How to easily change the widgets’ markup

When it comes to validation, one of the most challenging areas of a blog is the sidebar. For a HTML newbie, it isn’t always self-evident that a li tag must be nested inside of a ul or ol tag. Or the default markup for the widgets is

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Get full control over the placement of Adsense ads in single posts

As you know, Adsense ads perform best when they’re embeded in the main content. But, as you also know, the content of a WordPress blog is displayed by a tiny template tag, i.e. the_content(). So, theoretically, you don’t have many options when it comes to deciding where the ad will appear. Using the default code

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How to add a clickable image to the header of a WordPress theme

This is a very easy trick that anyone can implement. It takes only some image editing, a little bit of attention and patience and some template files editing. 1. You realized your blog needs a header image A header image means branding. It speaks to your readers in a symbolic manner. Readers land on a

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Strict validating searchform (WordPress)

One of the biggest challenges one has to face when deciding to pass from the transitional xhtml validation to the strict one is certainly the recalcitrant searchform script. In this text, I present you a simple piece of code that will strict validate. The most common searchform script Currently, the most common searchform script is

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Optimal title in WordPress

The <title> tag Before we begin, lets set the basis of our discussion: the title of a WordPress page, just like the title of any webpage, isn’t the post-title you write in the editor, but a HTML tag,<title> . Its function is to tell to whom may be concerned (i.e. to browsers or spiders) what

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