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if you are looking to add a few images to your blog, WordPress has more than a few plugins ready to help you get it done. From image enhancements to full photo blogging power, here are the ten best photo and image related plugins for WordPress.
NextGEN Gallery – NextGEN Gallery is a full [...]

1. Smart YouTube
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-youtube/
A plugin from Vladimir Prelovac that allows you to easily insert YouTube videos and playlists into your blog posts, comments, and RSS feeds.The problem with some of the other Wordpress plugins that accomplish this such as the Video Quicktags plugin, is that they don’t embed the video properly which would make it [...]

Most Popular These resources are some of the most popular free stock image sites on the Web and with good reason. If you’re looking for some mainstream images for your websites, these are the first place to try.

FreeFoto: FreeFoto.com claims to be “the largest collection of free photographs on the Internet.” They’re available for [...]

This is a recommended ping list for a WordPress blog. The information is gathered from personal experience and various sources on the web.

Every time you post these services will be notified of your blog post increasing your online exposure.

If you upgrade WordPress and get:
WordPress Error: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page
you might have had a problem whereby WordPress thinks you’ve completed the upgrade but in fact some things have been left unfinished.
If this is the case, you can find a fix here. You’ll need to download a fix [...]

switch/case is very similar or an alternative to the if/elseif/else commands. The switch command will test a condition. The outcome of that test will decide which case to execute. Switch is normally used when you are finding an exact (equal) result instead of a greater or less than result.

switch (condition) {case “value1” :
block of [...]

Definition and Usage
The date() function formats a local time/date.
Syntax

date(format,timestamp)

Parameter
Description

format
Required. Specifies how to return the result:

d – The day of the month (from 01 to 31)
D – A textual representation of a day (three letters)
j – The day of the month without leading zeros (1 to 31)
l (lowercase ‘L’) – A full textual representation of [...]

A PHP file may contain text, HTML tags and scripts. Scripts in a PHP file are executed on the server.
What You Should Already Know
Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:
* HTML / XHTML
* Some scripting knowledge
What is PHP?
* PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
* PHP is a server-side scripting [...]

PHP is a server-side scripting language for creating dynamic Web pages. You create
pages with PHP and HTML. When a visitor opens the page, the server processes the PHP
commands and then sends the results to the visitor’s browser, just as with ASP or ColdFusion.
Unlike ASP or ColdFusion, however,PHP is Open Source and cross-platform. PHP runs [...]

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