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Adding Google Maps to WordPress
It is now possible to add Google Maps to a Post or Page in WordPress without using a plugin.
Change Post Date to EXIF Date in Autofocus Pro 1.2
In the theme directory edit image.php
Locate the following line…
<span><abbr title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO') ?>"><?php the_time('j M') ?></abbr></span>
to
<span><abbr title="<?php echo date('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO', $imgmeta['image_meta']['created_timestamp']) ?>"><?php echo date('j M', $imgmeta['image_meta']['created_timestamp']) ?></abbr></span>
Here’s the link on getsatisfaction.com/fthrwght/ that pointed me in the right direction.
Maximum upload file size
I keep forgetting this so I thought I would drop a qick post on the WordPress Maximum upload file size.
The value is set on a per blog basis in Network Admin > Settings and is generally set to 300KB. This default value can be increased up to the value set in the file wp-admin/php.ini
[PHP]
; Increase maximum post size
post_max_size = 500M; Increase maximum upload size
upload_max_filesize = 500M
NB You may have to create this file.
The figures set in this file sets an upper limit for all blogs.
Twenty Ten Background Tweaks
Twenty Ten is a great theme but a few enhancements are required to make your web page stand out from the rest.
This article explains a few simple changes to add rounded cornerd and a drop shadow to the themes background.
Remove Post Thumbnails from Static Pages
Recently struggled with removing the default ‘missing image’ post thumbnail from static pages in the Arras Theme. Luckily I wasn’t the only one who had the problem…
Arras Theme: Remove post thumbnails from static pages
Post Thumbnails in Practice
Practical Uses for the Post-Thumbnail Function in WordPress 2.9 – an interesting article by Marko Randjelovic on onextrapixel.
NextGEN Gallery 1.5.1
In the last week Alex Rabe has released the v1.5.1 of his great plugin NextGEN Gallery (and a quick bug release v1.5.1). This plugin is tremendous and blows away the limited image library functionality that is built into WordPress by default.
I really wish though there was some way to directly integrate iPhoto and WordPress/NextGEN Galllery – please, please, please.