Category Archives: Free Press

Technology, WordPress

Creating And Managing Tables Inside WordPress Posts

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WordPress Visual Editor don’t provides you the option to create table inside your post content. Hence to create a table in WordPress you need to know HTML. Reading this tutorial you can create tables in your WordPress posts even if your are not good in HTML.

  1. Go to plugins menu.
  2. Install Easy Table Plugin and Actvate it.
  3. Move to Dashboard >> Settings >> Easy Table.

Here you will get various table options and previews. Now to start up with your first table use the following given format in your WP post:

[table] Domain,Company,Rank
Google.com,Google,1,
Facebook.com,Facebook Inc,2
[/table]

This is an example. You can create as many formats you want and each format should be enclosed in [table] and [/table] shortcode. Given format creates three columns: Domain, Company and Rank with three rows:

Domain

Company

Rank

Google.com

Google

1

Facebook.com

Facebook Inc.

1

 

 

Technology, WordPress

How To Add Automatically Resized Images In Your Blog Posts

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If you post large number of images in your blog and resize each image  to similar frame after you upload it. Then you may add an automatic task that will resize you images automatically:

  1. Copy the script from here.
  2. Create a new folder ‘script’ in your site root from cPanel.
  3. Upload this script in script folder and name it timthumb.php
  4. Use the following syntax for adding automatically resized image in your blog post:

<img src=”/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/images/whatever.jpg&amp;h=150&amp;w=150&amp;zc=1″ alt=”” />

Social Media, Technology

Don’t Rename Your Pinterest Boards

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Renaming Pinterest board is not a good idea. As soon as you rename any Pinterest board the associated web address (permalink) also get changed and all those shared links on different social networks like Facebook, Twitter etc and also Google archives redirects the user to Error 404 page. Not only this much but all those Facebook likes again start from zero.

Facebook, Social Media, Technology

New Facebook Page Features You Might Don’t Know

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How to Reposition an image preview on your Wall?

  1. Open your Timeline.
  2. Scroll to the image you want to fix.
  3. On the right hand side of the image click small Pencil icon.
  4. Click Reposition and use your mouse to adjust the image.

Note: You can also reposition your Timeline’s Header Image

How to Edit Facebook Comments?

  1. Open the page where you have commented.
  2. Right hand side of your comment; there is a pencil icon.
  3. Click it. It gives you two options Edit and Delete.

How to Schedule Facebook Posts on Pages?

  1. Open your Facebook Page.
  2. In share box where you write your posts, there is a small clock icon on the left.
  3. Click that small clock icon and follow the instructions.

How to export a Facebook Event?

  1. Open your event page.
  2. There is a button Create event and on its right side there is a drop down button, click it.
  3. Now click Export Events.

How to Post on Facebook from Email and Mobile ?

  1. You can even post an update to your Facebook Timeline (wall) using email and SMS.
  2. Move to your Page >> Click Admin Panel >> Click Update Info >> On the Left Sidebar Click Mobile.

Now copy that secret email address and,

  1. To upload a photo, email the photo to this address and include a caption in the email subject line.
  2. To update your status, write in the email subject line and leave the email body blank.

There are more options available check them all. You may signup for SMS etc.

How to edit the name and description of the link you have shared on Facebook?

  1. After you type the link address on Facebook it fetches the link name and description.
  2. If you want to edit link’s name (title) then click it on its name.
  3. If you want to edit description then click on the description and edit it.

How to Allocate Roles to Page Admins ?

Facebook Page provides option for the page administrator to give different roles to other people like you can make someone page manager, moderator, advertise etc.

To allocate roles move to your Page >> Click Admin Panel >> Click Edit Page (dropdown) >> Click Admin Roles.

How to check the number of People viewed your Post Organically vs Virally ?

Yes you can see how many people have viewed your posts on your Facebook page.  You may check it by hovering on “X people saw this post” .

Where Organically means fans and Virally means friends of fans.

How to see pages that liked your page?

Open your Page >> Admin Panel >> New Likes >> Click See All.

If you have any questions ask me here

Technology, Twitter

Russian Blackhole Malware Attack Is Hitting Twitter

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Blackhole malware attack is spreading on Twitter. It claims that you are pictured in an online image and give you a link to that image using Twitter’s public messages and when you click that link it redirects you to Russian websites that attempt to infect Windows PCs (better use Linux) using some notorious Blackhole exploit kit. Since late 2010 Blackhole exploit kit  is grown to be one of the most notorious exploit kits. Now it is spreading thousands of malicious links targeting twitter users.

Technology, Web Services, WordPress

WordPres Spam Words And Moderation

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Here are words widely used in spam comments. Adding them to your moderation list protects your site from spam trackback and comments. Just copy-paste this list in your wp-admin/options-discussions.php  (if using WordPress)

What is Moderation ? WordPress Comment moderation allows you to prevent comments to appear on your webiste before your approval. It can be useful for addressing Spam Comment.

How Moderation Works ? A new comment goes through many WordPress tests before appearing below your post. If comment fails one of the test conducted by WordPress then it goes to spam list, where you can approve or trash that particular comment. That’s how comment moderation works.

Akismet is a better option available for WordPress users for blocking Spam Comments.

Following is spam word list (released by WordPress) to add in your WordPress wp-admin/options-discussions.php

-online
4u
adipex
advicer
baccarrat
blackjack
bllogspot
booker
byob
car-rental-e-site
car-rentals-e-site
carisoprodol
casino
casinos
chatroom
cialis
coolcoolhu
coolhu
credit-card-debt
credit-report-4u
cwas
cyclen
cyclobenzaprine
dating-e-site
day-trading
debt-consolidation
debt-consolidation-consultant
discreetordering
duty-free
dutyfree
equityloans
fioricet
flowers-leading-site
freenet-shopping
freenet
gambling-
hair-loss
health-insurancedeals-4u
homeequityloans
homefinance
holdem
holdempoker
holdemsoftware
holdemtexasturbowilson
hotel-dealse-site
hotele-site
hotelse-site
incest
insurance-quotesdeals-4u
insurancedeals-4u
jrcreations
levitra
macinstruct
mortgage-4-u
mortgagequotes
online-gambling
onlinegambling-4u
ottawavalleyag
ownsthis
palm-texas-holdem-game
paxil
penis
pharmacy
phentermine
poker-chip
poze
pussy
rental-car-e-site
ringtones
roulette
shemale
shoes
slot-machine
texas-holdem
thorcarlson
top-site
top-e-site
tramadol
trim-spa
ultram
valeofglamorganconservatives
viagra
vioxx
xanax
zolus

GNU/Linux, Google+, Technology

Verify Your Google+ Business Page

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  1. Make your Google+ plus business page if you don’t have one.
  2. Your Google+ page should be authorized by your business, organization, brand or product etc.
  3. Your Google+ page’s profile should have a link to your business’s website.
  4. Your business’s website should connect to your Google+ page. This is done by adding the Google+ Badge/Code
  5. People (near about 999) must have added your Google+ page to their circles.
  6. You must be authorized as administer.
  7. Contrast your page with Google Terms of Service and Google+ Content – Conduct Policies
  8. Visit: http://support.google.com/plus/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=page_verification&rd=1  fill in the request form and send it
  9. Now wait for approval.
PHP, Technology, WordPress

Move Across WordPress Draft, Pending And Publish Post Statuses

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Don’t use register_post_status before init. Register Post Status is a function used to create and modify post status based on given parameters. register_post_status() function is located in wp-includes/post.php It accepts following two parameters:

  • $post_status means a string for the post status name
  • $args means an array of arguments

<?php register_post_status( $post_status, $args ); ?>

Example:
(Following example registers “Unread” post status:

function my_custom_post_status(){
register_post_status( ‘unread’, array(
‘label’ => _x( ‘Unread’, ‘post’ ),
‘public’ => true,
‘exclude_from_search’ => false,
‘show_in_admin_all_list’ => true,
‘show_in_admin_status_list’ => true,
‘label_count’ => _n_noop( ‘Unread <span class=”count”>(%s)</span>’, ‘Unread <span class=”count”>(%s)</span>’ ),
) );
}
add_action( ‘init’, ‘my_custom_post_status’ );

Where:

  • label is a descriptive name for the post status marked for translation.
  • public – Set true to show posts of this status in the front end. Defaults to false.
  • exclude_from_search – Set true to exclude posts with this post status in search results. Defaults to false.
  • show_in_admin_all_list – Defines whether to include posts in the edit listing for their post type.
  • show_in_admin_status_list – Shows in the list of statuses with post counts. Example: Published (12)
  • label_count – The text to display on admin screen or you won’t see status count.
GNU/Linux, Google+, Social Media

Find A Perfect App In Chrome Web Store By Taking A Little Help From Your Google+ Friend Circles

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Now Google Chrome Web Store helps you to share all your Google Chrome’s  items in your Google+ Circles. You may do so by finding them in Chrome’s Web Store and clicking +1 (located in store detail page).

And by clicking “From your circles” (located in Chrome Web Store’s category menu) you can review different apps and themes recommended by your friends. Now it is easy to find right app, you would be getting app suggestions from Chrome Web Store on the basis of all that apps +1’d by your friend circle in Google+.

Facebook, Social Media, Technology

How To Add Facebook Chat On Firefox Sidebar

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1. Open Firefox browser.

2. Move to top navigation menu

3. Select Bookmarks >> New Bookmark

4. Place a new bookmark with following details:

  • Name it “Facebook Chat”
  • Set location at http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php
  • Check this “load this bookmark in sidebar”

5. Load Firefox sidebar from View >>Sidebar >> Booksmarks

Technology, WordPress

Show Related Posts In Your WordPress Blog Without Using Any Plugin

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Copy and Paste the given code within the loop. It may engage your blog visitors to stay for a longer time:

<?php
//for use in the loop, list 5 post titles related to first tag on current post
$tags = wp_get_post_tags($post->ID);
if ($tags) {
echo ‘Related Posts’;
$first_tag = $tags[0]->term_id;
$args=array(
‘tag__in’ => array($first_tag),
‘post__not_in’ => array($post->ID),
‘showposts’=>5,
‘caller_get_posts’=>1
);
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<p><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<?php
endwhile;
}
}
?>

This code displays posts related to current post. It is based on tags. You may change the number of posts it displays, just change ‘showposts’=>5 with your number.

Technology, Web Services, WordPress

Display Popular Posts In Your WordPress Blog’s Sidebar Without Using Any Plugin

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You can highlight most popular content of your WordPress site in your sidebar. Copy-Paste the following code in your theme’s sidebar.php file:

<h2>Popular Posts</h2>
<ul>
<?php $result = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT comment_count,ID,post_title
FROM $wpdb->posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0 , 5″);
foreach ($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>

It displays most popular posts on your site’s sidebar.

For changing the number of posts to display in your sidebar:

Look-up for this line in the above code block: FROM $wpdb->posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0 , 5″); and Replace 5 with the number of posts you like to display.

Easiest Way for Displaying both Popular and Unpopular Posts in your Sidebar:

Now easiest way to do this (display popular posts) and many other similar things like displaying both popular and unpopular posts, knowing the number of post hits is to use Most and Least Read Posts Widget Plugin. 

Download from the link, activate it and start using it by placing its widgets in your sidebar. It gives you two different widgets one shows most read posts and the other shows least read posts and also it counts your post hits both on sidebar and in your dashboard All Posts list.

GNU/Linux, Social Media, Technology

Add “Pin It” Button To Your Google Chrome’s Bookmark Bar

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For installing “Pin It” button in your Chrome:

  1. Visit Pinterest Goodies.
  2. Display your bookmark bar if it is hidden: Visit Wrench Icon (present at the top right corner of chrome) >> Bookmarks >> Check Show Bookmarks Bar
  3. There is a “Pin It” button on that page. Drag it to your bookmark bar.
  4. Now while browsing the web you can pin any image by pressing this “Pin It” button.

Watch this video tutorial:

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Social Media

Add ‘Pin It’ Button To Images In Your WordPress Blog

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Without using Plugin: Add this code to your theme’s footer.php file before the </body> tag. Get Pinterest’s javascript at Goodies.

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js”></script>

Add this code to your theme’s single.php file wherever you want Pin It button to be visible:

<a href=”http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&media=<?php echo catch_that_image() ?>&description=<?php the_title(); ?>” class=”pin-it-button” count-layout=”horizontal”><img border=”0″ src=”//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png” title=”Pin It” /></a>

Add this code in your theme’s functions.php file:

function catch_that_image() {
global $post, $posts;
$first_img = ”;
ob_start();
ob_end_clean();
$output = preg_match_all(‘/<img.+src=[‘”]([^'”]+)[‘”].*>/i’, $post->post_content, $matches);
$first_img = $matches [1] [0];
if(empty($first_img)){ //Defines a default image
$first_img = “/images/default.jpg”;
}
return $first_img;
}

Or You may use a WordPress plugin and that would be more easy for you. Use this plugin Pinterest Pin It Button For Images. Either search it on WP Plugin search or click the link and upload the folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, Activate from ‘Plugins’ menu and Enjoy.