There are some plugins out there that claim to do this.  I have not tried any of them.  There is a simple edit to one line of code to replace howdy with what ever you want.

Download or otherwise open the  wp-admin/admin-header.php with your favorite editor.  Find the following line:  (Remember to make a back-up of the file before you edit it)

<?php printf(__(‘Howdy, %2$s!’), ‘profile.php’, $user_identity) ?>

Replace Howdy with what you want to use, such as:

<?php printf(__(‘Welcome, %2$s!’), ‘profile.php’, $user_identity) ?>

That is all there is to it.  Enjoy!

HTML Useful Character Entities

Firebug

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

Get Firebug

The other two coming soon…

The HTML MAILTO link looks like this:

<a href=”mailto:emailaddress@yourdomainname.com”>Email Us</a>

It will display on your web Site like this:

Email Us

The MAILTO link can do so much more.  You can have add a subject line, send copies to multiple recipients and more.

1. Add a Subject Line

You can select what the subject line in the email well be by adding  ?subject= after the email address.

The link now becomes:

<a href=”mailto:emailaddress@domainname.com?subject=”this will appear in the subject line“>Email Us</a>

You can see the effect of that if you click here.

2. Send to Multiple Recipients

Mail can be sent to additional recipients either as carbon copies (cc) or blind carbon copies (bcc).

This is done in a similar way, by placing ‘?cc=anotherperson@yourdomain.com‘ after the initial address.

So the link looks like this:

<a href=”mailto:someone@yoursite.com?cc=someoneelse@theirsite.com”>Email Us</a>

cc can simply be replaced by bcc if you wish to send blind carbon copies.

This can be very useful if you have links on pages with different subjects. You might have the email on each page go to the appropriate person in a company but with a copy of all mails sent to a central address also.

You can of course specify more than one additional recipient, just separate your list of recipients with a comma.

<a href=”mailto:emailaddress@yourdomain.com?cc=

Remove

<?php $heading_tag = ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) ? ‘h1′ : ‘div’; ?> <<?php echo $heading_tag; ?> id=”site-title”> <span> <!–Remove blog title–> <!– <a href=”<?php echo home_url( ‘/’ ); ?>” title=”<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( ‘name’, ‘display’ ) ); ?>” rel=”home”><?php bloginfo( ‘name’ ); ?></a> <!–Remove blog title–>   –> </span> </<?php echo $heading_tag; ?>> <div id=”site-description”><?php bloginfo( ‘description’ ); ?>

This article applies to the new default theme in WordPress 3.0.

• 1. In the appearance menu go to the Editor and select the ‘footer.php’
• Locate the following code and delete it:

  site-generator ”

The logo and link are now gone from your theme. However, think about keeping the logo intact since WordPress is free. ]]> http://rpmediaservices.com/removing-the-wordpress-logo/feed/ 0 http://rpmediaservices.com/configuring-wordpress-backups/ http://rpmediaservices.com/configuring-wordpress-backups/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 05:46:06 +0000 admin http://rpmediaservices.com/?p=20 There is one important thing I have learned from my experience working with computers: backup early and backup up often. Working in WordPress is no different. I have found having a backup of the database after the initial configuration can be an extremely valuable asset if you need to roll back.
Occasionally in our excitement we can make a modification or install a plug-in and end up with a mess. Having the ability to roll back to a previous version of the database quickly gets your site back up and running. There are two plug-in you will need, one is for backing up the database and the other for backing up your WordPress files.

Let’s start with the database. I have found the “WordPress Database Backup Plugin” by Austin Maz to be easy to configure and reliable. Not only have I been able to restore a database to a site, but also use it to migrate a site to a different server.

After installing the “WordPress Database Backup Plugin” you are able to customize the settings in the Tools menu of the Dashboard. You can select your Backup Options to save the backup to your server, download it to your computer or have it emailed to you. Simply clicking the Backup Now button creates the backup. From here you can also set a schedule backup routine by selecting the frequency. The backup will be emailed to you. Based on my experience, I schedule a daily backup of a site that is being designed. I will manually create a backup after major revisions. Once the site goes live I have found a weekly backup is sufficient.

There are a few schools of thought regarding backing up your WordPress site files. Some will use an FTP Program to download their complete site. I use this method once a site is live in addition to using a backup plug-in.
I use the “WordPress Backup by Blog Traffic Exchange (BTE).” I have had excellent results restoring sites from the backups made by this plug-in. The default settings work well and require very little configuration. Some of the options included are: scheduling the interval between backups, having the backups emailed to you and the directory where to store you backups.

With these two plug-in you can be prepared for data loss or data corruption. You will have the tools to get your site restored and ready for customers in no time.

These articles contain information based on real world experience gained over the years in helping clients grow their companies and boost their web presence.