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Find and replace domain name on the fly?

Please read this carefully as it is not what you might be expecting. I'm building my site in a development sub domain. I don't want to have to go through the complications of running find and ...
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Win7 Dev Environment

I have Win7 32-bit Professional and I want to start learning to program and skin WordPress. My hosts will likely be LAMP, so I was going to run Win versions of those tools locally. Should I just get a ...
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How to import WP XML file automatically on installation?

I'd like the user to install WP and have the default content loaded automatically but i don't want to have to write in in PHP in the wp_install_defaults(); I'd much rather export an xml file each time ...
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Adding custom Javascript to the head tag in Admin

I am writing a plugin for the back end but I need to add javascript that is created in a for loop to the head of the page. How do i do this? Steve
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Highlight custom widgets in the admin area?

I have created some custom widgets for my client to use, but I want to make them stand out amidst the fifteen or so standard widgets in the admin area. How can I do this? I have solved this problem ...
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Limit widget to certain sidebar?

I have multiple "sidebars", but not all of them are the same size. Not all widgets fit in all sidebars (for example, I have a "footer sidebar" where the client can place custom widgets, but they are ...
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How do you get formatted content of a post using the WordPress API?

I tried using <?php $my_id = 7; $post_id_7 = get_post($my_id); echo $post_id_7->post_content; ?> based on the documentation here. The article I'm trying to retrieve has Short Code, ...
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How can you develop on a live WordPress installation that is using W3 Total Cache?

Or to make it easier: you just want to disable the caching in order to see your changes in realtime. Any solution that would allow you to disable caching based on IP, logged user or cookie will be ...
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Database synchronization between dev/staging and production

I have a problem with WP database synchronization between development and production and I am wondering how other people solving it. I am aware about this question but it doesn't really cover the ...
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How to best setup for development for a two person bi-coastal team?

I'm working with another team member and they are reside in a different US State. We are working to convert an existing static e-commerce site to a Wordpress site. I want to have a DEV install of ...
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What are the ways to use WordPress as a user generated content site

What are the methods to create a user-generated-content website? I know each has his own favorite way to do that, please elaborate on your own method, how to implement it and the pros/cons. (This is ...
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Splitting an Evolving Site into Multiple Sites, or Maintaining as One Site?

To Separate or Not to Separate...That is the Question? I currently have what I believe is a mistake in my site architecture. I initially built my two lines of business into the same site. ...
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Wordpress 3 MU for a development/stage/production site

Just wondering if people have any thoughts around the best way to setup Wordpress 3 to use for development, staging and production. I currently have an install that I just use for dev, before moving ...
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GPL and plugins

The Plugin developer center says "Your plugin must be GPLv2 Compatible.". But I found that the Topsy plugin is under GPLv3. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html states that GPLv2 and GPLv3 ...
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How to: Easily Move a WordPress Install from Development to Production?

I do development on one box and use a second for production. Right now I just dump the database and then do a find a replace for the URL changes; then copy over the files and import the new SQL. Are ...

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