Show Only Children Pages on Parent Page

I’ve been searching the web for hours today trying to find a method to keep my menu structure from scrolling all the way down the page. I’ve looked at various WordPress functions to do the job but there doesn’t seem to be a simple function that will list just the current menu hierarchy.

But then, just in time, I found the function remove_others_children(), you can find the code here…

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How to Install Google Custom Search Engine in WordPress

Need a better search engine for your WordPress blog? In this step by step guide I show how to install the Google Custom Search Engine Plugin for WordPress. A far better solution for your blog than the default WordPress offering.

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Best ISP for WordPress and eBusiness

In this article I’m simply going to state my methods and findings from when I was looking for an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to host this website.

I will provide details of the best ISP’s I could find for those, like me, wanting their own WordPress web site and those wanting to start their own ebusiness. My final top five ISP can be seen on the right. I started with no knowledge of business other than doing a little selling on eBay and no knowledge of Web CMS’s (Content Management System) at all.

I’m a lot wiser than I was when I started and hopefully my experiences can save you a little heartache and money.

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The WordPress Codex has the most extensive documentation on WordPress available but in many differing locations. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the different template tags available for use in your WordPress themes available in one location?

Ekin Ertac has created a WordPress Cheatsheet in PDF format listing all the available WordPress template tags along with their purpose. Ekin also lists useful information for creating and modifying themes. Click here to view the WordPress Cheatsheet now

Create a WordPress Custom Database Error Page

Did you know your MySQL database could be down or having problems and you wouldn’t even know? Did you know you can define a custom database error page for WordPress?

The following error page will:

• Issue a 503 server and status response telling the client to try again later.
• Send and email to the administrator.
• Let search engines know there is a problem and come back later.
• Display a user friendly error page for the browser.

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Stop WordPress Eating your Disk Space

Wordpress saves a "revision" of a post or page each time you save a draft or publish a post or page. The aim of this function was to enable an undelete type facility. Unfortunately this facility can eat a huge amount of disk space. This blog describes methods for disabling this feature.

Essential WordPress Plugins

Why are the WordPress plugins listed here essential? Well although the standard install of WordPress is excellent for beginners and standard blogs when you want to push WordPress a little (or a lot) further, plugins become a necessity to extend its functionality.

The following list of plugins are my minimun recomendations which apply to every WordPress installation, you will also need to install any specialist plugins pertaining to your website needs. If you know of any better solutions, as always, let me know.

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How to find WordPress Page ID Solution

by Philip King

Ok, this is going to sound really stupid and I’ll bet everyone knows the answer but silly old me. The question is:

• Using the latest version of WordPress (2.8.5)
  How do you find the WordPress Page or Post ID?

The problem is, I want to exclude links to pages such as my About page from the pages listing in the sidebar. When using the Pages Widget (which I am) the instructions say:

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Submission

By Philip King

WordPress is ready to embrace search engines straight out of the box. WordPress will help search engines index your site and gather the necessary information as part of its design. But, and there’s always a but, once you add a WordPress Theme and customise WordPress to your needs you will undoubtedly break some of WordPress’s search engine friendly features.

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Web design, How long, How much?
A freelancers guide.

Before meeting with a client you should have an outline of the goals of the initial meeting. The goals should be simple and precise.
This article is now availalble in the Business section of this web site.