Wordpress supports internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n). A locale is indicated by the combination of the language and the region (usually the country). It is represented with ISO codes of the language and countries, e.g., en_US for US Enligsh, en_GB for British English and so on. [Continue]
One of my biggest issues with Wordpress is about its search. The default search is not really useful, neither does it show the relevancy nor does it search the entire content for results. In the entire content I include the excerpt and the custom fields of posts at the least. [Continue]
Robert Scoble justifies why podcasting is sometimes better than plain blogging. Only recently technology developments have provided multiple formats for blogging - text, audio (podcasts, mp3, …) and visuals (photos, video, …). I don’t agree with Scoble when he tries to promote podcasts by saying that they can be heard when driving or exercising. [Continue]
Like is_apache, is_IIS is part of the web server detection. It is set in [wordpress root folder]/wp-includes/vars.php in the following manner: $is_IIS=strstr($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], ‘Microsoft-IIS’) ? [Continue]
Don’t frown, it is not the offensive abbreviation, it means Successful and Outstanding Blogs. Thanks Liz, for adding my blog to the SOB list and from now on I will be displaying the SOB badge on this blog. So let me elaborate a bit on what is a SOB. [Continue]
is_apache global variable can be used to detect which webserver Wordpress is running on. It is set in [wordpress root folder]/wp-includes/vars.php as part of the server detection code. [Continue]
Web 2.0 has ushered in a new era of democratic usage of the Web. It is more focused on the user than its earlier version. This has pushed much more information, in many more formats, on the Web. [Continue]
Look at this! Well, not much, a post by me, about me, but on The Blog Herald. Thanks Matt for the opportunity, it felt good! [Continue]
post_meta_cache is one more global variable used for caching as Wordpress. It is a multi-dimensional array which stores the custom fields for a post. The custom fields are stored by the post ID and then by the custom field key. [Continue]
An amazing essay by Jaron Lanier about Digital Maoism delves into the behavior of collectivism and whether the Internet Age is fueling it. However, the core subject is much deeper than the digital world encouraging mob madness. It is about whether we can benefit from groupism and Wisdom of Crowds, and if so when. [Continue]