Adding a Christmas favicon to your website or blog
Since today’s browsers automatically determine a favicon for each website, not having one can actually cause 404 errors in your server log.
Create a WordPress Christmas box shortcode
WordPress shortcodes are a set of functions created inside functions.php, for creating macro codes for use in post content. As the name implies, a shortcode is a simple way to display complicated codes using instead, a shortened code.
Add a custom greeting to registered users in the sidebar
If you allow people to sign up for your blog to comment or even contribute, here’s a simple snippet of code that you can place in your sidebar.php file to display a custom welcome greeting to your users.
Display a Read More link in WordPress Excerpts
Excerpts are the mini-descriptions of the posts shown on the main pages of most WordPress blogs, their category pages, and archive pages. You can place a filter in your functions.php file to overwrite the default.
How to enable the forum sidebar in vBulletin 4
I think the new sidebar in vBulletin 4 is long overdue and I really love the way it’s done, it gives your users the ability to show the sidebar, or hide it.
Automatically update the copyright in your WordPress site
If you’re using WordPress it’s really simple to have the copyright notice in the footer of your site to update each year automatically.
How to install fonts on your computer – UPDATED
A helpful tutorial on Installing OpenType or TrueType Fonts in Windows. Please note: these instructions may vary somewhat depending on your OS.
Ways to generate original Christmas content for your website or blog
You can make your own content for your Christmas website that will set it apart from other sites, easier than you may think, here’s a few ideas.
Night Before Christmas parody – webmaster version.
‘Twas the night before Christmas, I’d gone to bed early. My click-thrus were down and I felt kinda surly. I’d chugged a few shots of Jack straight from the bottle…