Sending Pings and Trackbacks

Q & A
1. Can I ping and trackback?
No. If you send both to one place, the trackback will fail.

2. I can’t send trackbacks?
- your trackback might be sent but the receiving site may choose not to show it.
- check you have sent it correctly
- use this Test Blog to test sending and receiving.
- check your webhost’s forums to see if others have this problem.
- post to the WordPress Support Forums and give details of what you have tried, who your host is.

I am using this code in this blog to display adsense after first post and after any post. In this tutorial I will show you how you display Adsense after first post and after 2nd post or after any post in your blog within the Loop. In the tutorial I am use code examples to show you easy method to editing your WordPress theme.

Step 1

The step 1 is to open up your index.php file from your wordpress theme folder in your favorite theme editor such as like Dreamweaver or Notepad. Find the following line:

<?php if(have_posts()) : ?>

Step 2

Just copy and paste (below Red Bolder code lines ) like this:

<?php
$postnum = 1;
$showadsense1 = 1;
$showadsense2 = 2;
?>
<?php if(have_posts()) : ?>

Step 3

Scroll down the page and find this line:

<?php endwhile; ?>

Step 4

Just copy and paste the (below Red Bolder code lines ) like this:

<!--Google Ads Code Start Here--!>
<?php if ($postnum == $showadsense1) { include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/adsensepost1.php'); } ?>
<?php if ($postnum == $showadsense2) { include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/adsensepost2.php'); } ?>
<?php $postnum++; ?>
<!--Google Ads Code End Here--!>

<?php endwhile; ?>

Step 5 (Final)

Just make the 2 files, one is “adsensepost1.php” and 2nd is “adsensepost2.php” and Save As the files with “.php” extension,
make sure are both files put in same theme directory…. that’s it… Now Enjoy to make more money.

from: http://sixrevisions.com/resources/helpful_wordpress_plugins_advanced_users/

This article presents 15 WordPress plugins to help enhance and simplify the blogging experience of advanced users, especially web developers and designers. Most of the plugins were tested on a default installation of WordPress version 2.3.1 for basic functionality; relevant screenshots of the plugins in action are included.

What’s a savvy user?

1. A blogger with basic to expert knowledge of HTML/CSS, and for a lot of the plugins featured here, PHP and MySQL experience is highly recommended.
2. A blogger who needs to display complex content in posts and pages like displaying and colorizing code snipplets, running custom scripts only on certain posts or pages, incorporating custom web forms, etc.
3. A blogger who knows what they’re doing - The default configuration of WordPress is too “fool-proof“. For example, with the visual editor turned on, it will add unexpected indents and line breaks even inside <pre> tags. Additionally, it blocks you from adding <div> tags, automatically “sanitizing” them into <p> tags.

If you match any of the above criteria, read on and maybe you’ll find a plugin or two that will make your blogging experience more convenient.

1) Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress

Google Syntax Highligher for WordPress colorizes your code on-the-fly. It supports most programming/scripting languages such as C++, PHP, Perl, Ruby, and much more. The syntax is simple — just put your code inside <pre> tags and assign them the attributes name="code" and class="thelanguage".

The following code was tested:

<pre name="code">

var myString = "nSync";

if (myString == "Justin Timberlake") {
   document.write("You're a winner");
   } else {
   document.write("There's always celebreality shows");
   }
</pre>

This is how it colorizes my code:

You can learn more more ways to customize your highlighted code in the Google code wiki entry on Usage – syntaxhighlighter. Also check out the full list of supported languages on Google Code.

Other code highlighters available are:

WP-Syntax – A plain and simple code highlighter.

WP-CodeBox – also check out the basic usage and demo page

This plugin gives you two awesome <pre> tag attributes: download – which automatically creates a download link for your code snipplet, and colla – which gives you the option to collapse and expand the code block.

CodeHighlighter - It’s almost identical to WP-Syntax.

2) Exec-PHP

Exec-PHP gives you the capability of running PHP code inside certain posts and pages. You can insert PHP code directly into your posts without having to modify your theme files. You can find a more detailed documentation of Exec-PHP on Bluesome.

You have to turn off the visual editor whenever you use Exec-PHP in your posts or pages, It won’t work even in code view.

As a test, I used a WordPress conditional tag to see if it supports them, turns out it does — the conditional tag is is_single()

And this is what it looks like:

3) Save My <pre>

If you use the visual editor, then you’ve probably experienced the frustration of trying to figure out why it messes up your <pre> tags. Code in between
the <pre> tag should preserve the indents, spaces, and linebreaks, but the default visual editor doesn’t uphold this rule.

This is what I wanted my code snipplet to look like (minus the <pre> tags):

This is how WordPress renders it after I save my work from the visual editor.

Using Save my <pre> will prevent the WordPress editor from processing and “cleaning” up the stuff inside <pre> tags.

4) Maintenance Mode

Maintenance Mode just notifies your readers that your blog is undergoing maintenance and is currently unavailable. The message won’t appear if you’re logged in as an administrator, so you can see what your updates look like during maintenance mode.

Here’s the options page for Maintenance Mode:

This is how it looks for users that aren’t logged in or don’t have the proper credentials:

5) WP-DBManager

WP-DBManager gives you an administrative interface to manage, backup, and optimize your WordPress database. It has countless of options for making database management quite effortless. Installing this plugin gives you a new tab in the admin panel, called “Database“.

6) Deactivate Visual Editor

If you need to write intricate posts that have code snipplets and/or custom scripts, it’s highly advisable that you turn off the visual editor. But if you find value in the visual editor of WordPress, then you just may want to exclude certain posts and pages from using it. Installing the Deactivate Visual Editor WordPress plugin ensures that nothing gets accidentally screwed up when you edit a post that shouldn’t be edited using the visual editor. To deactivate the visual editor on a post or page, you’ll need to create a custom field called deactivate_visual_editor and set the value to true.

7) Search and Replace

Ever wanted to change a user’s name, email, website URL on old posts? How about correcting references to an old post that no longer exists or whose name has been editted? Search and Replace allows you to do all of this inside of WordPress, through an intuitive admin interface.

Here’s how the admin interface looks like:

For this test, I created a few comments throughout the test installation using the name “myOldName“. I then replaced it with “myNewName“.

After pressing the “Go” button, search and replace simplifies this database update by not requiring you to run a custom MySQL query (alternatively, use WordPress’ $wpdb database class and PHP-Exec if you prefer to run your own update).

WP-DB-Backup

WP-DB-Backup offers a straightforward interface for backing up your WordPress database. It’s an excellent alternative to WP-DBManager if you’re only looking to create a backup. You can save the backup on the server, on your computer, or have it sent to you via email.

9) Tidy Up

Tidy Up cleans your HTML source code and attempts to correct invalid XHTML code. It utilizes WC3’s HTML Tidy conversion tool. If you’re concerned about XHTML validation this plugin can help.

Running the Tidy Up report gives the following output:

10) FormBuilder

FormBuilder is a simple plugin that allows you to create custom forms inside posts and pages.

Setting up a form is a walk in the park:

Here’s how the form looks (unstyled):

Other Notable Plug-ins

11) WP Super Edit

WP Super Edit is an alternative to the default visual WYIWYG editor (TinyMCE). It improves on the default editor by providing advanced users with additional options such as a button for inserting <div> tags in your posts.

12) WP-Debug

WP-Debug lets you see what’s going on when your WordPress web page is rendered. This plugin is vital for efficiently troubleshooting your WordPress installation.

13) Theme Preview

Theme Preview permits you to see how your new WordPress theme looks without having to switch it out. Use it on a demo WordPress site to showcase your theme designs.

14) post2pdf

post2pdf converts your blog posts into PDF format. This is terrific specifically for tutorial writers who want to provide a PDF download option.

15) X-Valid

X-Valid is another popular plugin to help you achieve XHTML validation by cleaning up HTML code.

Got any cool experiences with these plugins? Got a particularly awesome idea on how to use them? Please share it with us by leaving a comment!

Free wordpress template site that you don’t want to miss.

http://www.wordpressthemesbase.com/

from: http://www.myinkblog.com/2009/03/04/wordpress-plugins-for-increasing-traffic/

from: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/18/100-amazing-free-wordpress-themes-for-2009/

In January last year (2008), we put together a list of 100 Excellent Free Wordpress Themes, over a year has passed and Wordpress development has progressed very fast and gained even more in popularity. We felt it was the right time to put together an updated post and offer our readers the best free themes that Wordpress can offer.

High quality free Wordpress Themes have become harder and harder to find in the past year, with the influx of premium themes, more and more designers and developers are selling themes (and rightly so, they do amazing work). But, that aside, the quality is certainly there, and we are sure you will be impressed with this Wordpress theme compilation for 2009.

Blog & Portfolio Themes

One Room [Demo]

Elegant Grunge [Demo]

Fusion [Demo]

Matalag [Demo]

Typebased [Demo]

Irresistible [Demo]

BlogTheme [Demo]

Colourise [Demo]

Cellar Heat [Demo]

Pixeled [Demo]

Outdoorsy [Demo]

Vector Flower [Demo]

Magaling [Demo]

WildDreams [Demo]

WPESP [Demo]

Portfolio Press [Demo]

Black Pearl [Demo]

Masinop [Demo]

WP CODA [Demo]

Google Chrome [Demo]

miniBlog [Demo]

Absynthe [Demo]

BlueDiamond [Demo]

BlackPower [Demo]

Old School [Demo]

Nami

Freemium [Demo]

Fholio [Demo]

Versatility Lite [Demo]

Curious [Demo]

Sketchy [Demo]

Sanddollar [Demo]

Typogriph [Demo]

Coffee Desk [Demo]

Andrea 0.3 [Demo]

Magazine & Corporate Themes

Skyye News [Demo]

Meta-Morphosis [Demo]

TheLatest [Demo]

Scarlett [Demo]

TurnOut Mag [Demo]

MegaNews [Demo]

SchemerMag [Demo]

TransGravita [Demo]

Chara [Demo]

Marcelle [Demo]

Red Accent [Demo]

Parchment [Demo]

ThemePod [Demo]

The Pinnacle [Demo]

MMOZINE [Demo]

Gamezine [Demo]

Milano [Demo]

Zinmag Tribune [Demo]

IsoTherm News [Demo]

CorporateMag [Demo]

CryBook [Demo]

Photoblog & Gallery Themes

PhotoMadness [Demo]

Snapshot [Demo]

AutoFocus [Demo]

Futurosity Aperio Prototype [Demo]

Linquist [Demo]

Fotofolio [Demo]

Viewport [Demo]

Folio Elements [Demo]

iQ2 [Demo]

F8 Lite [Demo]

The Unstandard WP 2.7 [Demo]

Minimal & Clean Themes

MagZine [Demo]

Equilibrium [Demo]

Fontella [Demo]

Minimo [Demo]

Oulipo [Demo]

Manifest [Demo]

Modern Clix [Demo]

Sharpfolio [Demo]

Sator-ii [Demo]

Undedicated [Demo]

Clean Home [Demo]

Sans-serif Racer [Demo]

Lead

Grid Focus 2.7 [Demo]

Cardeo [Demo]

Gigantic [Demo]

Smashing Magazine Themes

Imprezz [Demo]

Compositio [Demo]

Vintage and Blues [Demo]

ASCII One [Demo]

Black Magic [Demo]

Color Paper [Demo]

Cellar Heat [Demo]

Simply Ornate [Demo]

Agregado [Demo]

Notepad Chaos [Demo]

Wordpress Fun [Demo]

Magazeen [Demo]

Gallery [Demo]

Infinity [Demo]

Something different…

Changing Room [Demo]

UnderCon [Demo]

Crafty Cart [Demo]

WP-Dashboard Like [Demo]

City Dreams

HELLBISCUIT [Demo]

from: http://www.myinkblog.com/2009/10/30/tips-for-fortifying-your-wordpress-site/

Having a good Content Management Systems (CMS) doesn’t mean you will be saved from all the possible security risks your site can face. WordPress is usually the leading choice for a publishing platform because it allows you to add security plugins and edit them for fixing loop holes and more. However, for that reason hackers and phishers often choose Wordpress sites for vulnerable attacks.

Hackers can gain access to your site through specific access points. In many cases just by displaying your Wordpress version information and error messages your site could be left vulnerable. For instance there are “minor” attacks when hackers use site scraping tools to copy your content, allowing them to duplicate it on their own site in order to steal your traffic, as well as obtaining the possibility of diminishing your Google Ranking.

Below we will review a few steps that you can take to stop your WordPress site from being taken over or flooded with malicious attacks. Please join the discussion by leaving a comment with your own tips along with your thoughts.

AntiVirus for WordPress

AntiVirus is exclusively for use with WordPress as a smart and effective solution to preventing any hostile exploits and spam being injected onto your blog. You will be able to monitor possible platform vulnerabilities, viruses, malicious links, worms, and more. You can also set it up so that it can send you important email notifications and whitelistings.

Updating WordPress

As simple and basic as this step may seem, a large portion of WordPress users forget to update their site on a regular basis. You don’t always need to upgrade to the latest version as soon as it’s released, in fact you should wait a while, so that you’re able to download a version that has most of the bugs fixed. If you don’t update you’re definitely taking some unwanted risks that could come back to hurt you in the long run. We recommend not letting your WordPress blog go past 1-2 versions old.

Forbidding Users Access to your Server

No one should have access to search your entire server. This could cause severe problems such as the pirating of content. Use this code:

<?php bloginfo ('home'); ?>

You can also Block WP- folders from being indexed by search engines by blocking them in your robots.txt file. Make sure you add the following in your code:

Disallow: /wp-* 

Securing Your wp-admin Folder

Individuals who intend on attacking can easily use bots for a forced attack that can guess the admin password until they eventually aquire the correct one and login. Here, in this section, you will find a few solutions to this possible issue.

You can prevent a security break-down within the wp-admin folder by limiting the IP addresses that can access it through an .htaccess file. To do this you’ll need to create a new text file and add the following:

order deny, allow
allow from 123.456.78 #Your IP Address
deny from all

Save this file and place inside your wp-admin folder for a stronger combat against unauthorized access to your site.

Turning Off Visitor Registrations

Once you install a new blog with WordPress it allows visitors to register for a guest account on your site, unless you choose not to. If you wish to build a community around your site then I could see how advantageous it would be, however, it’s best to keep registration turned off if possible, due to a majority of the latest exploits being done from within a WordPress account.

Mysterious Passwords

Your WordPress site can easily be hijacked if you use a password that’s too simple, very easy to remember, and repeats numbers or letters. Many users are so busy installing several security plugins, that they pay little or no attention to the importance of choosing a complex password. You can use a variety of tools that can test the strength of your password online. The most recommended would have to be Microsoft’s Password checker.

Backing-Up Your Database

Remember to always back up your site files and database because you never know what the next few moments may hold. It would be ideal if you could regularly back-up your MySQL database. You can do this by exporting your MySQL data in the form of a .sql file that you can store in an easy to access location. You can also download a plugin called WordPress Database Backup to automatically have your site back-up the neccessarry info to keep your site running in case of an emergency.

Cordobo Green Park 2 0.9.501 by Andreas Jacob

Ice Breaker 1.0.2 by Custom Theme

iNove 1.4.6 by mg12

Js O3 Lite 1.5.8.2 by Jinwen CEN

Matatag 1.0 by Padd Solutions

Regal 1.5 by Gauson

Simple White 1.2 by Bingo Web Design