How to Password Protect Part of a WordPress Post

The question came up about how to Password Protect part of a WordPress post but still allow a description or some other explanatory text to be displayed. It seemed like a pretty straightforward request but it’s not something that WordPress handles right out of the box. You can easily password protect a post, but you can’t see anything so can’t give details about why the rest of the text is hidden. For example you want to provide links to family pictures that only your real family can get to. Or you want to offer photos or a download to specific groups. In searching around for a solution I came across multiple sites (all related I’m sure) that wanted to rip me off for $50 to $150 for a plugin that would solve the problem. Egad, are you serious?! They wanted to make some sort of user level management system within WordPress that would allow me to charge users or fleece […]

Search and Replace within WordPress

I was given an intriguing task today; replace a URL within every WordPress to an updated URL. It doesn’t really sound that hard you just replace Site A with Site B. But what happens when you have hundreds of posts? It’s not really that simple any more, but I found a fantastic and easy to use WordPress Plugin that took care of the job in mere seconds. Enter Search and Replace for your Database. The plugin is called Search and Replace and when activated gives you a simple screen of checkboxes on where you want to look for your search string. You can change the content of the post, the title, the Author and several other criteria. And then as you would expect you enter the string to search for and what you want to replace it with. Boom it’s done. This directly changes the database so the changes are permanent. As the instructions say, make a backup before you […]

Zombieland

Heading out to see Zombieland. From all the reviews I’m hearing, the movie is supposed to be pretty damn good. My tribute to Tallahassee

Kids vs. Zombies – Free in the App Store

Fight zombies in the dark! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- “A terribly addictive game with enormous replay value.” — Game Vortex Kids Vs. Zombies is a very addictive game. — appVersity.com Unique concept with great execution and challenging game play. – Gamedroid.net “One heck of a good zombie game that we can recommend to every shoot-em-up lover” — Slide To Play +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- You control 3 kids attempting to survive an army of undead monsters. To defend your fort, you must effectively use their unique abilities: – Dexter: demolitions expert – Scarlett: long-range sniper – Marcus: close combat specialist Every level begins as dusk fades to the pitch black of night, making it difficult to know where the attackers will come from next! Survive the night and you will be rewarded with a trip to the Hardware Store to upgrade your weapons and defenses, in preparation for the next assault. Each night offers more challenges, zombies and surprises. Survive as long as you can! Features: […]