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How to Add a Custom Banner Image to your WordPress.org Plugin Page

Calling all plugin developers! If you haven’t added a custom banner image to your WordPress.org plugin page, here’s a simple tutorial to show you how.

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WordPress Hack: Display Number & Next/Previous Links with wp_link_pages()

If you’ve ever wondered how to display both Next/Previous and Number links on your multi-page posts, here’s how. Roll up your sleeves and dig in your functions.php file for this quick tutorial on extending WordPress’ wp_link_pages function.

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Custom WordPress “Comment Error” Page

Not all areas of WordPress area easily themed via template files. The comment error page is a good example of one page that cannot be directly modified via template. In this article, we show you how to modify this page and set up a new theme file just for it.

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Cron Jobs & SSH Using PHP 5.3 on HostGator’s Shared Hosting

A quick tutorial explaining how to enable PHP 5.3 for your HostGator shared hosting. In this article, we cover both steps needed to ensure all of your scripts will run using PHP 5.3.

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Create a Custom WordPress Database Error Page

If your website gets more traffic than it can handle or if your web host is having problems, visitors to your WordPress site may see a blank white screen with an error. Here is how to create a custom database error page.

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How to Activate PHP 5.3 on HostGator and GoDaddy

More and more applications are starting to require PHP 5.3, even as most websites have yet to upgrade from PHP 5.2. With this quick tutorial, learn how to enable PHP 5.3 on your HostGator or GoDaddy hosted website by adding one or two lines to your .htaccess file.

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htaccess Help: 301 Redirects for URLs with Spaces

With .htaccess files, setting up 301 redirects is very simple. However, if your url has spaces, you might run into a problem. Read this article to see how to setup a 301 page redirect for a url that contains spaces.

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How to Avoid Spam Filters with PHP mail() Emails

Just about everyone who uses PHP has encountered the popular PHP mail() function which enables email to be sent from a server. Unfortunately, when using the mail() function, your emails are more likely to be marked as spam. Fortunately, there are some simple fixes that can help you avoid spam filters.

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