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Prevent Spam by Blocking IP Addresses

Bariski — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:11:30 +0000

Sometimes there comes a person or bot which constantly spams your blog. To block that person or that bot you can use following hack. You can simply block his IP and he will be never able to visit your site again.

One Step Tutorial:

Note: Do take backup of your .htaccess file before you try this.
Place below code in your .htaccess file:

order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from 123.456.789

Replace 123.456.789 with the IP address you want to block.

That’s it.

Display the Total Number of Comments on Your WordPress Blog

Bariski — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:54:51 +0000

Ever wondered on how to show total number of comments posted on your blog without manually updating the count. This simple hack will help you display total number of comments on your WordPress blog. Hope you find it useful.

One Step Tutorial:

Place below code where you want to display your comment count:

 $numcomms = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1'");
 if (0 < $numcomms) $numcomms = number_format($numcomms);
 echo "There's ".$numcomms." total comments on my blog";
 ?>

That’s it.

25 Wonderful Website Header Designs

Bariski — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:19:57 +0000

It is rightly said, first impression is last impression, and in terms of web design it mostly refers to website header. A website should have a great personality just like a human being. The first thing a visitor sees when he/she visits your site is website header. It should be attractive as well functional, so that a user can easily navigate to site content and make him stay longer.

Today we have come up with 25 such Beautiful Website Headers which can serve as a inspiration for your next web design project. Hope you like them. Please feel free to share your favorites.

The Peach Design

Praline En Schachtel

Douglas Menezes

BAD Health

Narfstuff – Web and Graphic Design

Meomi

Cochemer Stadtsoldaten

Studio Racket

Giancarlo Fajardo – Creative Graphic Design Portfolio

Odosketch

Hugs For Monsters

Jay Hafling

Mplusz Web Design Agency

Projeto Trinta

Siete de Febrero – Web Design in San Juan

David Jonsson

Ayaka

International Comedy Film Festival

That Indie Dude

Noel Nieto

Teleios Man

Mycreativework

Cloud King

Safe Driving Academy

Phizz

Choosing Web Hosting, Made Easy!

Bariski — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:21:04 +0000

When you are looking for a website hosting, number of components affects your decision, Free Domain Name, Efficient Technical Support, Data Center availability, domains offered, freebies to name a few. Checking each Webhosting site is very wearisome and you may end opting to a wrong one.

Fortunately, there is a website, to clear the clouds of finding the best web hosting suiting to your needs. Here you can get numerous options for web hosting. Here you get proper analysis of different web site hosting providers based on following factors: Locations, Hosting & Price Range.

I myself was searching for one webhosting site suiting my needs and I thoroughly checked all the details on webhostingrating before putting the finger on one. This website has a user friendly interface that helps you in better navigation. You can also check reviews of other users and their ratings as well. I have checked some of the reviews and liked the fact that both positive and negative aspects of the web hosting sites are given equally weight age. Webhostingrating also gives you details about guide to buy a webhosting. Wide knowledgebase and appropriate solution make this site ahead of others.

All in all webhostingrating has done all the legwork to let you relax and choose the best hosting for you.

How to Hide Advertisements for Single Posts

Bariski — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:48:16 +0000

As in our previous tutorial, I showed you how to show your adsense to only Google visitors. In this tutorial you will learn how to hide advertisement for any particular post. This technique comes in handy if you publish many posts a day and want your regular readers not to get distracted by your ads, you can always show them up after a day is over or after a certain period of time.

Step by Step Tutorial:

Note: Do take backup of your theme before you try this.
This example supposes that your ad codes are added in single.php file. You can edit different file if your ad codes are added in some other file.

01. You need to know the ID of the Post on which you don’t want to display your ad. For determining it, you can check below link

How To Find Post IDs in WordPress

02. Go to Appearance => Editor.

03. Then choose single.php file from right hand side and go where you have added your ad code and change it to:

From:

…………

Your Advertisement Code

…………

To:

if(get_the_ID() != xx) {

…………

Your Advertisement Code

…………

}

Replace xx with the post id for the post which you do not want to show advertisements for.

03. You can also use this on multiple posts, just keep adding your Post ID’s in below pattern:

if(get_the_ID() != xx || get_the_ID() != xx) {

…………

Your Advertisement Code

…………

}

04. Save and you are done.

Scripts Sources:

Hiding Advertisements For Single Posts

That concludes this simple and useful tutorial. Hope you like it.

30 Truly Inspiring Examples of Minimal Web Design

Bariski — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:29:55 +0000

An old proverb “beauty lies in the eyes of beholder” fits in virtual world too. Some like complex designed sites and mostly like the one with minimal design. As the later mentioned has an edge over the other design as it lets the focus of the website highlighted and visitors are not distracted with unnecessary information or designs.

Today we have compiled 30 such Minimal Designed Websites for your inspiration.

Web Is Love

Infinitum

Ben Hulse Design

Chris Garrett Media Ltd

Concentric Studio

CRW / Corporate Risk Watch

David Salvatori

Design Woop

DesignWorkPlan

Indie Labs

Jonnotie

Kilian Muster

Burgess

Kyle Sollenberger Design

Mark Boulton Design

Matt Kursmark

Monty Lounge Industries

Nathan Carnes

Rikcat Industries

Sideshow Press

SimpleBits

Sisson Studio

Inspire

Berit Somme

Surfstation

The Consult

The Morning News

TypeJockeys

Typographica

Zurb

How to Add a Facebook Share link to your WordPress blog

Bariski — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:00:36 +0000

Facebook being 2nd top most visited site after Google, can bring some massive traffic to your blog/site if used correctly. You should always try and engage users to share your article on their favorite sites as much as possible, like Twitter, Facebook, etc. This simple tutorial will help you add a Facebook Simple Share link to your WordPress blog, which not only loads fast but also let your users share your articles easily on their profiles.

01. Login to wordpress administration panel and go to Appearance => Editor

02. Once there, click on single.php file

and add below code (within the loop), where you want your Facebook Share link to appear:

Share on Facebook

This concludes this simple and useful tutorial. Hope you like it.

New WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts

Bariski — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:43:51 +0000

WordPress Keyboard shortcuts are a good option to save your time by allowing you to perform your actions quickly. These shortcuts make job of administration a lot easier and more user friendly. If you know more shortcuts other than which are listed below, please feel free to share. I’ve listed the shortcuts in two categories, one which works in HTML editor and other which work in Visual editor. Hope you find them handy.

These Keyboard Shortcuts will work on the HTML Editor:

Blockquote: Alt+SHIFT+q

Bold: Alt+SHIFT+b

Code: Alt+SHIFT+c

Insert date/time: Alt+SHIFT+s

Insert IMG URL: ALT-SHIFT-m

Italics: Alt+SHIFT+i

Line Break: SHIFT+Enter

Link: Alt+SHIFT+a

List Item (li): Alt+SHIFT+l

Ordered List (ol): Alt+SHIFT+o

Publish the Post: Alt+SHIFT+p

Read More: Alt+SHIFT+t

Redo: CTRL+y

Strikethrough: Alt+SHIFT+d

Undo: CTRL+z

Unordered List (ul): Alt+SHIFT+u

These Keyboard Shortcuts will work on the Visual Editor:

Address: CTRL+9

Advanced Editor (Kitchen Sink): Alt+SHIFT+z

Align Center: Alt+SHIFT+c

Align Left: Alt+SHIFT+l

Align Right: Alt+SHIFT+r

Edit HTML: Alt+SHIFT+e

Format: CTRL+8

H1 Header: CTRL+1

H2 Header: CTRL+2

H3 Header: CTRL+3

H4 Header: CTRL+4

H5 Header: CTRL+5

H6 Header: CTRL+6

Paragraph: CTRL+7

For further reference:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts

How To Find Post IDs in WordPress

Bariski — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:02:37 +0000

At times we need to know the post ID to change add some functionality to a theme where it is needed. Post IDs are numeric like 1, 2, 20 etc. For finding them you don’t need to be a hard core programmer or use any other plugin, just this simple tutorial.

01. Login to wordpress administration panel and go to Posts => Posts

02. Once there find the post you want to know the ID for and hover over it, you should see edit link. Right click on it and select Copy Link Location (in firefox):

and then open a new tab and paste it there. You should see your post ID as post=xxx like shown below:

This concludes this simple and useful tutorial. Hope you like it.

Distinctive Fashion Photography by Yanick Dery

Bariski — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:29:10 +0000

Yanick Dery’s fashion photography is bold and sophisticated. The various series of pictures on his website are both in color and black and white. You can also see a varying level of digitization in the photographs. The above photograph, for example, albeit stunning in effect, seems to be simply a very well-executed shot. The jungle and absinthe series, however, seems to be more an example of digital art than photography.

Yanick Dery is a fashion photographer based in Montreal. His work has been featured on numerous websites and blogs. In fact, he has his own blog. He’s currently in the middle of a World Tour that’s encompassed locations like New York, Singapore, China, and Peru.

Distinctive Fashion Photography by Yanick Dery

Portfolio Link:
Portfolio