If you’ve ever seen a post with no visible comment form available to the readers that also has comments on it, you may have wondered how they got there. Most likely, these are spam comments from bots. Some bots just directly access the wp-comments-post.php file with their spam-filled information, thus totally bypassing the post that they’re apparently “commenting” on.

Embedding Youtube videos is a very popular practice by many bloggers. What better way to share a video than by embedding it directly onto your post? The problem with doing this, however, is that Youtube does not provide an XHTML valid embed code. This leaves some bloggers (especially those that are tightwads about their site being valid) frustrated.

It’s April 11th, and it’s a Saturday. That means it’s time for another quick code snippet from ForTheLose.org. Today I’ll be showing you guys how to display your Gravatar in the author’s post on a Wordpress blog.

Another edition of the FTL Saturday Snippets! Today, I’m going to quickly teach you how to modify the way Wordpress uses excerpts. Excerpts, as I’m sure you already know, are the few brief sentences taken from the beginning of a post (or from the “Excerpt” field) that are displayed in place of the full blog post itself.

Happy Saturday everyone. Thank God for it too, I need a break. For now, though, it’s time for another edition of ForTheLose.org’s Saturday Snippets. Today I’ll be showing you how to create an “archives” page that lists all of your posts on one page.

Hey everyone, it’s Saturday again, that means it’s time for another edition of the Saturday Snippet. Today we’ll take a look at how to get your unordered (or ordered) lists to display in two or more columns instead of the just one. As you’ll find out, it’s not hard at all and can be accomplished in less time than you may think. Let’s get started.