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Ed Schipul : buy gold - thanks t.u. - pay more for electonics - higher interest rates - oh my

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:56:32 +0000

UT isn't responsible for the rise in gold price - they're an investor in the market just like everyone else. US policy is responsible for the rise. What makes this newsworthy is that they took delivery of ACTUAL gold, not simply holding gold derivatives or, as most speculators do, buy the contracts and then sell them before delivery, using the cash to buy more future contracts. We're definitely in for a slow growth economy, but I still think we're better off than any other developed nation. If we default on debt in the short term it's because of our stupid politicians not raising the debt ceiling. There's a very real chance Portugal or Greece will default due to their huge debt load and forced depression to pay it. To pay the debt, they must raise taxes and cut costs, which decreases economic activity and lowers tax receipts, making situation even worse and raising their Debt / GDP (GDP will fall faster than they can pay off debt). Since they're stuck with the Euro they can't inflate their way out of it like we can. The outer countries of the EU (everything but France and Germany) are totally screwed. In the long term we're screwed too if we don't get our act together, but what will happen to us in 10-20 years is happening in Europe right now. I'm hoping that the Euro explosion will show our politicians what will happen if we don't take care of our debt. I'm optimistic about the US, relative to the rest of the world. While I think we're in for slow growth and another big dip in the economy when the Fed is done with QE2, we're in a better position than almost any other developed nation.

Ed Schipul : West Palm Beach

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:39:04 +0000

Wow great photo!

Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #14 - Add Related Posts Before Comments Link

Sat, 15 May 2010 02:25:08 +0000

Can you send me a link to the site in question?

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #1 - Custom Images and Category Pages

Wed, 5 May 2010 13:52:05 +0000

Can you email me the code you're using? It should work. The only issue I can see is if you put the post image outside of the loop (it needs to come after�while ($posts->have_posts()) : $posts->the_post();).

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #2 - Additional Sidebars

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:09:07 +0000

View the source of your page and compare the widgets WordPress produces with the one you're doing. If you can make the code identical, the styling will be the same.�

For example, make sure your \"before widget\" code includes

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #12 - Adding Custom Headers to Category Pages

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:06:13 +0000

Sorry, this code works only with the Thesis theme (http://www.billerickson.net/get-thesis ).

For non-Thesis themes it will be different. You'll need to edit the actual theme files.�

- First, identify the proper theme file to edit. Use the Template Hierarchy image (�http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy�)�to figure it out. (category-id.php comes first, then category.php, then archive.php...)
- Then put the code where you want it. You'll only put what was inside the function, not the function and hook itself.�

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #12 - Adding Custom Headers to Category Pages

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:38:04 +0000

No, it goes in custom_functions.php. Do you have the right category slug?�

Try removing the if statement, so that the header shows up on every category page. That will determine whether your if statement (with the category slug) is the problem, or it's something else.

So just try:

function category_intro() { ?>

This is the category intro text.

<?php }

add_action('thesis_hook_archive_info','category_intro');<br clear=\"all\">

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #3 - Multiple content areas

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 03:55:05 +0000

Are you sure the code is in the custom_functions.php file? It doesn't look like it is, since the <h4> is still on your Brokerage page.

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #13 - Using Gravatars in WordPress

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:53:04 +0000

Thanks, I've been using Intense Debate for a few years now, since they were in private beta. They were funded by my friends up at TechStars so I tried them out when they had their first version ready.�

While Disqus is a great commenting system, I usually recommend Intense Debate because it is now owned by Automattic (the company behind WordPress). This close relationship with WordPress means you'll never have to worry about it not working with WordPress in the future.

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #1 - Custom Images and Category Pages

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 13:21:04 +0000

All the function does is break <h4>'s into div's, which can then be styled with the custom.css file. So in your instance, I would do page-specific css that was applicable for your specific situation. So on the about page, do something like:

.custom.about #content-0 { }
.custom.about #content-1 { }
...

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #6 - Print Stylesheets

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 13:09:05 +0000

Thanks for sharing!

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Increase WordPress Upload Limit on BlueHost

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:46:04 +0000

You'll have to contact hostgator support. Once you figure it out,
please post the solution here for others with the same issue.

Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #1 - Custom Images and Category Pages

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:25:07 +0000

I think you posted this comment on the wrong post. The post on Additional Sidebars is here:�http://www.billerickson.net/wordpress-thesis-addi... />

I believe the issue is that your sidebar is an unordered list and the widgets are list items. There's two ways you can fix this:
- Don't make it a list. Remove the

and that's around the dynamic_sidebar() code, and the before_widget and after_widget from list items (<li id=...) to div's (div id=...).
- Use CSS to remove the bullets. If you used the exact code I provided, I placed the sidebar inside a div called #sidebar_3. Go into custom.css and type #sidebar_3 ul {list-style-type: none;}<br clear=\"all\">

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Increase WordPress Upload Limit on BlueHost

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:21:04 +0000

You should talk with your host about the problem. You shouldn't need to increase the memory limits every time you add a plugin.

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #11 - Clickable Logo in Header

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 04:00:03 +0000

Yep, just at the end of the custom_functions.php file.�

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #11 - Clickable Logo in Header

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 03:27:04 +0000

You'll have to put that in a function and add it to the header.

In custom_functions.php, put this:

function custom_header() { ?>
<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http://www.uberrealty.com/main.mvc/embeddedsearch>�
</iframe>�
<?php }
add_action('thesis_hook_header','custom_header')<br clear=\"all\">

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Adding External Content (via RSS) to Wordpress

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:41:04 +0000

You might try using $image = $item->get_image_url(), then <img src=\"<?php echo $image;?>\" />. I haven't tried it though, so no guarantee it will work.

If you have problems, look at the SimplePie documentation:�http://simplepie.org/wiki/reference/start

But just because there's a function for it in SimplePie doesn't mean it will work with your specific RSS feeds. I found quite a few things that \"should\" work but didn't in practice.

And w/r/t displaying one article, yep use Yahoo Pipes for that.

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Laughing Squid : This Too Shall Pass (RGM Version) by OK Go

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:10:49 +0000

Right after the BIL Conference, Synn Labs invited all BIL attendees to a walkthrough of the Rube Goldberg machine they built and a talk about it. I'll post the video talk soon - I had to wait for the actual music video to come out.

Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #6 - Print Stylesheets

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 01:18:05 +0000

Just go to Appearances > Widgets and drag the Tag Cloud widget to the sidebar.

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Bill Erickson, Wordpress Consultant : Thesis Tip #11 - Clickable Logo in Header

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 01:11:05 +0000

You're right, Google will notice this technique. However, I think they're aware of people using this for logo replacements and don't penalize if you're just replacing a few words with an image. If you were putting keywords and links all over your site for Google to see but hidden to visitors, then you'll run into some problems.�

If you feel strongly about it, you can just uncheck \"show title and headline\" in your Thesis options and then add an image by itself to the header.

My personal opinion is that it's okay to have just an image, better to have an image and the text off the page, and best to just have text. If a client refuses to have just text, I go to the next best option.

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