By default, xenForo looks for avatar images and the logo of your forum to use in the og:image property. In turn, Facebook takes these images and uses them when someone Likes a thread or if they have pasted it in to their Newsfeed. Unfortunately, the logo of your site or the avatar of a poster […]
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How to create a 301 redirect in .htaccess for WordPress
If there’s one thing I always try to avoid with my WordPress sites it’s adding unnecessary plugins. Sure, there’s a plugin out there that will let you easily manage all of your redirects in WordPress called Redirection with over 1M downloads… but it adds weight to your database slowing your site down and cluttering your […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to fix Google XML Sitemap plugin for WordPress 404 error on Godaddy
Recently I Installed the Google XML Sitemap plugin for WordPress in order to help search engines discover and index my blog’s content. I chose this plugin based on the great ratings it had received and easy to use settings interface (pictured below). The one thing I didn’t expect was a 404 error when I tried […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to unlink Google AdSense from Google Analytics
Recently I’ve been separating out Google Analytics accounts to match the primary email address that I use to administer networks of websites that I own. In short, I no longer use just one Analytics account for all of my websites. This is all well and good but since Google encourages the use of just one […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to create a Facebook Share button with counter
So Facebook is focusing more on Like these days and adding some of the features previously dedicated to Share. That doesn’t mean Share doesn’t work anymore however, and because of the ability it gives you to target where content goes (your wall, your friend’s wall or a group of friends) it can be very useful. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Where to get affordable royalty free stock photos
In my opinion this question has gone from easy to answer “just go to istock photo” to extremely difficult; istock prices are way too high and they now own or influence the free sites like stock.xchng which are covered with their banners and premium offers. I run multiple blogs and have literally been priced out of […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to disable all comments in WordPress
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of comment spam from my sites, including this one! While I do enjoy legitimate comments it’s just too much to manage at some point and that’s when discussion management comes into play. There are lots of options out there, I’ve chosen to completely remove the ability for people to […]
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