So, let’s first disable Wordpress’s post revisions by modifying wp-config.php in your web root:
define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false);
Just throw that code in your wp-config and we can move on to removing the revisions from the wordpress database with:
DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = "revision";
If you’re like me, you probably renamed your table prefix in Wordpress’s config (wp-config.php), if so just adjust wp_posts to reflect your wordpress table prefix. That about does it!
]]>Comment relish is a Wordpress plugin developed to send an e-mail message to users who comment on your website who have never commented before. The message dispatched to the user is defined within the plugin’s preferences. Numerous tags have been integrated to allow for information to be included in the message easily (I.E.: timestamp, author name, comment, ETC.). More thoroughly, it allows you to send out a genuine thank-you style / relishing message that informs your readers of what else is going on. However, this could be taken as (comment spam) unwanted solicitation, so make sure you write your messages clearly and not just about you and your feeds.
The newest release includes some obvious improvements over the previously neglected version uno and some major upgrades courtesy of C. Bavota from bavotasan.com. If you are currently using comment-relish and have not upgraded to Wordpress 2.7 because of its hectic and horrible reaction to the new code, have no worries – you can now! However, if you are running Wordpress 2.7 and you are upset that it was sending duplicate comments, endless comments to every commentor, or just flat-out broken – we fixed that too!
1. Download plug-in from link above
2. Extract compressed archive wpcomment-relish.zip to desired folder on your local computer.
3. Upload wpcomment-relish/ to your wp-content/plugins/ directory on your web server.
4. Activate plug-in via administrative panel of Wordpress
5. Configure preferences on Plugins->Comment-Relish preferences page
6. Enjoy!
Please comment on this article if you have any questions, conflicts or have ideas!
]]>Next, I am assuming your Wordpress theme has a functions.php file within the theme directory, if not.. make one. It’s pretty simple, just make a new file within your wp-content/themes/
In that file, put the code:
function short_title($before = '', $after = '', $echo = true, $length = false) {
$title = get_the_title();
if ( $length && is_numeric($length) ) {
$title = substr( $title, 0, $length );
}
if ( strlen($title)> 0 ) {
$title = apply_filters('short_title', $before . $title . $after, $before, $after);
if ( $echo )
echo $title;
else
return $title;
}
}
?>
After you place this in your functions.php file, it makes the function “short_title();” available for use within your theme. Then, whenever you need the shorter version of your title, limited to a specific number of characters, you call
The variables are short_title(‘before’, ‘after’, true, ‘character limit’) the “true” is to echo it out, so you can leave it alone. If you wanted to have your titles have say… ** in front of them and ** after them, you could do short_title(‘**’,'**’,true, ‘41′); where 41 would be the number of characters before the **
Short, sweet, and to the point. Just a random something from my brain today.
]]>Thanks to C. Bavota from Tinker Priest Media, your suggestions and feedback; I have released a new version of comment relish! Please check out, “Comment Relish Version 2 Release.” The new release has updated features, revised and more efficient queries; and an all around face lift!
Read Comment Relish Version 2.0 Released
Visitors love interaction, especially a personable approach at gaining their attention and spiking their interests. Increasing the overall readership of your blog revolves primarily around content, accessibility and presentation. In an attempt to gain return readers and possibly subscribers, I present Comment Relish.
Comment relish is a Wordpress plugin developed to send an e-mail message to users who comment on your website who have never commented before. The message dispatched to the user is defined within the plugin’s preferences. Numerous tags have been integrated to allow for information to be included in the message easily (I.E.: timestamp, author name, comment, ETC.).