'd write this post covering some themes … [Read more...]
Seeing ‘undefined’ on Nivo Slider after enabling Disqus Comments
I had a big wave of comment spam repeatedly hit a new WordPress site I'm developing yesterday, so I decided to switch the site over to the Disqus comment system. The site's theme utilizes the Nivo Slider on the home page to rotate pictures from featured posts. Unfortunately, I discovered this morning that enabling the Disqus WordPress plugin broke the Slider a bit. It added a … [Read more...]
Overstock counters Amazon with push for Equity in Sales Tax Collection Act Bill
Overstock is the other company besides Amazon that commonly shutters affiliates when states like Illinois pass "Amazon Tax" laws. While Amazon is pushing for a new federal sales tax bill, Overstock has countered with their own bill called the Equity in Sales Tax Collection Act Bill. … [Read more...]