Wordpress 3.0: Make your theme compatible with WordPress 3.0 menus

WordPress 3.0 is going to feature a totally new menu system, which will allow users to add only the desired pages, add categories, and more. Good news for theme developers; adding WP 3.0 menu support to your themes is extremely easy.
To do so, open functions.php and add the following line:

Windows 7: Hot to get a power efficiency report

If you have a laptop, you can use the efficiency calculator to get Windows 7 to generate loads of useful information about its power consumption. Used in the right way, this can help you make huge gains in terms of battery life and performance. To do this you must open a [...]

Wordpress 3.0:Style WordPress editor using CSS

WordPress features a WYSIWYG editor, which allow you to see text in bold, italic, and so on. But some people want more, such as being able to visualize their blog post in the blog font and colors.
This new feature allows you to create a css file (named editor-style.css in the example below) and link it to [...]

Windows 7: How to switch to a projector

Windows 7 now provides a standard way to switch your display from one monitor to another, or a projector – just press Win+P or run DisplaySwitch.exe and choose your preferred display. (This will have no effect if you’ve only one display connected.)

Wordpress 3.0:Add custom backgrounds

WordPress 3.0 is introducing a new feature that will for sure be loved by non tech-friendly users: Custom background. The feature allows the user to upload a background in his WordPress dashboard, specify its position, and automatically have it added to his blog.
You can do that by addding the following code in the functions.php file:

<pre>add_custom_background();</pre>

Windows 7: How to calculate more

At first glance the Windows 7 calculator looks just like Vista’s version, but explore the Mode menu and you’ll see powerful new Statistics and Programmer views. And if you’re clueless about bitwise manipulation, then try the Options menu instead. This offers many different unit conversions (length, weight, volume and more), date [...]

Windows 7: How to take control

Tired of the kids installing dubious software or running applications you’d rather they left alone? AppLocker is a new Windows 7 feature that ensures users can only run the programs you specify. Don’t worry, that’s easier to set up than it sounds: you can create a rule to allow everything signed [...]

Wordpress 3.0: Custom author profiles

Most of the top blogs of the industry do not have a single author but a team of different contributors. WordPress allows you to create author pages, but WordPress 3.0 is introducing a new function which will allow you to use different templates for different authors, like we can currently do with categories.
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Windows 7: How to repair startup

If you’ve downloaded Windows 7 (and even if you haven’t) it’s a good idea to create a system repair disc straight away in case you run into problems booting the OS later on. Click Start > Maintenance > Create a System Repair Disc, and let Windows 7 build a bootable emergency [...]

Wordpress 3.0: Enable multisite feature

One of the most exiting new feature of WordPress 3.0 is definitely multisite management. In brief, with a single installation of WordPress you’ll be able to run a network of WordPress blog.
You can do that by adding the following code:

<pre>define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);</pre>

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