gdp's Comments

WP Journo : Theme options plugins & frameworks for WordPress

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:27:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I will have to give it a try.

WP Journo : What is the best WordPress permalink structure for SEO?

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:29:30 +0000

Mazhar, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately this post is a bit dated. Since WordPress 3.3, the performance issue with having /%postname%/ permalinks has been fixed. I now recommend that format for many cases, though sites that publish lots of content or want to get in to Google News should take a different approach. I highly recommend Joost de Valk's post and .htaccess redirects generator for those who want to switch to the /%postname%/ format: http://yoast.com/change-wordpress-permalink-struc...

WP Journo : Displaying custom post types with the same custom taxonomy value

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:33:04 +0000

Did you change the line above too? If you want to order by date, 'orderby' => 'menu_order' should actually be orderby' => 'date'. Then you should be able to order asc or desc based on publication date.

WP Journo : Is media consumption killing your production?

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:17:34 +0000

Jenna, thanks for the comment. I've thought about using Readability and also tried Read It Later for awhile. The problem is I'm a bit of a digital hoarder so I collect things I find online that I'll never end up reading...but I love collecting and could spend all day doing it!

WP Journo : How to display subpages of a WordPress page with their custom meta

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:16:25 +0000

Hi Lucio, that is a solution that is beyond the method in this post and also requires more info about how you would like the portfolio pieces to display. I'd recommend posting very detailed info over on http://wpquestions.com/ to have someone write you code to work with your theme.

WP Journo : How to style the WordPress TinyMCE WYSIWYG visual editor

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:01:21 +0000

The CSS you're looking for in the visual editor is: html .mceContentBody { color: gray; background: black; } At least, this is what would match the website you linked to. I don't think it's easy because I don't think most people want to read let alone write with gray on black text :)

WP Journo : 6 presidential candidates use WordPress as their CMS

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 02:42:21 +0000

Hi Mark, As you note in your post, it's a pretty common method of hardening WordPress to install in an unusual directory, hide the meta generator tag, etc. Conversely, I find it more interesting the other candidates haven't taken every precaution they could, given how I'm sure certain groups would love to take down or hack Republican candidate websites...

WP Journo : 6 presidential candidates use WordPress as their CMS

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:42:49 +0000

I was referring to barackobama.com when I said I wasn't sure :) I do say whitehouse.gov is published on Drupal.

WP Journo : How to style the WordPress TinyMCE WYSIWYG visual editor

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:20:27 +0000

Spencer, glad you found this helpful. To answer your first question, Brett Terpstra has posted an excellent tutorial and sample about this: http://brettterpstra.com/adding-a-tinymce-button/ I should also write a post soon about a method I've used to add buttons to the HTML editor, for those who don't use the visual editor. I think you could also use the method Brett writes about to add an upload/insert button to the visual editor area.

WP Journo : How to update your theme with WordPress 3.0 navigation menu

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:55:09 +0000

Robert, glad I could help! iNove is a great theme that will be made even better with WP3's flexible, drag and drop menus.

WP Journo : How to update your theme with WordPress 3.0 navigation menu

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 17:05:02 +0000

Hi Ashley: Sorry to hear you are having troubles. Could you send me a little more detail to josh@wpjourno.com and the URL of the site you're working on? Then I can see if there's anything I can do to help!

WP Journo : Journalists: 10 sites you might be surprised to learn use WordPress

Wed, 3 Nov 2010 17:36:36 +0000

Tracy, I totally understand the feeling. Once a site gets locked in to one theme it can be difficult to get out of it! As for developers, I'll shoot you some ideas.

Cotton Tree Herald : Sanity Restored? I Hope So.

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:14:19 +0000

Nice post! I didn't originally realize you were traveling all the way to the D.C. rally. I hope the rally does have an impact somehow. "Perhaps they will realize that moderates are constituents, too, and will finally demonstrate the leadership this nation deserves." You couldn't have put this better.

WP Journo : 55 things media organizations can do with WordPress as CMS

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:43:06 +0000

Jason, I'm starting to see your plugin being used on some really big blogs, like TNW and Nieman Journalism Lab. Congrats!

WP Journo : For college newspapers, the importance of platform is often overrated

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:56:26 +0000

Yes, you're dead on Hanna! It can be a struggle getting strictly developer students to see the benefit of building solutions for journalism, especially their school newspaper. But it seems kind of silly not to either be teaching j-students more about the technical side of things while also inviting opportunities for other disciplines to get involved and share their expertise.

WP Journo : Why many college newspaper websites are ugly

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:58:38 +0000

Thanks, Michael for your response. I mentioned The Times because I live in Seattle and read it online, but it frustrates me. I also interned there at one point. Also, sorry I was such a troll over on the HuffPo :)