Archives: March 2011

Backup a SQL Server 2008 Database From a Shared Hosting Environment

SQL Server hosting is usually expensive so shared hosting is often used to keep costs down. With shared database hosting, and with shared web hosting, security is usually tighter and this leads to some standard functionality not being available. With SQL Server 2008 shared hosting the Back Up task is often disabled.

In this article we cover an alternative way to backup your database using the Generate Scripts and Export Data database tasks. Read More »

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WordPress Comments Feed for a Custom Post Type

We have already covered how to include custom posts in WordPress feeds. The changes made affect the comments feed and now will list comments for all post types. Read More »

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Using Additional Thumbnail Sizes in WordPress

WordPress already lets you specify different sizes for media files uploaded. The sizes thumbnail, medium and large are included and the image dimensions can be configured under the Tools > Media menu.

However, if you require more image sizes you can register them in functions.php using add_image_size() Read More »

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WordPress Feed for Custom Post Types

If you are using the new custom post types with WordPress you may have noticed that the custom posts do not automatically appear in your feed. Read More »

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