Make WordPress search more useful

So, we all know it. Most times, the WordPress default search stuff kinda sucks. Someone pointed out to me that 2.6 or 2.7 started searching Page content as well as post content, but in times past it wasn’t like that – it would only search the post content. However, this is a little post on how to make the search stuff a little more useful and less annoying.

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Interesting discussion about site ownership

SitePoint tweeted a while back about a question a forum member had: whether or not he should release the layered PSD files to a client he has. He found the question odd, and wanted to know if this is a “normal” thing for clients to ask for, and what the “normal” reaction should be.

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Making child categories recognize parent displays

As I’ve mentioned in this post, this code is old. It’s been brought to my attention over the last few months that it has issues with newer versions of WordPress. it works fine for 2.0.x-2.7.x, but you shouldn’t be running those versions, and apparently it breaks down with 2.8.x+. The known issues i’ve been made aware of thus far: The RSS feed is damaged/nonfunctional. If you are using Custom fields, they will cease to work....

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On a personal note…

This post is completely personal, but I felt it would help someone else, so I wanted to make it public knowledge. It has nothing whatsoever to do with my business or web design – it has to do with taxes and school loans – especially loans with Sallie Mae. So I’m hoping that this information will help someone else avoid the level of frustration I’ve experienced for the last two days.

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