Textpattern Tips

Set up automatic updates of your TXP articles into your Facebook account.

How to edit a stylesheet on a live site with this neat trick which checks your IP address.

Create just about any feed you want – in this example Matt Davis makes a feed for a specific author.

Setup up a live editing environment for your Textpattern install on the Linux platform.

How to strip the comma from the category links if there is only one category assigned to the article, or display something else.

How to retrieve search results for a search term, including those found in an article title.

This tip features a method for a category (or section) popup selector menu containing the categories you want to display.

How to detect the iPhone and serve an appropriate site version.

How to assign a custom CSS stylesheet for your individual articles.

How to roll minor changes to the Textpattern UI into your own custom theme.

A simple way to increase the size of your textarea in your Admin using a little CSS.

How to use phpMyAdmin to perform an update, in this case to change the commenter name.

How to record file downloads in Google Analytics, Piwik or any other JavaScript-based web stats package.

How to assign an active class to several sections using a single navigation item.

How to setup your Mac localhost for local site development.

How to add videos to your article or to create a full featured video gallery.

Some of the ways you can attach a file or multiple files to your article.

Create a news archive using a pull down select list.

A very neat method for optimizing your images after upload using the soo_image plugin and Yahoo’s Smush.it utility.

Display the last modified date for an article, or for your site.