Paste from clipboard without any formatting
Many moons ago (the author is unwilling to admit how many) you could predictable paste text you had copied without it getting all mucked up with formatting from the original source page. Somewhere along the line we decided that it would be better to be able to transport that formatting in our pasting operations. While this offered several distinct advantages it also produced a fair number problems not the least of which was...
Setting White Balance on iPhone
With the cameras steadily improving on smart phones more people are starting to use their phones as their go to point and shoot camera. I decided to test the boundaries and try to do an entire product photoshoot using nothing but my iPhone. The results? Surprisingly good with some catches. Specifically the inability to opt out of the automatic settings was a problem. It kept changing the exposure and white balance values based on the...
Dealing with Long Breadcrumb Titles
I encountered a problem relates to post titles being too long to fit into the space the box allowed causing them to break to the next line. This looked absolutely terrible. Rather than confining authors to short titles I wanted to do something that would only change the length of the title in the breadcrumb and leave it intact otherwise. The solution was to go to the the theme folder open includes/breadcrumbs.php and replace...
Turn off WordPress Comments
WordPress comments can be useful once you know what you are doing. If you don’t then they will rapidly become a spam magnet just waiting to receive an impressive volume of junk. Turn comments off until you know how to prevent this spam menace. Go to Settings > Discussion This is the area where you can configure how comments are handled. We will only be using setting native to wordpress and not third-party plugins meant to...
WordPress Contributor Abilities
Contributor accounts inherit all the abilities of subscribers but can also submit material for review and posting to the site. This user level can create drafts of work and then submit the final work to the editorial staff which can then decide where to place and how to tag the article. About WordPress Contributor Roles Contributors may create drafts and submit final work for review via the Quick Press tool found on the home screen...
Falling Waters
It’s no secret I love waterfalls, the beach and moving water. It soothes and centers me, the percolation of water stealthily traveling beneath rocks, the rhythmic raspy friction of receding waves grating over sand on its return journey to the sea or the steady trickle that eases my mind when I allow it to enter my consciousness. It literally washes away the dis-ease that tugs at my mind after a long week or a particularly stressful...