If you want to disable this on all your pages like me, just add this snippet in your header:

<? remove_filter ('the_content', 'wptexturize');
remove_filter ('comment_text', 'wptexturize');
remove_filter ('single_post_title', 'wptexturize');
remove_filter ('the_title', 'wptexturize');
remove_filter ('the_excerpt', 'wptexturize'); ?>

Of course, if you want to keep fancy quotes in your title, remove the corresponding line. That is to say:

remove_filter ('single_post_title', 'wptexturize');

Hope it helps!

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If you want this for your website, you need… a search form! XD In your_website_title.xml file, paste this code:

<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"
xmlns:moz="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<ShortName>ShortName</ShortName>
<Description>ShortDescription</Description>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<Image width="16" height="16">ImageData</Image>
<Url type="text/html" method="get" template="Site URL/?s={searchTerms}"></Url>
<moz:SearchForm>Search form page URL</moz:SearchForm>
</OpenSearchDescription>

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<li <?php echo $oddcomment; ?> id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
<cite><?php comment_author_link() ?></cite> Says:
<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>
<em>Your comment is awaiting moderation.</em>
<?php endif; ?><br />
<small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" title=""><?php comment_date('F jS, Y') ?> at <?php comment_time() ?></a> <?php edit_comment_link('edit',' ',"); ?></small>
<?php comment_text() ?>
</li>

In the first line, just look for <?php echo $oddcomment; ?> and replace it with:

<? if($comment->comment_author == "Your nickname") echo ' class="admin"'; else echo $oddcomment; ?>

Then, in your stylesheet, add a different style for .admin ! :)

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After testing it with several tools, I noticed that my website was…very slow. Actually, Alexa (first time I ever check this website XD) tells me that 93% of sites are faster. Average loading time is 7 seconds. :/ So I've decided to shrink my pages. It might help others in the same case, so here is what I did:

Use speed tests sites

Alexa's stats are refreshed monthly only, so I needed an other webtool to get my site speed. I recommend Pingdom tools! Information is clear. I liked WebPage Analyzer too, because it has tips to optimize your website speed.

Turning off unused Wordpress plugins

I love Wordpress plugins, but one thing that was annoying me from the start was the codes they generated in wp_head. For example, I use cforms only on my contact page, but it called an 11kb javascript file on all my pages! I've edited the plugin to generate its script only on the contact page using Wordpress' wonderful is_page() function. :) Same for WP-polls and IMP Links (for the resources page).

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Step 1

First, you need the Compare plugin for MT. Install it following the instructions on its website.

Step 2

You will need to insert this in your stylesheet, to control the size of the tags.

.one {font-size:75%;} /* for 1 or 2 uses */
.two {font-size:100%;} /* for 3 to 10 uses */
.three {font-size:125%;} /* 11 to 20 uses */
.four {font-size:150%;} /* 21 to 30 uses */
.five {font-size:175%;} /* 31 to 40 uses */
.six {font-size:200%;} /* 41 to 50 uses */
.seven {font-size:225%;} /* 51 to 60 uses */
.eight {font-size:250%;} /* 61 to 70 uses */
.nine {font-size:275%;} /* 71 to 80 uses */
.ten {font-size:300%;} /* 81 to 100 uses */
.bang {font-size:325%;} /* more than 100 uses */


Of course, you can change the sizes as you like.

Step 3

Create a new index template with the following settings:
Template name: Tags
Output file: tags.php

You have to put your layout codes in this page, using the usual methods. (PHP inclusion, or whatever) Then, instead of the contents, paste these codes:

<p>
<MTTags>
<a href="<$MTTagSearchLink$>" class="<MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="1" upper="2" numeric="1">one</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="3" upper="10" numeric="1">two</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="11" upper="20" numeric="1">three</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="21" upper="30" numeric="1">four</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="31" upper="40" numeric="1">five</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="41" upper="50" numeric="1">six</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="51" upper="60" numeric="1">seven</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="61" upper="70" numeric="1">eight</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="71" upper="80" numeric="1">nine</MTIfBetween><MTIfBetween a="[MTTagCount]" lower="81" upper="100" numeric="1">ten</MTIfBetween><MTIfGreater a="[MTTagCount]" b="100" numeric="1">bang</MTIfGreater>"><$MTTagName></a>
</MTTags>
</p>

What's this mess? Here is a little explanation. The usual codes to display tags is this:

<p>
<MTTags>
<a href="<$MTTagSearchLink$>"><$MTTagName></a>
</MTTags>
</p>

This would output a plain list of tags used on your site. But to control tag sizes, we add a class to tag links and the class changes with the number of times the tag have been used. For example, if a tag was used only one or two times, this would be the output:

<a href="taglink" class="one">tagname</a>

If it was used between 51 or 60 times (I bolded this part in the tag cloud codes), it would output:

<a href="taglink" class="seven">tagname</a>

And the font-size would be 225%! You can change the values as you want :)

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Lighter admin drop menus
This one fixes something I didn't like in the default admin menu: having to click and wait two or three times before being on the page you want! In my opinion, this plugin produces a more beautiful menu than the one from PlanetOzh! The latter was a bit buggy when the menu was too "long".

Akismet
Blocks all spam comments. Absolutely necessary :)

Wp Downloads Manager
A plugin I love for its ease of use and it was totally what I was looking for. I was using a separate script to do what it does before. Now, it's super easy to add downloads and track them!

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$wpsmiliestrans = array(

Below this line, you will find something like:

':smile:' => 'icon_smile.gif',

etc. (There are several lines for all the smileys) Before the arrow (=>) is the text to be converted to smiley and after the arrow is the smiley file. Replace them by your own smileys and don't forget to upload them to the /wp-includes/images folder. Be careful, keep the ' ' (apostrophes) and the , (comma)! You can also add more smileys, instead of replacing.

(note) You can customize the smileys! I recommend this snippet:

img.wp-smiley {
vertical-align: middle;
}

This will align your smileys vertically in the middle in your text.

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Before starting, your pages must be in PHP ! Go to your detailed settings, then click on the publishing tab, set the file extension to php and rebuild your site.

Step 0

Translate your entries in the extended entry field. (See previous screenshot). If you're already using this field for something else, you might want to use the RightFields plugin for Movable Type.

Step 1

First, we have to modify the templates. I recommend you to separate your menu. Make a Movable Type module for your menu and call it. The Movable Type tags I'm giving are only examples. Your entries/main templates should look like this:

<?php
$x = basename($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
if(!$x || $x == en) { ?>
<!– English is the default language
If english is selected, let's show MTENTRYBODY –>
<MTEntries>
<h1><$MTEntryTitle$></h1>
<MTEntryBody>
</MTEntries>
<? } elseif ($x == "fr") { ?>
<!– The user has selected French now,
let's see if there's a french version with MTEntryIfExtended… –>
<MTEntries>
<MTEntryIfExtended>
<!– Yay, a French version is available! Let's show it with MTENTRYMORE –>
<MTEntryMore>
</MTEntryIfExtended>
<MTElse>
<!– If there's no French version, let's show the English one,
and let's apologize –>
<h1><$MTEntryTitle$></h1>
<p>Sorry, only available in english.</p>
<$MTEntryBody$>
</MTElse>
</MTEntries>
<!– DO NOT DELETE THE FOLLOWING CODE!! –>
<? } ?>

Step 2

Done? If you want to test your pages, try to go to thepageurl.php?fr or thepageurl.php?en ! Now we have to make the menu. As I said, you'd better make a separate module for it, but this is not required.

<?php
$x = basename($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
if(!$x || $x == en) { ?>
Enter your codes for your normal menu here…
Do as usual.
<? } elseif ($x == "fr") { ?>
Put your normal menu, but add "?fr" at the end !
<!– DO NOT DELETE THE FOLLOWING CODE!! –>
<? } ?>

Step 3

Now just apply this scheme to all your archives templates… To link to the other version, just use this code:

<a href="<MTEntryPermalink>?fr"><MTEntryTitle></a>

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1. Log in and go to "Web/FTP stats > Bandwidth" and see which subdomain is taking the more bandwidth.
2. Go to "Web/FTP stats > Subdomain stats" and scroll to "Awstats", and click on the "guilty subdomain" link.
3. In the sidebar, go to "Who > Hosts > Full list", you'll see a green column with "Bandwidth", just check who is taking the most gigabytes… A normal visitor will usually download only a few megabytes, if it's gigabytes, it's certainly a spambot, or a domain direct linking your files. Note the IP address and you can "whois" it.
4. Go to IP Deny manager and block the IP…
5. You may also want to disable hotlinking: go to "Hotlink protection" and check if all your subdomains are listed as "URLs to allow access", you may also want to add some URLs, such as forums where you use custom avatars hosted on your domain, etc. When you're ready, click "activate". In the "URL to redirect to" field, I recommend you to make an image file with your URL on it, and host it on an other server, like imageshack, etc.

I hope the directions are comprehensible. :)

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