Technical Blog – Page 13

Is Your WordPress Theme Threaded-Comments-Enabled?

Threaded comments make it possible for your readers to start (or end) conversations with each other. Either way, it’s a cool feature to have.

Check your theme’s header.php file for a line of code that looks like this (should be before the body tag):
[php]<?php if ( is_singular() ) wp_enqueue_script( ‘comment-reply’ ); ?>[/php]

If it isn’t there paste it in and save the file changes.

Then go to Settings>> Discussion and select the option to turn on threaded (nested) comments.

More options for threaded comments:

Break comments into pages with [15] comments per page and the [first] [last] page displayed by default.
Comments should be displayed with the [older] [newer] comments at the top of each page.

Please ONLY attempt the next steps if you are comfortable using FTP or your Control Panel File-Manager and editing theme files. And always back up.

Grab the latest comments.php file from WP 2.8+ /wp-content/themes/default.
Copy and Paste your theme’s comments CSS into a text file.
Open the Default theme style.css, Copy everything related to comments and Paste into your theme’s style.css.
Use your theme’s comments CSS as a reference for colors and borders,etc so the comments style will match your theme.

Hello WP Seo Bummer

POST UPDATED AUGUST 22 2009!

Version 1.6.4.1 of the All In One Seo Pack once again provides SEO for WP-E-Commerce sites.
Platinum SEO Pack still does not provide SEO for WP-E-Commerce sites.
The following post was not written as an attack against any plugin, WordPress or puppies and kittens. I was simply mourning the loss of something awesome.Which is now back and better than evah!

~~Used to be that you could use the All in One SEO Pack plugin~~ (along with a code that you inserted between your header.php’s title tags) and you could have unique page titles on WP-E-Commerce Product Pages. It was really great.

~~But Not Anymore!~~ And installing Platinum SEO Pack does nothing for this issue,either. OK, so I am not sure if it is the SEO plugins, the title tag code, WP 2.8.4 or the new version (3.7.1, not yet upgraded to 3.7.2) of the WP-E-Commerce plugin causing the de functionality of something that was totally beautiful and necessary: unique page titles for Product Pages.

All I know is older versions of all of these(except the title tag code-that is the same) let me have a unique page title when on a single product page. But upgrading everything else means all single product pages bear the exact same page title as the main product page which equals as many duplicate page title warnings in Google Webmaster Tools as you have products. So if you have 2 products, not so bad. If you have 1,200 products,not so good. Because why? Unique page titles rock, duplicate page titles do not rock, that’s why. Unique page titles mean better search results with better information passed to the online shopper, better business for online shop-keepers.

Want SEO for WP-E-Commerce sites ? Upgrade to Version 1.6.4.1 of the All In One Seo Pack !

Download Color-Cart Green for Free!

I’m finally done, Whew!
Here is Color-Cart Green ( I know, I couldn’t think of a good name.All my brain cells went toward making the thing).

Download: [download id=”4″]

Demo

Also introducing Color-Cart Black, a 3 Column,2 sidebar fully widgetized more toned down(color-wise) theme for WordPress. This theme was also designed specifically for the WP-E-Commerce Plugin.Special features include: Random Product in Sidebar and breadcrumbs in single posts. And just looking good if I say so myself. Demo| Buy .

Compatible with 3.7 if you use out of the box without the extra files.
If this new venture goes well I plan to release more free themes. In fact I think I will release one free theme for every paid one. That’s a tentative promise!

PS There are a few extra goodies included in the zip file. Please read the readme.txt for all infos. If you need help please allow 24 hours for answers as I am crazy busy!

Color-Cart Theme Series, Designed For WP & WP-E-Commerce

I have been working like crazy all weekend to release these two themes, originally intending to make them public last night. I was almost done but I forgot to check and see what the sidebars looked like when I turned off all widgets. It wasn’t that bad but it wasn’t ideal. There are other fine tunings that have to be done so that people don’t gag when they use the themes on a brand new install of WP (sidebars should look good even without widgets being used and etc). I could tweak these themes forever-but I hope to be able to have them ready but later on tonight-tomorrow morning.

Anyway there are 2 themes so far: Color-Cart Green and Color-Cart Black(just a preview using Theme Preview-if you click any link it will go back to Color-Cart Green). They’re sort of similar. Color-Cart Black is going to cost about $10.00 but Green is free. I will provide support of course.