Tags: wordpress

after working on a few wordpress based projects, i have come to conclusion that you can't run a site with it out-of-box. it only has the basic features. eventually users will want something more than the built-in's. this is where plugins come in. sinc… more »

twentyeleven is a standard theme that comes with wordpress install (since V3.?). i like the layout, but customizing pages to include sidebar seems unfeasible. apparently it's the theme's feature for single posts and pages (as discussed). have a look at… more »

there are a few reasons why i don't like automatic upgrade. it updates the site directly. even though there are backups, it's a pain to roll back if something went wrong. it also doesn't work on servers that doesn't have internet presence. there's manu… more »

i know there are plugins for maintenance mode. i found a 3-part tutorial that shows how easy this can be done with just 2 files. this post simply documents how this can be achieved for my own reference and is based on this tutorial. the 2 files require… more »

i came across a problem when all sections that display custom menu (via function call wp_nav_menu()) are not displayed in 404 page. after some research, i found a solution. it's to do with permalinks. there's a bug reported since V286. it's still happ… more »