Exclude Administrator from Woopra Analytics

Published: 2 years, 7 months ago (Jun 11, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: woopra, wordpress · 4 Comments

Woopra Analytics allows administrators to exclude statistics based on a number of criteria (IP address, user names, etc.) However, for websites with only one administrator, a better approach would be to prevent loading the Woopra javascript (JS) in the first place whenever the admin accesses the site.

Speed Up Woopra Analytics for WordPress

Published: 2 years, 7 months ago (Jun 10, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: woopra, wordpress · 0 Comments

After having bounced around between Google Analytics, WordPress.com Stats, and Woopra Analytics, I’m choosing to side with Woopra’s service for a few reasons: All the statistics one could ever want Real-time site views Ability to chat with site viewers OS X, Linux, and Windows desktop clients Online interface (real time) for web-based access Still in […]

Numbering Comments in WordPress

Published: 2 years, 8 months ago (Jun 2, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: wordpress · 0 Comments

When modifying a WordPress theme’s comments section, developers may want to include a particular comment’s number in the flow of the other comments of a given post/page. For example, if you look at the meta section of any comment on this site, you’ll see that I’ve incorporated such a feature. Do I have a reason? […]

How To Flash Samsung Omnia i910 ROM

Published: 2 years, 8 months ago (May 30, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: cellphone · 52 Comments

Over the last few weeks, I’ve gotten into the world of modifying stock Windows Mobile ROMs to include/exclude programs which typical users need. For example, who really needs the business card reader program common to Windows Mobile platforms? Why not remove it to save on some valuable storage space? That’s exactly the aim of the […]

Using an Image Map to Efficiently Display Social Networks

Published: 2 years, 8 months ago (May 20, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: wordpress · 0 Comments

I browse through the blogosphere regularly, and it’s interesting to note how many webmasters have a section dedicated to the social networking. Whether it’s helping you find them on Facebook or Last.fm, or allowing you to share a particular page/post on Digg or Slashdot, the idea of social networking is a must for bloggers who […]

Tabbed Sidebars with WordPress StudioPress/Revolution Themes

Published: 2 years, 9 months ago (May 4, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: wordpress · 0 Comments

To further modify my rendition of StudioPress’ Streamline theme, I implemented a tabbed sidebar. By doing so, I was able to display the same amount of information (recent posts, most commented posts, recent comments, etc.) without occupying as much screen real estate. Furthermore, tabbed menus prevent a visitor from being overwhelmed by information. They can […]

Changing WordPress Commentator Information

Published: 2 years, 10 months ago (Mar 21, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: wordpress · 5 Comments

I came across a situation where I had to go through my WordPress database to update the URL information for one of my frequent commenters in light of his new domain name. Rather than modifying each of his comments one by one, I sought a single database query which would reflect the update.

Install XCache PHP Opcode Cacher on BlueHost Shared Server

Published: 3 years, 1 month ago (Jan 4, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: internet · 65 Comments

12/13/10 – This post has been modified in light of the new XCache release (1.3.2). Please follow the walkthrough to upgrade your server. I’ve been using XCache for a few weeks and have found it to be slightly faster than eAccelerator; therefore, I pieced together this walkthrough to help my fellow BlueHost users speed-up their […]

Coda Web Development Review

Published: 3 years, 1 month ago (Jan 1, 2009) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: internet · 0 Comments

Once in a while, I’ll come across a program or utility which is simply remarkable. As far as web development on Mac OS X, I sought a program which would optimistically eliminate my simultaneous usage of the Terminal (for SSH), Dreamweaver (for… everything else), and Transmit (for FTP). Come to find out, Panic Inc. has […]

Install eAccelerator PHP Cache, FastCGI, and zlib Compression On BlueHost

Published: 3 years, 2 months ago (Nov 30, 2008) in How To's/Reviews
Tags: internet · 9 Comments

Here’s a tutorial I’ve written to help the web-optimization junkies out there get eAccelerator, FastCGI, and zlib compression working on their BlueHost accounts.