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How to Exclude Pages from the WordPress Navigation Bar

Excluded (by malias)

Have you ever wanted to create pages in WordPress but don’t want them listed in the header or footer navigation areas? You still want the pages to be accessible, perhaps listed in the sidebar, so you don’t want to make them private. You can do this by excluding pages and I’ll show you how to do it.

I have seven pages on this site but only 4, plus the home page, are listed in the header and footer. None of these pages have privacy settings. The remaining three are listed in my sidebar as links rather than in a list of pages. Do you know which ones they are? They are Bookmarks, Friendfeed Lifestream, and RSS Stream.

Pages are displayed with the following code, which is generally used in the header, footer, or sidebar.

<?php wp_list_pages();?>

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How to Frame Images in WordPress Posts with CSS

366 • 18 • New frames (by Pragmagraphr)Framing

If you would like to frame the images in your blog posts like the one to the right, all you need to do is add a couple of lines to your CSS file and add the class attribute to your image tags. Don’t worry, don’t worry! I plan to provide step by step instructions.

Once this is set up, all of your images will be framed and padded in the same way, which really helps in making a blog look more professional.

OK – here we go!

**Note – I am using the most current version of WordPress. If you are using 2.3 or lower, some of the settings in the Admin area may be in different locations. Also, please upgrade!! If you need assistance with that, send me an email or a direct message on Twitter and we can discuss. My contact information is in the sidebar to the right.

  1. Go to Design > Theme Editor > styles.css
  2. Copy all of the text in this file and paste it into Word or your preferred text editor. I always back up the original in case I make a mistake or don’t like the changes. The backup allows me to quickly paste the original text back into the file.

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How to Use Twitter with the Ubiquity Firefox Extension

Pigeon Inferno (by moriza)

A prototype of the Ubiquity extension for Firefox was released today. This is still version 0.1 so things do not work perfectly. The potential for this is enormous and the Internet has been buzzing about it all day.

It is my understanding that Ubiquity basically allows you to mashup various components of the web via a command line interface that is integrated with the browser. As the video outlines, if you want to make a lunch appointment with your friend via Gmail (it does not currently work with other email clients) you can insert a map to the location, a review of the restaurant, and add the appointment to your google calendar from within the body of the email using the extension. Prior to this, you would need to add links to these various objects by opening news tabs and cutting and pasting the information.

Please watch the video for a better explanation of how it works.

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How to Make an Animated Gif from a Video Clip

Last night my friend, ronobvious, sent me a link to this video clip of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal doing a little dance.

He then said he wished he could make an animated gif of the dance to use as an avatar. I thought that there must be a way, so I started looking for resources.

I immediately found Glickr and was excited because I thought all I would have to was input the URL to the video and that the utility would create the animated gif. Unfortunately, Glickr threw a nasty php error and didn’t work. Ok, this was going to take a little bit more work and would require a software based solution.

Programs like Photoshop CS3 Extended can do this but since I am not a graphic designer and simply use free programs like Irfanview for cropping and resizing, I have no need for expensive software.

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Disqus on Tumblr – Add Integrated Comments

A tumblelog is a type of microblog that uses mixed media, such as images, video clips and links, rather than longer article type posts used in traditional blogs. The best well known is probably tumblr.

Tumblr

Tumblr can be used to lifestream by adding up to 5 feeds, such as flickr, del.icio.us, shared items in Google Reader and specific RSS feeds. When used in this manner, the feeds can be set up and then you don’t really need to think about it again. I prefer to use tumblr with posts, images and videos related to a specific theme. For example, I have one called From the Hip, which is about upcoming video games and includes screenshots and gameplay videos from games that I am currently playing.  Continue …

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