Home page posts missing when using Pretty Permalinks for WordPress on IIS

I’ve been working on a problem recently with the Pretty Permalinks solution for WordPress on IIS. I was migrating a working WordPress blog from one server to another and once it was on the new server the front page would come up w/ the theme, but instead of the default posts it would say “Sorry, […]

Copy the .asl file to the Photoshop’s \Presets\Styles directory.

Clearing a Browser’s default CSS stylesheet

Clear a browser’s default CSS stylesheet Update: After working with it for a little while I prefer using Yahoo’s Reset CSS, Base CSS and a few custom values to Meyer’s version. I think he takes it too far (almost to the point of absurdity) with things like stripping the weight from the strong tag. /* […]

Protecting Contact Forms From Spam

I’ve had several clients complain about getting spam through their contact forms. Initially, I tried checking the referrers to make sure the comments were being submitted from a browser rather than just a bot, but that didn’t help enough. Luckily, many people have created libraries for Akismet, the anti-spam service that WordPress uses. I setup […]

Targeting properties to IE6 with Valid CSS

When I’m translating a design to markup I can usually get it to look the same in all the major browsers without too much trouble, but every once in awhile there’s a problem with IE6 that I can’t figure out, or just don’t have the time/energy to deal with the right way. In the past […]

Blank Page when using IIS Permalink hack

I use Pretty WordPress Permalinks on IIS when I need to install WP on a windows server, but on one host I ran into a problem where I would get a blank page if the post didn’t exist instead of the theme’s 404 template. But for some reason it works fine if I just echo […]

Remove device from ‘Safely Remove Hardware’

My new laptop has a removable DVD drive, which is nice, but I’ll rarely–if ever–remove it and because it’s removable Windows puts the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray, which is annoying to someone who is as nuerotic and anal-retentive as I am. If you search for a way to remove it most […]

Ian Dunn

WordPress Developer

Home page posts missing when using Pretty Permalinks for WordPress on IIS

Photoshop Button Styles

Clearing a Browser’s default CSS stylesheet

Protecting Contact Forms From Spam

Targeting properties to IE6 with Valid CSS

Blank Page when using IIS Permalink hack

Remove device from ‘Safely Remove Hardware’