June 2013 – WordPress Exploit Fix/Alert – $zend_framework

There is a new WordPress exploit going around. Those using security plugins like “Better WP Security” are NOT protected from the new exploit. The new exploit will appear at the top of your files, beginning with: Full Snippet @ Pastebin … Continue reading

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Magento: Calculate Table Rates per item/product

Magento does not provide the ability to calculate shipping charges per item outside of flat rates. For businesses shipping large items via Freight or in individual boxes, shipping charges need to be on a per item basis. The code below … Continue reading

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Magento: Attaching User Manuals and File Downloads to Products

When selling certain products, it can be beneficial to attach assets to the product such as a user manual or file downloads. Attaching user manuals for niche products can be beneficial to your SEO when the manual is only available … Continue reading

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Volusion: Tracking 404 error pages in Analytics

Tracking 404 pages is key to your stores success. The reasons people arrive at error pages on your website are numerous – reasons range from outdated links to incorrectly shared links, to mistyped URLs. By tracking your 404 pages, you … Continue reading

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GD Star Rating: Comment integration with WordPress 3.0

GD Star Ratings is a great plugin IF you look past the excess javascript and CSS (which you can easily disable). Why just “okay”? The documentation is out of date by at least 3 years at the time of this … Continue reading

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Create dynamic sub posts for a WordPress custom post type

I needed a way to have sub posts (pages) automatically created for my custom post types. Tabbing the content with javascript would have been insufficient and that is not the correct way to deal with a large amount of content. … Continue reading

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Are we using too much javascript? How to Reduce your dependencies on foreign js

When did overloading the DOM with javascript become acceptable? Webmasters are inserting copious amounts of javascript into pages as if it’s become mandatory; as if their employees of Chotchkie’s and the more flair, the happier the customer. I’m sick of … Continue reading

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Can you imagine: Had Narrative Science come sooner

I read an article on Wired yesterday titled “Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story than a Human Reporter?“. The article discusses Narrative Sciences automated content creation technology currently in use – mostly for little league baseball recaps. Their … Continue reading

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Are you tracking social shares with Google Analytics?

Why check your social shares and interactions exclusively on AddThis, ShareThis, Facebook, or any other website when you can bring your share data into Google Analaytics. With this data inside of Analytics, you will gain invaluable insight into your social … Continue reading

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15 Ways to increase Social Sharing of your content

Discover 15 ways your can increase the social sharing of your website or content. Sometimes users need a bit of encouragement to share your content, other times you just need to give them the proper tools and their will enthusiastically … Continue reading

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