Creating a Paypal Donate Widget in WordPress – Without a Plugin
Paypal donate plugins. This is extremely simple to implement – you don’t even have to edit the code to get this done.
A Tweet This Button for Each Post in WordPress – Without a Plugin
TweetThis is a WordPress Plugin that ‘adds a Twitter link to every post and page, so your readers can share your blog entries on their Twitter accounts with ease.’ And in the tradition of my WordPress Plugin Killer Series, this post will show you how to do it without a plugin.
Highlight Author’s Comments in WordPress without using a WordPress Plugin
Many blogs highlight the author’s comment in the comments section. You can use many plugins to get this effect(For eg., the Highlight Author Comments Plugin) – but you don’t have to. You can get the get the same effect by adding a small bit of code to your theme.
Paypal Integration: IPN’s notify_url Not Being Called
I am working on a mini shopping cart plugin for WordPress with Paypal integration. Its been a while since I worked with paypal – so I ran into trouble. I have a couple of sandbox accounts – and the payment goes through without any visible issues. But the IPN’s notify_url was not being called no matter what I did.
BarCamp Kerala 5 Rocked!
BarCamp Kerala 5 took place at Technopark, Trivandrum. I attended and even managed to handle a session at the event – here are the slides…
BarCamp Kerala 5 on 3rd May at Technopark
Its BarCamp time again in Kerala. The venue this time is Technopark campus(Trivandrum) – and the date is 3rd of May 2009. At the moment, we have 106 attendees and 16 sessions(includes one by yours truly).
Show Related Post in WordPress Without a Plugin
Related posts is a very popular feature. My default wordpress installation often includes a plugin that has this functionality. There are quite a few plugins that lets you have this feature.
Naked Day – Disabling CSS for the Day
Keeping with tradition, this site will be baring all on 9th April 2009. If you haven’t heard about Naked day, this should be enlightening…
Error Connecting to MySQL using Ruby on Rails in Linux – and its Solution
I am currently working on a new Rails project. Its been a while since I worked with rails – so I updated Rails using the command ‘sudo gem update --system‘. I started the inbuilt server and tried to open a page – and to my surprise, I found that Rails is having trouble connecting to the MySQL server. It was apparent that the mysql gem was missing. So I tried to install it using the command ‘sudo gem install mysql‘. That failed too – this is the error I got…
Adding Social Bookmarking Button in WordPress – Without Plugins
Many blogs have links to add the current post to various social bookmarking site like Digg, Reddit, Delicious, etc. This blog don’t have it – but my LinDesk blog does.