Some tips on adding ads code to wordpress

If we do not want ads code shows at wordpress homepage, but at the other pages, we can use the following code:
<?php if (($wp_query->current_post == 0)and (!is_home())) : ?>
<div style=”float:right;margin-left:20px”><br>
Buy sunglasses online.
</div>
<?php endif; $postcnt++; ?>

If we want the ads codes show at all pages, we can use the following codes: Continue reading “Some tips on adding ads code to wordpress”

Use WordPress to Setup Multi Blogs Under One Mysql Database

We can use Mu to setup multi wordpress blogs. If you do not want to do so, you can use wordpress to setup multiy blogs also.

 For example, we want to set up two blogs: www.glassespeople.com ,and http://blog.glassespeople.com, we only add the following code at wp-config.php: Continue reading “Use WordPress to Setup Multi Blogs Under One Mysql Database”

How to control WordPress 3.0 tag cloud font size?

Go to wp-includes, use dreamweaver to open category-template.php, search the following code:

function wp_tag_cloud( $args = ” ) {
 $defaults = array(
  ’smallest’ => 8, ‘largest’ => 22, ‘unit’ => ‘pt’, ‘number’ => 45,

then change smallest font size and largest size as you like, say:

 function wp_tag_cloud( $args = ” ) {
 $defaults = array(
  ’smallest’ => 10, ‘largest’ => 10, ‘unit’ => ‘pt’, ‘number’ => 45,

 Hope the above code is useful to you!

2 Methods to show wordpress lastest posts at other site

Method one, we can show other wordpress posts at our site by using  simplepie.inc, download a wordpress plugin, named “simplepie-core”, and upload simplepie.inc to your site root, you can rename simplepie.inc to other name also, ie, eyeglassframes.inc.

Then add the following code at your own site .php file. Continue reading “2 Methods to show wordpress lastest posts at other site”

Problem with cURL and PHP Output Buffering while installing zen cart

When we install zen cart under XAMPP, we often meet two issues:

ATTENTION: Problems Found CURL not compiled into PHP – notify server administrator more info…
CURL not compiled into PHP – notify server administrator more info…
CURL not compiled into PHP – notify server administrator more info…
CURL not compiled into PHP – notify server administrator more info… Continue reading “Problem with cURL and PHP Output Buffering while installing zen cart”

How to change wordpress post author name?

Sometimes we want to change wordpress posts author name, if you only need to change several posts, and you do not know the skills, you can delete and repost with the new author name. If you need to modify hundreds posts with the same author, how to do then? Continue reading “How to change wordpress post author name?”

How to display wordpress posts outside the blog?

For example, your main site is http://www.glassespeople.com ,and your blog is http://www.glassespeople.com/blog. If you want so 5 latest post description at www.glassespeople.com, how to do?

Simple, the following code will meet your needs:

// Include WordPress
define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false);
require(‘blog/wp-load.php’);
query_posts(‘showposts=5′);
?>

<?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<p><a href=”<?php the_permalink(); ?>”>Read more…</a></p>
<?php endwhile; ?>

 copy the above code at the proper file, you can have a test also, save the code to test.php.

Display Domain Name

How would I display the domain name of the page I am at. Lets say it it http://www.eyeglasseshut.com/comfortable-prescription-eyeglasses.htm and I want to display desilva.biz. Exactly like that. No www, or http:// included.

In fact, it is very use to let PHP do such thing:

$hostname = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$hostname = str_replace(‘www.’, , $hostname);

echo $hostname;

How to add 10 hot wordpress posts

If you want to add 10 host post at your right bar, just copy and past the following code:

<h2>Hot PHP Posts</h2>
   <ul>
     <?php $result = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT comment_count,ID,post_title FROM $wpdb->posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0 , 10″);
     foreach ($result as $post) {
      setup_postdata($post);
      $postid = $post->ID;
      $title = $post->post_title;
      $commentcount = $post->comment_count;
      if ($commentcount != 0) { ?>
       <li><a href=”<?php echo get_permalink($postid); ?>” title=”<?php echo $title ?>”>
        <?php echo $title ?></a> (<?php echo $commentcount ?>)</li>
        <?php } } ?>
   </ul>

Using PHP to Generate Strong Password

If you want to have very strong password to protect your account, here is the code for :

<code>
<?php
 
function generatePassword($length=9, $strength=0) {
    $vowels = ‘aeuy’;
    $consonants = ‘bdghjmnpqrstvz’;
    if ($strength & 1) {
        $consonants .= ‘BDGHJLMNPQRSTVWXZ’;
    }
    if ($strength & 2) {
        $vowels .= “AEUY”;
    }
    if ($strength & 4) {
        $consonants .= ’23456789′;
    }
    if ($strength & 8) {
        $consonants .= ‘@#$%’;
    }
 
    $password = ”;
    $alt = time() % 2;
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        if ($alt == 1) {
            $password .= $consonants[(rand() % strlen($consonants))];
            $alt = 0;
        } else {
            $password .= $vowels[(rand() % strlen($vowels))];
            $alt = 1;
        }
    }
    return $password;
}
 
?>
</code>